User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-5593616-20140514192917/@comment-3146930-20140516192711

So time to take a look at this cover; BAM!!!

The Gigantes
So obviously there are three Gigantes about to attack Jason, Hazel, and Frank. From the looks of it, the most clear one if Porphyrion, as he was described as having weapons braided into his hair and there are no shortage of weapons in his lovely flowing locks. Seriously, look at that guy; I'm sure people would kill to have hair that nice, especially the Gigantes on the right. The other two giants are much harder to figure out, as the one in the back looks like a potato and the one closest to us is too close to see if he has anything in his hair (which would be helpful).

The Demigods
Not going to lie, this is probably my biggest disappointment. The Blood of Olympus is supposed to be about the 7 working together to defeat Gaea and her minion. Yet we only get the three demigods from the Roman camp, Hazel, Jason, and Frank. They are however doing some pretty impressive looking things...except maybe Frank. I mean Hazel is about to jump off that structure with her sword swinging. Jason is making a tornado and is about to go all lightning on them. Frank is...I don't even know. I mean he could be about to fire an arrow, but when zoomed in his arms are in the wrong place. It could also be a staff like he had in The Lost Hero but maybe not. In all honesty, it looks like he is just going to watch Jason and Hazel attack and he will just watch.

The Background Stuff
So just putting this out there; is that a radio tower back there? I guess it could be a crane too, as there appears to be some kind of rope with a thing on it. Also, I have no idea what that thing it. Not to mention it seems really out of place. You have three giants and three demigods fighting each other on top of some ancient ruins (maybe Olympus itself) and then there is just this big radio tower looking thing. What is up with that? The lightning-tornado looks pretty cool though.

Final Thoughts
I feel like it could have been a lot better. I mean the SoN and the HoH are my favorites and I like this cover better than the MoA and TLH, but overall it feels disappointing for a series ending cover. Not to mention this could be the last main series cover in the entire Camp Half-Blood series and I was hoping for amazing awesomeness wrapped in awesome-sauce and served with a side of bacon. Instead I just got the bacon...which is never a bad thing, but you can't just have bacon (yes you can btw). Who knows, maybe the UK cover will actually be better.