User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-4515675-20131008094810/@comment-4515675-20131009165125

Hmm, how should I say this. It's not that the book was bad but it was awfully centered around Annabeth and Percy and while I do love them they had a whole series for themselves. I just wanted more character development from Piper and Jason especially which we didn't really get. Piper was a lot less annoying but mostly because she didn't appear as often and with Jason it seemed that he was helping others grow while he is still pretty much conflicted. I also did not like how RR is playing favorites with the Greeks again with Jason choosing to stay in CHB.

As for the whole Calypso and Leo thing, I've seen a lot of people supporting them so I'm going to explain better. Calypso's sudden change in behavior made no sense. Yes she could be bitter about the gods not freeing her but she knew Gaea was planning to take over the world and Olympus was on lockdown. I was just expecting her to act like a 3000 year old immortal not a 15 year old throwing a tantrum. It just feels like her sudden change in personality was only so that she could fit in Leo's type of girls he falls for.

Not only that but she was mean without a real reason towards Leo. The whole thing of them getting together is also quite insulting because RR once again emphasizes that one can not be happy if not paired with someone else. It also annoyed me that he added Reyna into yet another love triangle by making Calypso be jealous of her.