House of Hades

House of Hades by Rick Riordan, 597 pages

House of Hades is the fourth book in the Last of the Olympians series, and is the most recently released. House of Hades is like a final exam for a class. While Percy and Annabeth are trapped in *SPOILER* they encounter all kinds of monsters they faced in the previous three books. Some Riordan reminds you of who they are again but others he assumes you will remember and moves on. Luckily I read them all in a row so it was fairly easy to remember why said monster really wants to kill Percy. I however would pity anyone who read them as they came out and had no idea who some of the baddies might be.

While the above is happening the other five heroes continue the quest. Their story line is slightly less interesting as it doesn’t hold the same amount of tension. It also has the slaughter of an entire culture of a certain animal-monster thing which is very not cool. Sure they will come back eventually but since they are not from there originally will they come back there or where they were originally from?

Overall House of Hades was what I expected and I enjoyed reading it. Hopefully the upcoming final book will only be an ending point for this series much like the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series.