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Sep 25, 2016TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Things that I really enjoyed about this book is that we get to spend a lot of time with just percy and annabeth and see how their relationship bond holds up against all of the threats that they face together in tartarus. We also get to see how the rest of the crew are handling the lost of percy and annabeth as well as trying to get to the other end of the doors of death so they can be closed and help percy and annabeth get out of the monster hellhole. Another thing that I enjoyed was how we never lose sight of why they started the quest to reunite the 2 champs of demigods and fight together to defeat Gaea and safe the world. There are lots of cliffhangers and battles that make you want to help the heroes at every turn. I rate this book 4 and a half stars out of 5 for the insane storyline with all the different characters. @AthletesCanReadToo of the Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board “The House of Hades” is the fourth novel of the “Heroes of Olympus” series. After the cliffhanger from “The Mark of Athena”, it was worth reading. Unlike the first three books of this series, Rick Riordan didn’t make every single chapter action packed. He added some slow chapters where you could get a deeper connection to the characters. Speaking of the characters, the character development was much stronger in this book. You could visualize the way Rick Riordan described them in his writing. Take Leo for instance. He matured tremendously in this novel. The plot was so amazing that I could barely get myself to put down the book. The Greek and Roman mythology had a fun twist to “The House of Hades” and it’s also very informative. “The House of Hades” was a wonderful and epic novel. I would highly recommend reading this book. 5/5 stars. - @Riddikulus of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library Still, my one true pairing may be Percabeth. That probably won't change for a bit, seeing that this book is so awesome. Let's just say that a regular person would go on a date in a location that nice and laid-back. Except here, Percy and Annabeth aren't just regular people. If you have read the books before you would know that here, they happen to choose the absolute nicest of all billions of places to have an adventurous date. Just being sarcastic here, sorry about that. But if you really want a calmer read, then why are you even reading Rick Riordan's stuff? 5/5 Stars. - @Siri of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library The last we heard from our favourite demigods, Percy and Annabeth had tumbled into Tartarus and the rest of the demigods promised to open the Doors of Death from the other side. The House of Hades is one of the most action packed books in this five book series, and completely acceptable since things were toned down in the Mark of Athena. There is a lot to appreciate and comprehend in this book and the travails that Annabeth and Percy must face are immense and catch your breath at every word. But although we have these two classic characters in the main light and focus, the other characters play an important role to move the story along and because of all the action you never feel like there is ‘fluff’ or unnecessary details. I have to applaud Rick Riordan for this one because it was the book from the series that really stayed with me afterwards when I thought about all the interconnections between the characters. A great story, I would definitely recommend that anyone read it whether or not you have read the previous books. @jewelreader of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library