For this blog post, I read The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan.
The resolution of the main book's problem is a great way to end the series. Both Greek and Roman camps end up coming together and all of the demigods enjoy their lives. All of them have something to continue for and even Leo, found a place where he finds comfortable.
The structure of this book consists of two parts of the story. Two interdependent quests of defeating the rise of Gaea in Greece and returning the Parthenos to the camp. These quests rotate with characters as well, with Nico and Reyna returning the Parthenos, and multiple characters in the other quest. As the story progresses, we see many of the different character's problems and all of this combines into what ends up happening in the end of this series.
This story has a general genre of greek myths being incorporated into a fantasy book. The interesting part of this is the fact that I have read many Greek myths before. The first part is an allusion to The Odyssey, which I think is really amazing.
I was interested in this passage "But if Piper's visions were right, the suitors were now back, haunting the place where they'd died" (Riordan 7). This is a reference to the palace of Odysseus in Ithaca. When I first read it, I was amazed at the allusion that was in the other book that I had read before. Now, I think that this is a great book to extend with.
I'm almost done reading the Mark of Athena so Blood of Olympus is next on my list. It sounds great if your description is anything to go by and I'm excited to find out what happens next.
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