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 I first fell in love with Riordan's books when I was much younger and in a way, I've really grown up with Percy, Annabeth and the rest of Camp Half Blood. The amazing thing is that Percy's maturity and growth began to parallel mine own due to our similar ages, making his story even closer to my heart. The Blood Of Olympus is the end of Percy Jackson and Annabeth's adventures with Camp Jupiter and the battle against Gaea, but it's so much more than that. This novel also gives readers closure regarding Piper, Leo, Hazel, Jason and all of the new characters that we grew to love in The Heroes Of Olympus series. Though many people have claimed that Heroes Of Olympus is a much stronger series than Percy Jackson, I'd beg to differ and The Blood Of Olympus is a strong piece of evidence. As excellent as this novel was, it wasn't nearly as gritty and emotional as any of the Percy Jackson books and it doesn't feel nearly as intense and climatic as it should've been. I truly think that Riordan held back while writing BoO and as a result, I do feel a bit disappointed. 
 This book is split into several point of views, all of which belong to the characters that were introduced in the Heroes Of Olympus series. While I understand this series is mainly about these characters, I feel like it was a missed opportunity to see Percy and Annabeth's one more time. Regardless each point of view in BoO is extremely distinct and I had no trouble at all being able to discern who was the focus of the chapter even after returning to the chapter after a long respite from reading. My favorite point of view was definitely Leo's and I really feel that Leo became someone who's spectacular beyond belief, I truly never expected him to undergo such a sharp growth. 
 I truly missed seeing my favorite characters from Percy and getting Percabeth feels during BoO. I really was upset at the lack of Grover in this book and I missed seeing him and several other characters that were essential to the original series. Even Mr. D who had appearances in previous Heroes Of Olympus books doesn't get much (if any) page time in this book and very few of the gods are actually prominent in this one. I looked forward to getting more of my favorite couple, Percabeth in BoO, but there aren't too many scenes in which the two had any alone time and allowed to be an actual couple. Even when they were in Tartarus in the previous novel, Riordan still added tons of emotional scenes between the two and the lack of these scenes were very noticeable. The few Percabeth scenes we do get are absolutely precious and I cherished each and every word of their encounters. 
 Though BoO is around 500 pages, it reads extremely quick and has so many action scenes that readers will speed through, eager to read the ending. A lot of this book is a build-up to the grand finale of this series, but the sad thing is that the ending is a bit of a let-down. After spending so much time with this world and characters, I felt that the ending had so much going on and Riordan really didn't tie everything up as neatly as I'd would've liked. The ending does work, but it feels too obvious and rushed -- two qualities I've never associated with a Riordan book prior to this. I just feel that this 6 book series (and it's preceding 6 books series) deserved a tighter, more calculated ending. 
 Despite any of its flaws, Blood Of Olympus is classic Rick Riordan novel, even if is far from my favorite. Though the ending needed some retooling and polishing, the rest of this novel was incredibly solid and entertaining. I'm really looking forward to the Magnus Chase series and I truly hope Annabeth makes an appearance because afterall she is Magnus's cousin. The Blood Of Olympus is a great novel, but I still can't help but feel disappointed due to its lack of a satisfying ending.