The House Of Hades
By Rick Riordan
The book
"The House Of Hades" is the fourth in the series called the Heroes Of
Olympus.
It's based
around the Greek Gods, the Roman Gods and their children called Demigods. It
uses characters from the series Percy Jackson and adds in more characters as
the story goes on.
The main
characters are Percy, Annabeth, Bob, Hazel, Frank, Jason, Leo, Piper, Nico and
Coach Hedge.
A demigod is the
child of a god and a mortal. The demigods actually have powers , Percy is a son
of Poseidon the god of water so he can control water. Annabeth is a daughter of
Athena the god of wisdom so she is very tactical. Bob is actually a Titan so he
was born just under the power of the gods and has many powers. Hazel is a
daughter of Pluto the roman god of riches and death so she can summon riches
(partly because of a curse though). Frank is a son of Mars the roman god of war
so he can 'rage' and turn into berserker. Jason is a son of Jupiter the roman
god of air so he can control the air. Piper is a daughter of Aphrodite so she
can charm speak which is like bending people from their will. Nico is a son of
Hades the god of the underworld so he communicates very well with the dead. Leo
is a son of Hephaestus, the god of machinery so Leo is very good with machinery
and crafting. Coach Hedge is a satyr, a half goat half human. Put all of that
together and you have a powerful team.
At the end of
the last book Percy and Annabeth fell into a 9-day fall deep hole called
Tartarus, what a cliff hanger. Just be sure that Bob doesn't come in until
later. In the start of this book it tells us about how Annabeth and Percy
finished their landing in the hole. There is a river right below them so Percy
summons it up to cushion their fall. The only way out of the underworld is
through the doors of death, but their friends have to be there because of an
enemy waiting for for Annabeth and Percy.
There are two
stories in this book that happen in parallel. It switches perspectives between
Percy and Annabeth and their friends who are coming to help them.
My favorite part of the story is when Percy and Annabeth meet
the doors of death but a surprise is waiting for them. There is a big battle,
and I like battles!
Thank you so much for reading this review!
