Finally, we come to the end of the Heroes of Olympus, and Rick really delivered a banger here. I'm torn between this and The House of Hades for the best book in the series, but The Blood of Olympus was really great. Quite surprisingly, I actually thought Reyna and Nico were the MVPs in this book--especially a certain Reyna moment at the end was really powerful. Apart from that, the main seven were also excellent as always and I really love the bonding between them, because at this point in the series they've all become best friends with each other and the moments in which they just interact with each other are some of my favourites in the book. And man, we have to talk about the absolutely epic ending.

When the gods showed up during that fight...whoa. That was just such a crazy moment. And of course, Leo's "death". I'm gonna be honest, Rick really fooled me there, because I thought Leo had discarded the physician's cure, but him getting an injection from Festus? That was a really excellent and clever subversion of expectations. It was also really great seeing Leo reunite with Calypso, but how's that cliffhanger gonna be resolved? I guess I'll now have to read The Trials of Apollo😅.

So yup, The Blood of Olympus was an excellent conclusion to the series. I have to say, I do prefer PJO as a series overall--maybe it's just because of nostalgia, but still, Heroes of Olympus was a really great series and I'm looking forward to reading The Trials of Apollo soon. I need to find out what happens after that cliffhanger!