<<Where you last expect me. As Love always is.>>
-The House of Hades, Rick Riordan
Synopsis
Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their quest to find the House of Hades, where they might be able to open the Doors of Death, rescue their friends Percy and Annabeth from Tartarus, and prevent monsters from being reincarnated in the mortal world. Whichever road they decide to take, they have to hurry, because time is running out. Gaea, the bloodthirsty Earth Mother, has set the date of August 1 for her rise to power.
Annabeth and Percy are overwhelmed. How will the two of them make it through Tartarus? Starving, thirsty, and in pain, they are barely able to stumble on in the dark and poisonous landscape that holds new horrors at every turn. They have no way of locating the Doors of Death. Even if they did, a legion of Gaea's strongest monsters guards the Doors on the Tartarus side. Annabeth and Percy can't exactly launch a frontal assault.
Despite the terrible odds, Hazel, Annabeth, Percy, and the other demigods of the prophecy know that there is only one choice: to attempt the impossible. Not just for themselves, but for everyone they love. Even though love can be the riskiest choice of all.
Review
⭐5/5
Author: Rick Riordan
Serie: The Heroes of Olympus
Pages: 583
Percy and Annabeth fell into Tartarus, home of monsters. Where their old enemies (that are a lot) search for revenge, search to reborn in the mortal world. The problem is that they are two, ante the monsters are thousands. A bigger disadvantage. The worst is that everything is against their goal: reach the Doors of Death. But, an unexpected help may be the only way to survive the only place where gods do not go.
Hazel, Nico, Jason, Piper, Frank, and Leo must go to the House of Hades in Greece to rescue Annabeth and Percy from Tartarus, there’s only one problem, There is CERO communication with each other. Neither of both knows how many time do they have, or even if their friends are alive. Guilt is all over the Argo II, because that wasn’t meant to be. Annabeth and Percy shouldn’t fell into the abyss. Nevertheless, they must stop Gaea forces to enter the mortal world, and that path may be their only hope.
On the other side, Gaea is sleepless and is making everything in her hand to stop the demigods to reach the House of Hades.
<<The dead see what they believe they will see. So do the living. That is the secret. >>
The House of Hades, Rick Riordan
The closest they are of their destiny, the quest of the demigods turns more complicated. Gaea makes everything to stop them reach their destiny, from the attack of terrible monsters or god who hate them,
Nevertheless, these demigods has more tests, even more complicated than fighting with monsters, What happen when you do not know where you belong? Greek or roman? If they tell you do not have any value? If you are any help for your partners? That is what happen in this trip to the House of Hades. Sometimes, the worst monsters are the ones in your head,...
Their quest is full of challenges and decisions that may change their lives.
What happen when you don't have any chance to survive? Even if hope persist, fe can fail. For Percy, who is used to fight with his sword, being in the deepest part of the Underworld is a nightmare. He is in disadvantage, and he knows he can win in the home of his enemies. That’s why he has to use his only weapon: manipulation.
He is lucky because Annabeth is by his side, She is his only hope to survive Tartarus.
Rick Riordan show us how the character have grow in this book. Their are not children anymore, like he present us in the first two books of the series. After defeating many monsters and four gigants, and overcome some childhood traumas, they know their destiny is dangerous that the ones they have challenged before. They have a quest: defeat Gaea. And they are going to do everything to make it possible.
The House of Hades is a book full of suspense. New treats, powers and decisions that can change the destiny of the characters, I ate this book, Dreamers, even if it is a little fat. Older powers than the gods are what these eight demigods must face.
The end is closer, Dreamers!
-Daydream 🌻🌻
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