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The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, 5) Hardcover – Unabridged, October 7, 2014

by Rick Riordan (Author)

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Book 5 of 5: The Heroes of Olympus

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In the breathtaking fifth and final book in Rick Riordan’s #1 best-selling Heroes of Olympus series, the Greek and Roman demigods must simultaneously prevent Gaea from waking and stop war from breaking out at Camp Half-Blood.

Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen―all of them―and they’re stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood―the blood of Olympus―in order to wake.

The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. The Roman legion from Camp Jupiter, led by Octavian, is almost within striking distance. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps.

The Athena Parthenos will go west; the Argo II will go east. The gods, still suffering from multiple personality disorder, are useless. How can a handful of young demigods hope to persevere against Gaea’s army of powerful giants?

As dangerous as it is to head to Athens, they have no other option. They have sacrificed too much already. And if Gaea wakes, it is game over.

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10 - 14 years
Print length

528 pages
Language

English
Grade level

5 - 9
Lexile measure

690L
Dimensions

5.88 x 1.63 x 8.5 inches
Publisher

Disney-Hyperion
Publication date

October 7, 2014
ISBN-10

1484724917
ISBN-13

978-1423146735
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PRAISE FOR THE LOST HERO

"Readers longing for a return to Camp Half-Blood will get their wish.... ...the action scenes come frequently as the three heroic teens fight monstrous enemies in North American locales..... Flashes of humor lighten the mood at times, but a tone of urgency and imminent danger seems as integral to this series as the last. With appealing new characters within a familiar framework, this spin-off will satisfy the demand for more."―<EM>Booklist</EM>

PRAISE FOR THE MARK OF ATHENA

"With a true storyteller’s sense of pacing, Riordan creates another compelling adventure, right down to the cliff-hanger at the end. Stay tuned for volume four."―<EM>Booklist</EM>

PRAISE FOR THE SON OF NEPTUNE

"Should pacing and wit continue unabated into the third volume, whose foretold European setting promises further freshness, fans will eagerly await numbers four and five."―<EM>Kirkus</EM>

PRAISE FOR THE SON OF NEPTUNE

"Fans will find plenty to cheer about as Percy and his allies move slowly toward fulfilling the mysterious Prophecy of Seven."―<EM>Booklist</EM>

About the Author

Rick Riordan (www.rickriordan.com) is the author of the # 1 New York Times best-selling The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero; The Heroes of Olympus, Book Two: The Son of Neptune; The Heroes of Olympus, Book Three: The Mark of Athena; The Heroes of Olympus, Book Four: The House of Hades; the #1 New York Times best-selling Kane Chronicles; andthe five books in the #1 New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. His previous novels for adults include the hugely popular Tres Navarre series, winner of the top three awards in the mystery genre. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1423146735
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Disney-Hyperion; First Edition first Printing (October 7, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1484724917
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1423146735
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 - 14 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 690L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.88 x 1.63 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #16,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #58 in Children's Greek & Roman Books
- #758 in Children's Fantasy & Magic Books
- #1,011 in Children's Action & Adventure Books (Books)

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Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.
For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary's Hall honored him with the school's first Master Teacher Award.
While teaching full time, Riordan began writing mystery novels for grownups. His Tres Navarre series went on to win the top three national awards in the mystery genre - the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus. Riordan turned to children's fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son.
Today over 35 million copies of his Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus books are in print in the United States, and rights have been sold into more than 35 countries. Rick is also the author of The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones, another #1 New York Times bestseller.
Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons.
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Good, but could have stretched points across multiple series

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018

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I was kind of waiting to judge each book until I finished the whole series to see how it would all come together, so this review pretty much reflects my feelings toward the series as a whole instead of JUST this book. Overall, I liked the series and I'm sure I'll read it many more times in the upcoming years. However, the series felt like a big political statement to me. Obviously inclusion and empowerment and all that are great, but he packs SOOOO much into this one series that it seems like he was forced to make a big point at once instead of stretching different points across multiple series. Girl power plays a big role in these, along with a main character coming out as gay, and a big mix of cultures/races/ethnicities working together. (The main characters are Native American, Chinese, Hispanic, Black, and White.) I just think it would have served his writing better to pick one social statement per series, that way he could develop them more instead of glossing over multiple at once.

More specific to this book, I was really bummed that Percy's role was so small. I get that the point was to have him step back and highlight other characters, but it felt like he had a huge role and then basically disappeared this book. It would have been nice to have him slip to the background more gradually, or disappear in the middle of the series and then come back with some dramatic finish this book.

19 people found this helpful

Amazing Series!

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019

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*Reread Review*
I don't know how I managed to never have rated this during my previous read...but apparently I did. 5 Riordan stars, since I started this author his own star chart on my last read of his work. I cannot lie..as I was going through all my highlights I found that 80% of them were "Leoisms," yep I made that word up, but for real though Leo is probably one of my all time favorite characters. The man is the all time class clown, underdog, and 5th wheel....I mean whats not to love.

Such a splendid wrap up to this series! I felt like the author really took alot of effort to make this series less of a one man show than the Percy series. The amount of work it must have taken to develop these characters so well is awe inspiring. I did finally notice a theme in this last book... basically their plan facing every enemy is to annoy them, cause mass chaos and destruction, and then run lol. I love it! I also "think" I saw the introduction to The Apollo Trials there toward the end... I haven't read them yet but their on my list. Mwahahahah.

The thing I love most about these books is the humor as you can probably tell by my favorite character lol. Intense scenes with lots of action and anxiety often times cause me to have extreme anxiety in real life... which can be painful at times, but when its broken up with humor it allows me to enjoy these scenes which just happen to be my favorite and not need intermittent breaks to calm my over anxious spaz nature lol. Love, love, love these books!

3 people found this helpful

Loved the series, but disappointed in the final book

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2014

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I'm very sad to be saying goodbye to a good series and to some characters I met 6 years ago. I'm also very sad I'm giving it three stars. It was an ok book, not nearly as good as the others. I was definitely expecting more out of it. It had a very entertaining plot, but it felt so rushed like Riordan just wanted to get it over with. The characters that Riordan chose to give POVs were Nico, Reyna, Jason, Piper, and Leo. I loved learning more about Nico. In my opinion, he was one of the most interesting characters in book. Leo is still determined to find Ogygia again, but I was disappointed that it wasn't spoken about more. Jason and Piper were ok characters, not really unlikeable or likeable. I don't think they had enough time to develop. Reyna's story was rather boring. We do learn about her past, but I think that could've easily been found out through one of the other characters POVs. She didn't really deserve her own POV.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Now lets get on to the things that made one of my favorite authors get three stars for this book. I was so sad and disappointed that Percy or Annabeth didn't get their own POV. Percy was the one that basically started it all! In this book, he seemed to be put into the background along with Annabeth. I strongly believed that Percy should've had his own POV in probably the last long book he would ever appear in. In the book, we also heard a lot about Percy's big flaw, but we never ended up seeing it in action.

This is less important, but I still would've like to see more of Grover, Tyson, and of course how can you forget about Mrs. O'Leary. I would've even been happy with more Clarisse and Thalia.

Last of all, I was a bit disappointed in the ending. The ending was rushed which made it seem like all the buildup about Gaea and the giants rising was wasted. They do rise, but then they're defeated right away. In the beginning of the book, Rick Riordan warned me that there would be a cliffhanger, but I didn't think that it would be one I pondered for days after. I really wished he'd tied up all loose ends because all of Leo's friends basically think Leo is dead when he isn't. I can't help but wonder if they ever find out if Leo is still alive.

It was still a good book, and worth reading. Those were just my problems with it. I would for sure recommend it to others. I am super happy that Rick Riordan is writing another series, and can't wait until it comes out.

27 people found this helpful

My son loves these books

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2019

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I was afraid that after Harry Potter my son was never going to read another book again because nothing seemed appealing or exciting enough to him. The Percy Jackson series changed that and he is now moving on to the second Rick Riordan series, Heroes of Olympus of which this is the last book and which he says is "pretty good" and "better than the third book" in this series which was his least favorite. At first there was a little concern on my son's part that Percy was not as involved in this series and generally he says it isn't as good as the Percy Jackson series, but he is still pleased and loving the books. I'm not sure he would have been talked into reading the first Percy Jackson book himself, but his teacher at school read it to them, and then he was hooked. We are now re-reading the Percy Jackson series together and then our plans are to read The Heroes of Olympus series together as well. Overall I am pleased because he is reading and the material is appropriate for his age and he is pleased because he found some books he really likes.

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Nikki Sidaway

Perfect end to a stellar series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2018

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ALL THE FEELS!! 😍
So let’s start with darling Nico. I just loved his storyline these last couple of books - accepting himself in more than one way and being badass along the way.
My girls! Annabeth, piper, hazel and Reyna. Even Thalia and Hylla. So awesome and badass and sometimes destructive. My favourite haha. Piper’s journey especially takes her so far, and I love her and annabeth’s friendship by the end.
Not enough Percy in this book, but I may actually be okay with that cause it still rocked. And Frank and Leo (💙💙💙) made up for it. I want a Leo in my life.
Just excellent.

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FireHeartRubyPenguin

Heroes of Olympus: BoO

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2014

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I read this book and thought WHOA. This book was incredible!!! I definitely think this is the best book yet in the series! As the last book, it was the darkest but that just made it better.

War is coming. Octavian is leading both camps to their doom by declaring war on the Greeks. With no Reyna to stop him, he has given himself the title Pontifex Maximus ( High Priest ) and has also invited some nasty friends to join in the party killing Greeks...

Reyna, Nico and Coach Hedge must hurry with the Athena Parthenos to stop this massacre. But shadow-traveling across the world isn't easy and if Nico isn't careful he might become a shadow himself. Reyna has to confront her past and Nico his. Perhaps the answer to their troubles lie in each other.

Meanwhile the crew of the Argo 2 are battling halfway across the world to reach Athens and get back to Camp in time to defeat Gaia before the Feast of Spes. No pressure though...

This book has everything you would want from a great book: action, suspense, danger, mythology, believable characters that you genuinely cared about and of course a sprinkle of romance. I have absolutely LOVED this series and had high expectations with this book. I wasn't let down. I finished this book thinking WOW. What an awesome book! I was sad that it was the last book but looking forward to his new series.

The best thing was that everything was tied together at the end. Nico finally gets what he deserved all along, Reyna too performs impossible feats. You get to learn about Reyna's past and how she finally leaves it behind. I had to resist the urge to clap my hands at this duo's courage. They're some tough cookies! And of course my favourite character Percy too did some pretty amazing things. I do think that Rick Riordan could have had Percy and Annabeth more involved. Annabeth had her part in the cave with Piper but Percy? Other than wake up the Earth Mother, nothing much! Even though that bit was really funny!!! The ending was bittersweet. I felt sorry for Leo but was happy he got what he wanted most in the end. Phenomenal book!!!!!!

5 people found this helpful

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The Trouble of Being a Hero !!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2014

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Confusing to start with, as you jump straight into an intelligence gathering mission with the Argo II crew. A short while later, we find out how Nico, Reyna and Coach Hedges are managing with their assignment of getting the statue of Athena back to Camp Half Blood.

Both groups face danger, each event worse than the one before. We find more old friends and enemies appearing, together with new ones, before the seven of the prophecy are joined by the Gods to face Gaia. There is one final mystery as Leo disappears as the rest head back to stop the Greek/ Roman battle breaking out. With tricks and Octavian gets his just deserts, it was a book that I HAD to finish before .putting it down.

4 people found this helpful

O. S. Ezeocha

The ultimate conclusion we didn't realise we needed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2020

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Wow just wow. Reading this as a pre-teen was the culmination of my percy Jackson career. I can see the years of research, time and dedication that went into this book and I appreciate every second. The plot had you from beginning to end while character devopments kept you interested and entertained. A very good read for fans of The Greek/Roman Gods.

D. Harrison

Truly an EPIC series!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2016

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For fans of Percy Jackson and anyone who has the slightest interest in Greek and Roman Civilisations or mythological masterpieces of fiction.
Truly an Epic set of stories from the First to the Last!!!
From Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson Books 1-5 plus two more extra books on the Greek Gods and Demigods) and continuing all the way through (Heroes of Olympus Books 1-5).
To end with The Blood of Olympus. An Epic story all the way through, a great coming of age story in beautiful and rich environments full of danger and mystery. A thoroughly cracking read. I loved it so much, I read it twice through. Wonderful.

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