Rose H. (kiorabree) reviewed on 9/5/2013 + 39 more book reviews

Holy crap! I was not expecting so much of what was in this book. For some reason I got the impression that this was going to be a trilogy. I was pleasantly surprised about halfway through the book to find out that this was not in fact going to be the conclusion to the series. I mean when one is enjoying a series, one always wishes that it would continue just bit more, and the great [author:Rick Riordan|15872] kindly granted that wish. However, this does not justify leaving us hanging like this!?
With all these larger than mythical-life characters pooled together, it would seem inevitable that a few would start to at least slightly outshine the others. However, each found moments to glow a bit brighter. Even the characters who before may have only been a bit less entertaining, played some catch-up to step in rank of their beloved companions. Truthfully, the there will always be a place in the my heart for Percy & Annabeth how hooked me into this little adventure in the first place; and I adore Leo, who delightfully disarmed my well built defenses against comic relief characters in the first installment and has continued to delight.
In previous stories, there as has always been some conclusion the foreground of that particular installation. Yes, there were still some parts of the whole picture left to be discovered, yet there has always been some significant resolution to that predominant segment of the story. So why now, with these demigods that he has enchanted us into investing so much and the fact that I've finally caught up, does Riordan choose to end with a "cliff-hanger". It's just plain cruel.

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