The Blood of Olympus

The Heroes of Olympus, Book 5

By: Rick Riordan

Narrated by: Nick Chamian

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 mightbe 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.

©2014 Rick Riordan (P)2014 Listening Library

Better than expected!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Though the ending was very surprising, there were some neat little bits that hint at what our heroes will be doing in the future. A well rounded conclusion and acceptable end to this world we've been entranced with all the way from Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief to this final novel. I was pleased and the wait was well worth it.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the use of the rotating narration from each character, and was surprised and elated to finally see things from Nico's and Reina's point of view.

Have you listened to any of Nick Chamian’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've noticed so many listeners have stated that Nick Chamian's performance got worse. I have to disagree. I thought he did much better than his previous works. He may not be as good as Joshua Swansen or Jesse Bernstein, but he has come into his own and I was much more pleased with him for the final work in Riordan's world of demigods.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Where most stories have a single hero, the Blood of the Olympus has nine.

Any additional comments?

Loved finally getting to look into Nico's point of view, the poor kid went through so much and learning about his.......huge secret in the last novel, I wanted to know how he felt about others and see if there was a way he could find acceptance. I loved seeing the Amazon's and the hunter's of Artemis one last time and how they worked together. I'm rather sad there is no other stories about this world of demigods. Well, even if there is more to come, I would want to revisit the same characters as I've come to enjoy in Heroes of Olympus series.

Awesome

This is the best book I have ever listened to the best keep up the good work

Great escape from the everyday

Well told story. Kept me coming back throughout my day. Five stars all around. Going to miss these characters. Thanks.

Awesome

Awesome!! So cool my head exploded into a million cajillion pieces! It was too cool I didn't stop listening for days!

Great Story... Not so great narrator

The plot was exciting but the narrator talk much to slow, I had to speed up it up 2x

really need some more energetic narrator

the story's fantastic but the narration is just cringe. not a good fit for the source material

great story, terrible narrator

great story terrible narrator. every woman has a "valley girl" sound and it's terrible. I do recommend it though.

GN

Best book ever I really like it
Because it’s so inspiring to all kids and teens

I love love loved this book📚💕❤️📚

This book was amazing it just had a lot to say but I can I’m kind of curious about what happened to Leo and calypso and well all the others so I hope in the mark of Apollo or yeah they give us something to eat anyway I hope you all enjoy this book whoever reads it

a worthy sending

Riordan wraps it up nicely. lots of obscure mythology is covered. ties all the characters together well.