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The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus #4)

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From Rick Riordan's Official Site: "The fourth book in the Heroes of Olympus series, The House of Hades, will be released October 8. 2013! We will reveal the actual cover of the book on May 31. Sneak peeks will be revealed during the summer –– which is pretty much the same timetable Disney-Hyperion uses every year."

~ http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/
Hardcover, 594 pages
Expected publication: October 8th 2013 by Hyperion Books
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Lara
Mar 23, 2013 Lara marked it as to-read
Disclaimer: there are spoilers below. Do not read this review unless you have finished Mark of Athena . Consider yourself warned.

Unfortunately, I was right: The Mark of Athena ended with a heart wrenching, sob inducing, horrifying cliffhanger.

I understand that Riordan, as a author who needs to sell books, has to keep the reader in suspense so they buy the next book. But seriously?



Why in Hades did Riordan have to end The Mark of Athena in that spot? Percy and Annabeth - my two favouri...more
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Belle
Nov 26, 2012 Belle marked it as to-read
Why did MoA have to end so sadly! I hardly ever cry. Even when I saw Titanic my eyes just got a little teary. But THIS! THIS was the saddest/sweetest/most heartbreaking thing I have ever experienced. Probably that ever existed. I was SOBBING! It was 1:30 am and I'm surprised I didn't wake up my whole family with the inhuman noises I was making. The only thing that made me feel (just a tiny bit) better was when Nico said that Percy was the best demigod ever and I was like: "take that Jason!" Don'...more
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Sabrina *The REAL Princess*
Apr 26, 2013 Sabrina *The REAL Princess* marked it as to-read


But above all, I just want this book to come out! (or at least have any spoilers - I mean, I'm dying here!)

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That last book left me in a jumble of emotions and feels and thoughts. But I realized something worse. Since the House of Hades is the second to last book in the series, I predict there will be a big cliffhanger!

You think this is bad?



Just wait till we read this book! ... Yes, I acknowledge the fact that we have to wait to read this bo...more
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Melanie
Feb 18, 2013 Melanie marked it as to-read Recommends it for: everyone in this entire world
Recommended to Melanie by: my lovely self who loves PJO and THoO and TKC and...RICK RIORDAN!!!!
Shelves: sequel-must-reads, i-want-it-now, i-love-greek-mythology
04/10/12 PRE READING
Okay...I finshed The Mark of Athena just 2 days ago, and now I have a horrid feeling that I gonna have to wait ANOTHER BLOODY YEAR!! Apparently, the fourth addition to this series is called The House of Hades. It makes sense because Leo, Piper, Nico, Jason, Hazel and Frank need to save Annabeth and Percy from Tartarus. I can't wait for the cover!!!

*edit* 05/10/12

Look, I know most people believe that we won't hear from Percy or Annabeth in this novel, but I reckon one of the p...more
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Jocelyn
Feb 04, 2013 Jocelyn marked it as to-read
Shelves: can-t-wait
Just one, one thing Rick Riordan.



That is all.

I don't ask much, don't I?
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Lyza
Apr 08, 2013 Lyza marked it as to-read
Shelves: character-i-want-to-hug, do-not-want-but-do, high-priority, need-it-now, it-s-killing-me, need-to-live, send-help, this-looks-awesome, this-will-break-my-heart-i-just-kno, october-2013
...He's going to kill off Leo isn't he.

I mean, think about it, even though I'm a Leazel fan, I think it's pretty obvious that Frank and Hazel will end up together, and Percy and Annabeth...You know what, I think I'm just going to state survival percentages because I'm still in a coma from MOA and I need to straighten out my mind. So.

Percy - 97% chance of survival. I doubt that Uncle Rick would kill him off (permanently). He's Percy after all.

Annabeth - 93% chance of survival. Percy and Annabeth...more
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Maeve ~Bad Wolf~
Jan 27, 2013 Maeve ~Bad Wolf~ marked it as to-read
Here's what I want happening. Annabeth, Reyna, and Nico POVs. Annabeth, because if Riordan doesn't tell us in detail what's going on with them, I will kill someone. Hopefully him, but one can never be sure (RR, not Percy. If I killed Percy, I would be ripped to shreds by millions of rabid fangirls). Also, Reyna, cuz I need to know what's happening to CHB. And Nico, cuz it's his turn and its the House of Hades, and Hazels already gotten to narrate two books. So yeah. And Reyna gets to narrate the...more
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Darlalala
Nov 10, 2012 Darlalala marked it as to-read

I have a feeling we won't see Percy and Annabeth in this book. If it's possible, we will see them on the last chapters already. *sobs*
(I have to qualify this. I think we won't see Percy and Annabeth's POVs here. We can only know what's happening to them thru demigod dreams and visions whatnot. I know, I know. This is unacceptable! Maybe Annabeth's POV will be included too? Since her POV was not included in TLH or SoN.)

NEWSFLASH! I just read Riordan's blog and he wrote this:
The one thing I can pr...more
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Sarah
May 16, 2013 Sarah marked it as to-read
***EDIT 11/24***

Ok. Lets go over the prophecy again:

"Seven half bloods shall answer the call"
Obviously, the seven are together now.

"To storm or fire the world must fall"
Fire, maybe Leo and frank fighting, and storm, maybe Jason and Percy fighting?

"An oath to keep with a final breath"
Someone noted that Nico made a promise to save Percabeth from Tartarus, and that he could be the one to close the doors from the other side. Poor Nico.......:(

"And foes bear arms at the doors of death"
Not sure about...more
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Elevetha Houre
Feb 09, 2013 Elevetha Houre marked it as to-read

Oh, geez.

Oh, wow.

This. Me. Now.
Give it to me before I freak out.

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Too late.
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Damieka {LivingInYABooks}
May 15, 2013 Damieka {LivingInYABooks} marked it as to-read
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I have to wait nine months for this book to come out! Nine months! And the bookcover isn't even out yet. I feel like I'm waiting for the birth of a child or something. I cannot do this. I need to find out what happens. *dies of intense fangirling*

Edit: March 11, 2013

RICK IS A FREAKING TROLL! Just wanted to get that out. Seriously though, there is no cover yet, no summary, nothing!!! It's been out long enough, Rick! At least give us a cover! *sobbing*

Edit: April 7, 201...more
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Arriana
Nov 11, 2012 Arriana marked it as to-read
I am literally crying right now.

WHY RICK WHY!?!?!
Just finished reading MoA for the 3rd time in as many days, and I can officially say I am sobbing with both joy and sadness. The book was amazing, and beautiful. But now it's time to start psyching myself out about the House of Hades, or HoH.

Predictions ( as of October 4, 2012)
1- Percy and Annabeth will live, but they will come out worse for wear. I'm not sure what will happen to them, but Nico's description of Tartarus really scared me. While P...more
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Ellie (a.k.a. QE3)
May 01, 2013 Ellie (a.k.a. QE3) marked it as to-read
EEEEEEK!!!!!! IT HAS A NAMEEEEE!!!!!!

Anyone else getting emotional about the fact that we're halfway through the series already?? And when House of Hades comes out, we'll only have ONE MORE BOOK in this series to look forward to? D': D': AND WHEN THE LAST ONES COMES OUT???? My life will be over! Well....at least Rick's going to write a Norse trilogy.

So a lot of people are saying that they think one of the Seven will die.....I can't say I really think that's going to happen, frankly. (No referenc...more
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Bubbles
Dec 21, 2012 Bubbles rated it 5 of 5 stars
WARNING! Don't read if haven't read Mark Of Athena yet. You've been warned. :D










Ok, more thoughts.... EDIT! December 21st.
Ok, I've been thinking about point of views lately...
Think... The Lost Hero started with Jason as the narrator. That makes sense... I mean, he's the lost hero, obviously. The Son of Neptune started with Percy. Duh, he's the son of Poseidon/Neptune. That makes sense.
The Mark of Athena started with Annabeth. Annabeth is the daughter of Athena, and the quest and all, blah blah bla...more
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Libby G.
Dec 07, 2012 Libby G. marked it as to-read
Shelves: needs-to-come-out-sooner-than-it-is
Oh. my. gosh. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

Rick Riordan you are a cruel man! Why must we wait a whole year!!!!!! you no longer have to write the Kane Chronicles!!!!!! grrrrrrrrr....



(view spoiler)[ First off, TMOA is an awesome book. I think its the best one yet. it's a lot darker than the other books but that added to the awesomeness. It is a whole lot longer (yay!) than the other books. RR keeps making them longer so hopefully THOH will be like 698 pages....more
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Audrey
Jan 19, 2013 Audrey marked it as to-read
The House of Hades Predictions

12/17/12

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call
Percy, Jason, Annabeth, Piper, Leo, Frank, Hazel
To storm or fire the world must fall
Storm: Percy/Jason; Fire: Frank/Leo
An oath to keep with a final breath
NICO DIES?????? he promised Percy they'd meet him on the other side of the doors. A FINAL FREAKING BREATH!!! Maybe.
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death
Obviously Greeks and Romans will close the Doors together. Once they solve their differences.

My Predictions
Annabet...more
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Aiashine
Nov 05, 2012 Aiashine marked it as to-read
Shelves: new-adult-young-adult, i-can-t-wait, paranormal-fantasy
RICK I AM DYING PLEASE
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UPDATE? WTF? PUTTING A UNOFFICIAL COVER????
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Emily
Oct 30, 2012 Emily marked it as to-read
Shelves: beyond-excited-for
Beyond excited for this! I think we can all assume with 99% confidence that Nico will be one of the narrators. Hmm...yep, seems legit. Anyways, first off, I'd like to say that I disagree with probably 99.99999999999999879% of the people here in that I actually don't want to read about Percy and Annabeth in HoH. Yes, that's right, I DON'T WANT PERCY AND ANNABETH TO TELL US THEIR JOURNEY IN THE NEXT BOOK. Don't shoot me. Rick ended MoA soooooo beautifully with its romantic bitterness. Although, I'...more
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Brooke Sapper
Apr 02, 2013 Brooke Sapper rated it 5 of 5 stars
Hold on- I'm going to rant.

Okay.

THE LAST BOOK HAD THE WORST POSSIBLE ENDING THAT I COULD'VE IMAGINED.
So he made it a little better by having Nico say that Percy was more powerful than Jason- Go Nico!- because I have some problems with Jason here. Once you've been reading the other series by Percy's point of view, it's reeeeally hard to sympathize with Jason.

"Geez Jason, you seem like a nice guy, but I've had a crush on Percy since I was eight."

We all know the feeling.

Anyways, the ending made m...more
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William Oh
Feb 06, 2013 William Oh marked it as to-read
Update: 2/6/2013
IS THAT THE REAL COVER???


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Is there a law in this country where we can get our favorite authors to write faster???

October 2013? THIS ISN'T FAIR! HOW CAN YOU LEAVE US ON THAT HEART WRENCHING CLIFF HANGER!?? WHY!
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Rachel
Nov 02, 2012 Rachel marked it as to-read
Shelves: waiting-for-release, greek-mythology
***WARNING! If you haven't read The Mark of Athena, THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!***** So this is what is running through my head after finishing Mark of Athena...

Will Hazel curse get washed away in the House of Hades? Which descendent of Neptune will wash away Hazel's curse?
1) Percy
2) Frank
3) Arion
4) Tyson
The wording "wash away" makes me think it will be Percy since he has power over water. But Riordan could throw a curve ball and have it be Arion, Frank or Tyson.

Is there more to come of the Amazo...more
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Goddessofpercabeth
Apr 13, 2013 Goddessofpercabeth marked it as to-read
Spoilers alert!







1. Who does piper think she is? Seriously, percy unimpressive? Really piper? Percy has been down to hades world twice and escaped, bathed in the river Styx to save the world form being defeated by titans, held the whole sky on his shoulders, chopped off medusa's head, fallen off the St.Louis arch, fought a war god and won, can turn into a hurricane and battled a whole shade army that cannot die and so many more, if I carried on, the whole page would be filled. Jason has, battled s...more
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Shruti
Mar 23, 2013 Shruti marked it as to-read
I NEED YOU SO BADLY. HOW CAN YOU LEAVE US WHICH SUCH A LIFE CONSUMING CLIFFHANGER, RICK!? I HATE YOU.

No actually, I love you. You are amazing. Truly awesome. Now please, please, PLEASE, release that book faster! January 2013 would be lovely! :)

EDIT:
Leo is not dying. Nuh uh.
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Carissa
Dec 17, 2012 Carissa marked it as to-read
Shelves: i-love-you, i-want-to-be-your-friend
SAVE PERCY JACKSON AND ANNABETH CHASE

Narrators will be: Jason, Hazel, Frank, because they didn't narrate in the Mark of Athena. (obvious, i know). But I want Reyna to narrate, too. Reyna is awesome and it would show what's going on at Camp Half-Blood after the Romans attack.
(Which means Octavian would meet Rachel. Hope she kicks his ass at prophecy telling.)

It's been two months since I finished the Mark of Athena
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and think,
Damn you, Rick Riordan. Dam...more
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Joseph
May 12, 2013 Joseph marked it as to-read
Okay. Right now it is May 4, 2013, about five months before The House of Hades comes out! I just can't wait!

I am so sad about the ending in The Mark of Athena. Really?! Why do my favorite characters, Percy and Annabeth, have to fall into Tartarus? I hope that in this book they are going to survive and go through Tartarus and find the Doors of Death and close them, and reunite with the other six demigods. I can't wait to see how this book will play out.

I also hope that the demigods who have POVs...more
JazzyJams
Oct 09, 2012 JazzyJams marked it as to-read
Shelves: favorites, favourites, ya-popular, waiting-so-painful, happy-childhood-memories
GAH! I haven't read The Mark of Athena yet, so I just checked another group and apparently the next book will be called The House of Hades, which is cool. (Did anyone else realize every book so far has a God's name in it, except for The Lost Hero? Anyways...) So me, being stupid scrolled down to read some of the 'reviews' other people wrote much like this one to release some of their excitement, and I accidentally read one and it had a spoiler (sorta, if I had read the book before now I wouldn't...more
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Arianne Ong
Oct 31, 2012 Arianne Ong marked it as to-read
Shelves: fangirling
"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."
Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very had fall.
"As long as we're together," she said."
She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. She saw the sunlight far, far above-maybe the last sunlight she would ever see.
Then Percy let go of his tiny ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.

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My fangirl heart ... in shatters.

DEAR RICK RIORDA...more
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Alison
May 05, 2013 Alison rated it 4 of 5 stars


Did anyone notice in the Son of Neptune, Percy and Jason had disappeared for eight months? In a MoA, it was mentioned that they were gone for six months. The Lost Hero was the same way. (6 months.) I could be wrong, but didn't Percy and Jason disappear at the same time? I'm thinking Riordan made a mistake on this part... or something. I first noticed this a few weeks ago, when I reread The Lost Hero.

(view spoiler)[My predictions:
1. Annabeth and Percy will survive that fall to Tartarus. Since R...more
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Mynameismoa
Feb 28, 2013 Mynameismoa rated it 5 of 5 stars
That. Ending. Why did you do this to us Rick?!??!?!?!?!?!!? But i kinda wish that he would've ended it more suspenseful instead of tying it up as much as he did. He should've been like "He let go, and together, they fell in the depths of Tartarus" but whatever. I'm not RR and he probably had a good reason to do that. I'm soooo excited for this next book! I think that Jason, Hazel, Frank and Percy will get a POV, even though I want Nico to get a POV, i don't think he will because he's not one of...more
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Bobbie
Apr 05, 2013 Bobbie marked it as to-read
Shelves: i-need-it
Never mind....it's fan art...but still...May can't come soon enough. I need to see the cover.....

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HOLY CRAP. IT HAS A COVER. PEOPLE THIS IS HAPPENING. IT HAS A COVER!

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I just really need Nico in this book. I will be SO happy if he has a point of view.

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WHAT? OCTOBER!

GAH. I need this NOW. My heart is in a million shattered pieces.

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