Maizey Weston
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Rick Riordan:
Hello! I was wondering, how did you decide who's points of views would be in each book of Heroes of Olympus? Were there times when you chose not to put a character's point of view in and regretted it?
Rick Riordan
Reading between the lines here, I imagine you're asking why Percy and Annabeth didn't have points of view in Blood of Olympus. That was done on purpose, even though I knew many fans would complain. The point of Heroes was to do a series that was NOT all about Percy and Annabeth, and varied the POVs as equally as possible between all the characters. That meant after Percy and Annabeth heavy POVs in House of Hades, it was time to turn away from them and let the others do the talking, especially new POVs from Nico and Reyna. No, I don't regret it. It was the series I wanted to write, and I enjoyed exploring new characters! As I said at the time, if you're only reading Heroes for Percy and Annabeth, you will be disappointed, because it's not all about them. In fact, at the end, that's kind of the whole point (SPOILER) Percy has to step back and let others be the heroes for the mission to succeed!
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Kaesey Stobaugh
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Rick Riordan:
Hi there, Rick! Congrats on the big win! I heard you used to live in Texas, yes? That's where I'm from, and my little brother absolutely loves you and your books. He has them all. Haha my question is whether or not you plan on doing a book tour in Houston or anything where in Texas anytime soon? I'd love to get him to a signing one day if I could. :)
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