The Heroes of Olympus series never captured me like the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series did.  Maybe it’s because I outgrew the target audience, but whatever the reason, it didn’t.  This book was entertaining and contained all of the elements I’ve enjoyed about the series.  My biggest problem with it, however, was its speed.  The ending especially went too quick for me.  So much build up for such a fast and easy ending.  I do prefer more detail and to see most everything that happens, so it probably isn’t a problem for others, I just felt like we were flying over all of the action, stopping at only the occasional point.  Perhaps another reason I couldn’t get into the series as much, and this book in particular, is that it feels like the myths are drying up.  One of the big reasons I loved the Percy Jackson series was because it taught me the Greek myths.  This one feels more like it was drawing on the creatures, but not the myths themselves.  I can’t say creating new stories is bad, but I came to these series’ because of the mythology woven through them.

I am not saying I didn’t enjoy the book, I certainly did, but it wasn’t quite up to par with his earlier works.  All in all, maybe 7.5/10.  This is all my opinion and I’m sure there are plenty of people who disagree with me, so please read it and form your own opinions.

Look at how long it has been since I reviewed Insurgent and guess how I felt about this book. It wasn’t horrible, but I just never felt the desire to keep going, so it took forever to get through. I have basically the same complaints that I spoke of in my reviews for the other two books. It started out pretty good, then more-or-less declined from there. I felt no connection to the characters and didn’t care what happened to them at all. I won’t give specifics to avoid spoilers, but a couple of places bad things happened that were supposed to be sad, but I felt absolutely nothing for them. The idea was great, but it was poorly executed. I feel like the first-person POV is to really give your readers an emotional attachment to the character, but these books failed to do that. I did really enjoy the part where you learn why everything is the way it is and about the outside world. Being focused on world building myself, that was very interesting and fun, but it doesn’t effect how I feel about the book as a whole.
I’m not going to tell you not to read it and I would never bash another writer, but I won’t be rereading these any time soon.

I more or less feel the same toward the second book in the series as I did toward Divergent. It felt too rushed a lot of times and could have been done differently. I felt that the writing was lacking in some places and more could have been added, not in the story, but in the telling of the story. I did feel that it was slightly less rushed and flowed a little better than Divergent did however. A couple of things that bugged me with Divergent were also lesser in this book. All in all, I think I liked this one slightly more than the first. If you read Divergent then you definitely need to continue the series.
Expect an Allegiant review in the future.

I decided I should probably read this book before the movie came out. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series and watching the movies. It was pretty good all around and I enjoyed it, but it does not earn a spot on the top shelf of my home library. That being said, I will start with what I liked. The story is very interesting and moves quickly, especially toward the end. I kept reading, wanting to know what was going to happen. Still do actually, as I have yet to get Insurgent and am still very intrigued by the story. I also liked the characters I was supposed to and hated the ones I was supposed to and I felt like they all were believable for their situations. I also have to praise Roth for the writing. First-person present is extremely hard to write, for me at least, but when it is done well, it really adds to the story as it does here.

On that note I will jump to what I wasn’t impressed with. I guess not impressed may not be the right statement for this first comment, or any of them really. They are more preferences. First up: The writing style was different. I’m not exactly sure what about it was different, but I felt like it was very far from most books I read. That alone isn’t bad, but I didn’t feel as engrossed by the story because of how it was written. There were times when I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on or had to think about something because of the way it was written before continuing. There were parts, however, that I was really impressed with the writing. Next up. As I said before, the story moved especially fast toward the end. Almost too fast I feel like. Again, this is more of a personal preference than a real critique. The action at the end moved so fast I almost couldn’t keep up with everything that was happening. And last up. The detail. I’m a fan of detail, in my current big project I make it a priority, but I’m picky about where the detail is. In this book I feel like it got too detailed in the wrong places and there wasn’t enough detail where I would really have liked to see some. Again, this is a personal preference and it by no means makes the book bad.

I recommend the book to readers, mainly young adults. Not recommended for the youngsters. I enjoyed the book. It may not have reached top ten for me, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. So please, read it. Support my future competition…I mean colleagues.

Rick Riordan’s work with Percy Jackson and friends has been a favorite of mine for years now. I’ve been reading them almost from the start. This book in no way lets me down. I admire how Riordan can seamlessly weave Greek and Roman mythology into the modern world. I love how he takes stories and characters from the myths and uses them as a basis for new and modern stories. Aside from the amazing use of mythology his new characters and plots are brilliant as well. Each character is distinct and likable (where they are meant to be) and realistic (aside from magic and monsters and Olympian blood obviously). The story never gets old and keeps driving forward, pulling me with it. This book is a bit darker than the others in the series, but that is to be expected as we draw nearer to evil rising. I am a great admirer of Riordan and his writing and plan to keep reading his works years into the future. Expect more reviews of his coming works in the future.

I’ve been watching Sherlock Holmes movies and TV shows for a while now, so I thought I should read the original works. I just finished the first one and was honestly a bit surprised. I always thought they would be these really advanced and long pieces. This one at least is not. This does not mean it was not enjoyable. The story was good and Holmes was the Holmes I had grown to like in other portrayals. The thought that must have gone into this work is incredible. The small details that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle puts into the story that Holmes sees are well thought out and I could not have thought of. Despite these impressive details the book was a quick and easy read, which meant I could easily understand what was going on and never had to stop reading to think or reread something to better comprehend it. I like how Doyle wrote it as though Watson was writing it in the first person. I feel that this allowed for a lot more insight into the story and especially the character of Holmes. I look forward to reading the other Sherlock Holmes works in the near future.

A great ending to a great series.  I will refrain from giving me feedback on specific places in order to avoid spoilers.  The story is great and constantly moving, I never once lost interest.  The characters are deep and interesting as well.  A couple of times I was taken completely by surprise.  I don’t think it could have ended better either.

From word one to the end I was engrossed and never once wished I had picked a different book.  I have been a fan of the Maze Runner trilogy since I first discovered the first book a couple of years ago and this was an exciting end.  The characters introduced in The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials as well as new introductions continued to grow and change.  I was emotionally invested in the story and characters as well.  I cried during the sad and trying parts and cheered during the happy moments, at least internally.

If you have not read the rest of the series, definitely go back and read them.  If you have, then I’m sure you will agree that this is a great ending.

On a side note: I can’t wait for the Maze Runner movie!  Expect a review on here within days of its release.