Rick Riordan is a great author who has written many books, including The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune and The Mark of Athena.
He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two kids, Haley and Patrick. Rick Riordan additionally has one dog and three black cats.
The House of Hades is the fourth book in the Heroes of Olympus series, and is a good book because it teaches the reader about Greek and Roman mythology with a modern twist.
It's an educational novel about the importance of working as a team, and that love is all you need to survive.
As you read the book, you will notice the differences and the similarities between the characters, for example some of them are certain of what they will accomplish (e.g. "Ask me again, once we defeat Gaia") and others are not so sure. This creates diversity and makes the book more interesting.
At the end of a previous book, Percy and Annabeth, two of the main characters, fall into a place where monsters go when they die (Tartarus).
Some of them come back to life almost immediately, and others, like Damien the giant, have to wait a few millennia to reform.
As the line in the great prophecy states, one giant, one Titan and one monster have to help Percy and Annabeth get out through the Doors of Death (the only way out of Tartarus).
It seems impossible, but as their adventures continue, it starts to be more and more feasible.
Meanwhile, on the Argo II, a ship built by Leo, the mechanic of the group, the remainder of the group is not doing so well.
They are disagreeing on almost everything, and as a result they can't work together well as a team. This is the only way to destroy Gaia, a mythology version of Mother Earth. She wants to avenge the Titans, and while she's at it destroy everything else.
Can the team work together again? Can Percy and Annabeth get out of Tartarus safely? Will life ever be normal again?
All of these questions will be answered in the House of Hades.
Jessica Soule is a Grade 7 student and a member of the teen reading club at the West Vancouver Memorial library. This book review originally appeared in the North Shore News special section called Back to Class.
