richie’s Reviews > The Court of the Dead > Status Update

at this point the mythical are getting kidnapped by some minor god that has not been revealed to us yet, and everyone is very on edge. really loving seeing frank’s son of mars side a lot more in this book. lowk making me wanna re-read heroes of olympus…

seeing characters or making a reference towards characters of past books, like hazel and Frank, Lavinia, Telemachus, Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Jason, it’s cool to see that these people have canon interactions outside of the books, and it keeps the memory alive. I like the fact this story shows that monsters or myth in this case, realize that they don’t have to live their lives in shame, and are capable of change.

in any case, I don’t know how this man does it. He keeps putting out books like his life depends on it and honestly, I think him for it because I love them and I genuinely have such a great time reading each, and everyone of them, it thrust me back into the land of Greek mythology and childhood, and how it feels to be enveloped something that you love.

that’s my only major criticism which can get annoying at times, because gay relationships are just the same as straight ones and he doesn’t have to be lovey-dovey all the time characters can have fear to express themselves in public or knowing nico‘s personality. In my opinion he’d be less PDA less nicknames more actions or acts of service to show will that he’s there.

so, comparing the way, Percy and Annabeth treat each other and talk to each other, and how the subtle references and minor details reveal that there are a couple and make it very obvious to the reader that they are in love, but the boys’ relationship is very much shoved at us instead of revealing itself in a normal way. If you played take a shot with everytime they said boyfriend, you’d be drunk by the hour.

in this particular addition of nico story, I think Mark Oshiro has influence in how Will and nico ‘s dynamic is portrayed, which is good I think Rick was very right in hiring them because he doesn’t understand the queer experience from personal experience, so he wants to make sure that he portrays this relationship with grace. I do however think that it’s a bit on the nose sometimes.