Book Hype hosts Karen and Michal are joined by Kristen to discuss Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson, and House of Hades!

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-Michal and Karen take over Book Hype and kidnap Kristen.
-Michal rants about how to properly spoil someone with a book’s ending.
-Which kind of narrators do we like or dislike?
-Karen rants about the omniscient POV.
-We can judge POVs all we want, but picking one when you’re writing a book is HARD.
-What’s our excuse for being obsessed with a middle grade series?
-Kristen has the best job ever because she can listen to audiobooks all day.
-Karen and Michal have some confessions.
-We’re entering spoiler territory, so stay safe!
-How would we rate House of Hades?
-Which characters are our favorites?
-Why don’t we like Jason and Piper?
-We talk about Nico ad nauseum. Minus the nauseum.
-“Tell the sun and the stars hello for me.” Aaaaand cue the tears.
-Are there TOO many characters?
-Loaded question: Do we like the Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus series better?
-Rick is such a troll. In the best possible way.
-What do we think of The Kane Chronicles?
-What do we think about the upcoming Norse series?
-Crossover novel kthnxbai.

Books mentioned in this episode
Relic by Heather Terrell
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
Winger by Andrew Smith
The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner

The next book in our Book Hype book club is: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

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