The House of Hades

How does the switching third-person omniscient POV affect the plot and story structure?

The House of Hades is the only novel in the Heroes of Olympus series that features the POV of each of the seven protagonists. How does this serve the character development of the characters as well as the plot?

In this fight between good and evil, how do the heroes’—Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Frank, Hazel, and Leo—actions and behavior differentiate themselves from the villains’?

Calypso is a figure in Greek mythology, who falls in love with heroes who come to her island and then leave. How is Leo different than these other heroes, including Percy, who have come before?

Jason was born Roman but chooses to be Greek. How does his choice foreshadow the end of the war between the Greek and Roman demigods?

Jason discovers that Nico is gay in The House of Hades, but Nico doesn’t want Jason to tell anyone else. How does Jason’s response to Nico’s revelation affect his and Nico’s character arcs? How does the revelation of Nico’s sexuality expand the Percy Jackson universe in terms of representation?

The relationship between godly parents and their demigods is often fraught with tension. How do the relationships of the demigods with their godly parents change throughout this narrative?

How are the gods influencing the characters and the narrative while being sidelined with their split Greek and Roman personalities?