I'm gonna give it to you straight (even though we all know how not-straight this book is) (sorry): This book did not meet my expectations. 
Don't get me wrong; I love Nico and I've been dying to read this for YEARS. Unfortunately, the plot was clunky and there were scenes that should've been cut. There were also some mistakes towards the end which really should've been weeded out by a round of editing. These all made the book feel like an unpolished draft instead of a final version. Also, is it just me or do they pass out a lot? They're gonna give Jason a run for his money! 

Okay, now I've gotten that out of the way, I gotta give some praise to the book. I loved it mostly because IP works on me and Nico has been one of my favourites since The Titan's Curse, but that doesn't mean I don't love other things about it too. I liked Gorgyra, though I don't really know how to feel about how her segments were structured. And also, having this book be written by an author who isn't Riordan truly shows how different writing styles can be. It made me reflect a lot on my own writing (especially since Oshiro's voice reminds me of my own lol!)

All right, that's all from me. Bob says goodbye~ ⭐☀️

i could never rate anything percy jackson related less than a 4 on principle BUT this was overall not one of my favorite PJO universe books. i adore nico and will and that was enough to make me more than happy with the novel, but it just felt Different than others in the series. character/dialogue stuff mostly. the dual author situation may have been a large reason for that. i just LOVED the dual POVs though AND the weaving in of the boat scene for the first half-ish of the book. that was a reallyyyy cool structural choice 

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I had a wonderful time reading this book. Nico and Will were adorable. I liked their relationship. 

When I first saw that this book was coming, I was really excited with high hopes. And when I first read it, I thought it was amazing. Then I realized , after a couple of rereads, that it wasn’t that great. There’s a lot of plot holes. Like, so many plot holes. I could clearly see the two different writing styles, and the second author wasn’t important. This would have been a lot better with just Rick Riordan. I also felt like they were trying to turn Nico into Percy with his humor, and Nico and Will felt like totally different people then in the main books. I would give this one star, but most of the Solangelo scenes were cute, so it’s 2. Nico and Will deserved a better solo book.