The choice to narrate the books from a former God’s perspective and then exploring all the trials that he faced to regain his divinity was such a gripping and convicting narrative. This arc felt like it was more mature than the last mostly because of its focus on darker tones, its more enticing plot, and for the convicting morals and lessons that the cast learns during their adventures. This arc has separated itself from the last installments because of the way I believe it has been targeted more towards young adults as opposed to younger kids like the last books have been. This new arc felt like it was written in an entirely unique way compared to the last 10 books, albeit in the best way possible. The Trials of Apollo may be my new favorite arc in the Camp Half Blood series. Reading goal update #8: Percy Jackson The Trials of Apollo

Overall, I enjoyed them and I appreciate what Rick did but PJO will forever be the best of the best. I remember in PJO and HOO the prophecies always had a plot twist and almost never meant what the demigods thought it meant, whereas in TOA the prophecies were always pretty easy to decipher and figure out, which was a bit disappointing ngl. The entire series was also very predictable. What happened to them? Did they die? Do they only stay at camp in the winter? Seems more like a forgotten string on part of Rick. Book 5 also happened at CHB and NY, however, the demigods mentioned in Book 1 aka Paolo and co. Estelle's dad is Paul Blofis so this genetic plot-hole for some reason angered me quite a lot.

I also really appreciated Meg as a character, she was so 3 dimensional, I loved to see her battle her demons both in and out.Ī few things that annoyed me about the book: 1) Estelle has Percy's eyes, which he's meant to have gotten from Poseidon, his dad. It started out kinda meh with Apollo being a bit insufferable but his character development was honestly one of the best things in the series and I loved every single haiku (which wow impressive). Overall, I also feel like it was a bit unnecessary to begin with but still enjoyable and it was great to return to Percy's world even though we didn't get to see as much of him as I would have liked to (tho I understand poor Percy has already been through enough as it is). Even though I've rated and reviewed all individual books, I thought I'd also review the entire series as a whole.

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