![]() ![]() And I don’t usually pick favorites, but I was beyond ecstatic that Thalia got a moment here. Calypso and Thalia Grace take on more than just the recurring role in this book. There were more returning characters!!! I’m more excited by the young women I got to see…read…see-you get it. So while it was all one spot, the scenes through the chapters were all perfectly fitting. If there was a tid-bit to explore it was explored and well-detailed. There wasn’t any one time that I felt like the story was dragging along because of this. While in the first book Apollo and Meg were running all over the place, though it centered around Camp Half-Blood, this one stayed put in the city of Indianapolis. We more or less stayed put compared to the previous book. Let’s just say the Kool-Aid man had a brief cameo. Though, I felt like the level of funny went up a notch. I don’t have much to say about the style and tone because Riordan does splendid in keeping both up from the previous book. The continued growth of humanity in the ex-god hit a soft spot with me. More didn’t just pop up after a few were destroyed. They aren’t just meager ants to him anymore. More so, I really REALLY loved seeing the realizations that Apollo was coming to in regards to his demigod friends and other aquaintances. He’s experiencing so many emotions it’s like seeing a newborn baby bird get shoved out of its nest, except he fell on his face instead of taking flight. He is getting to see just how dangerous it can get on the ground floor instead of just watching from a bird’s eye view. I don’t know why, but Apollo’s suffering really gives me a little joy. Just like the first one, The Hidden Oracle (review here), there was so much humor and fun. Already having gone through so much, Apollo has to stop him before they can even get to the next Oracle and before he destroys them. ![]() With Meg gone, Apollo relies on a couple of other, erm, friends to help him with the Oracles.įor some reason, Apollo and crew land in Indianapolis and just when they think there’s nothing happening-seriously, it’s flat land for miles and there was nobody around-a roman emperor that’s working with Nero makes himself known. It’s her stepfather, Nero’s, who just so happens to be an old enemy of Apollo’s. Usually his demigod master, Meg McCaffey does all of the fighting, but she’s missing, which totally isn’t his fault. Capture Apollo before he can find the next Oracle.Īpollo is new to the whole hero-quest-business. These books are a lot of fun, but I find Apollo a much harder character to enjoy following than either Jason or Percy.The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo #2) Author: Rick Riordan Published: 2017 Meg is the perfect foil for Apollo’s pomposity. These two characters weave humanity, love and family through the adventure. Emmie and Jo who run the Waystation add weight to the story, that being told through Apollo’s eyes has a tendency to become rather flippant. The relationship between Leo and Calypso is hesitant and lovely. Leo is brash, like Apollo though he isn’t as pompous and is therefore more appealing. Other characters do a great job of balancing him out. Apollo himself gets a bit annoying for me, there is only so many times he can say how great is or was as a god, when really he was a bit of an idiot. Along the way he reconnects with Meg and even though she betrayed him, it is clear the two are destined to continue forward together. Apollo has not just one thing to do in order to find the Oracle, he has several mini quests that need to be undertaken, one is rescuing a young girl who may be family. ![]() ![]() To make matters worse this Oracle is guarded by the second member of the Triumvirate, a mad emperor who also belongs in the darker parts of Apollo’s past.Īccompanied by Leo and Calypso they find themselves at the Waystation, a place of refuge run by two ex-hunters of Artemis. This oracle is not only part of Apollo’s dark past, it also has the potential to drive him, or anyone who uses it, mad. This one has a strong personal connection to him, one he is reluctant to look too closely at. Apollo is still a human, still Lester and has to find the second oracle. ![]()
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