I won’t go too far into the plot and characters, because this is the last book in the third series, so I mean.the basic idea should be pretty familiar to people. And that was an issue because I had homework to do and I wasn’t doing it. I couldn't stop myself after I started reading. I’m just pointing out that it was very different and it took me by surprise. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that other than the destruction of my emotions, so I’m not complaining about the pacing. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SLEEP I LOST STRESSING ABOUT THIS? LITERALLY THE ENTIRE BOOK WAS A HUGE BATTLE AND IT HURT MY BRAIN CELL. What Tower of Nero did was it started the battle 30 PERCENT OF THE WAY IN. Generally, Rick Riordan’s books establish a journey and the obstacles that come with that journey, and then there’s a climactic battle scene near the end, which may or may not end in a cliffhanger (FUCK YOU MARK OF ATHENA). I was very surprised by the pacing of this book.

I’M STILL NOT FUCKING OKAY OH MY GOD ASLFKJASLKDGJADSLKFJASDLKGJDASLKGJSDFJKL WHAT THE FUCK. I wasn’t nearly as invested in Trials of Apollo as I was in the Heroes of Olympus series, which remains my favorite out of Rick Riordan’s books.īut I read this book so fucking intensely. I’m going to be honest, I literally did not remember what happened in The Tyrant’s Tomb. Not kidding, I literally punched the sofa. This book made me ugly-cry, and laugh out loud, and scream when my parents weren’t home. My review is not.Īlso, there will be spoilers near the end (they should be pretty avoidable).] [Warning: I will be cussing a lot in this review.

The tower of nero by rick riordan