I absolutely adored the humor of Riordan's dialogue. I'm sure there were lots of clever little moments where knowing the other stories would have given a little more insight, but it wasn't necessary. (Hear that? That's the sound of fifteen more books hitting my TBR pile.) It was nice to be able to jump into this new series and not feel like I didn't know what was going on because I haven't read the others. I'm such a huge fan of any story involving this level of mythology, so I'm kicking myself for not reading Riordan's many other books. This is my first time reading Rick Riordan, although I've seen the Percy Jackson movies and really enjoyed both. But along the way, Apollo learns what it means to be mortal and realizes he might not have been so perfect after all. Stripped of his godly powers and everything that made him Apollo, he must find his way back into his father's good graces to return to his fabulous and perfect former self. Olympus by an angry Zeus, he falls to earth and quickly realizes he is nothing more than mortal teen, Lester Popadopoulos––with horrible acne to boot. When the great and mighty Apollo is cast from Mt.
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