Blogging Books#2 - Trials of Apollo Series Review

 The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan is a Book series that currently has four books. It follows the story of the god Apollo after he was cast down from Olympus by his father Zeus as punishment. The four-thousand-year-old deity Apollo–god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more is now a regular teenage boy with acne and flab called Lester Papadopoulos.

Apollo must face several trials and right several mistakes before he can hopefully win back his father’s favor and be restored to godhood. This series follows apollo as he goes through his trials hence the name of the series; The trials of Apollo.

The Trials of Apollo #1 The Hidden Oracle

How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy.

Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favor.

But Apollo has many enemies—gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood

The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo #2 )

The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers? After experiencing a series of dangerous–and frankly, humiliating–trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America.

Fortunately, what he lacks in godly graces he’s gaining in new friendships–with heroes who will be very familiar to fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series. Come along for what promises to be a harrowing, hilarious, and haiku-filled ride.

The Burning Maze(The Trials of Apollo #3 )

With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter.

While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor—and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles—somewhere in the American Southwest. There is one glimmer of hope in the gloom-filled prophecy: The cloven guide alone the way does know. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon. . . .

The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo #4)

It’s not easy being Apollo, especially when you’ve been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient Oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies.

Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors. Hazel, Reyna, Frank, Tyson, Ella, and many other old friends will need Apollo’s aid to survive the onslaught. Unfortunately, the answer to their salvation lies in the forgotten tomb of a Roman ruler . . . someone even worse than the emperors Apollo has already faced.

The Author; Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels for young readers, including the Percy Jackson series, the Kane Chronicles, the Magnus Chase series and the Trials of Apollo. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.

For Rick Riordan, a bedtime story shared with his oldest son was just the beginning of his journey into the world of children’s books. Already an award-winning author of mysteries for adults, Riordan, a former teacher, was asked by his son Haley to tell him some bedtime stories about the gods and heroes in Greek mythology.

“I had taught Greek myths for many years at the middle school level, so I was glad to comply,” says Riordan.“When I ran out of myths, (Haley) was disappointed and asked me if I could make up something new with the same characters.”

Today, eighty-six million copies of his books are in print in the United States, and rights have been sold into more than 37 countries. Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons.