Riordan brings back some fan favorites such as Nico di Angelo, Will Solace and Rachel Elizabeth Dare. The side characters are no less memorable in this book. Her inner turmoil explores parental abuse in a novel manner: from the outside perspective of Apollo as he wonders where Meg’s loyalties lie. Lester’s demigod master, Meg, who is forced to confront her past and face her adopted father, also undergoes significant growth during the series. Lester’s character arc is one of the best Riordan has written because of the character’s complete transformation - it forces Apollo to question his immortality. The quests humble Apollo by knocking him down a peg and force him to appreciate everything the demigods go through. Over the course of the series, Lester learns the value of life, what it means to be human and to sacrifice oneself for a greater cause. At first, Lester is a whiny, self-centered new mortal, which is understandable considering he spent four millennia as a god. Meg will have to confront her father and Apollo will have to use all the skills he has gained over the past six months to face his archnemesis.Ĭharacter growth is one of the strongest components in the series. “The Tower of Nero” follows Lester and his demigod master Meg McCaffrey, as they follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. In order to regain his godhood, he has to free the oracles and slay Python, his enemy from when he was a young god.

The novel is told from Apollo’s point of view, who, at the start of the series, was cast off Olympus and into the weak, mortal form of Lester Papadopoulos. “The Tower of Nero” serves the finale that the series has been building to: the big battle between Apollo, Nero and Python, and the verdict on Apollo’s godhood. “The Tower of Nero” was a bit predictable, but the lovable, familiar characters made visiting this world one last time enjoyable. 14 to promote the final installment in the series: “The Tower of Nero.” I read the book after the Books of Wonder event on Oct.

Riordan went on a virtual book tour, “The Trials of Uncle Rick,” from Oct. Rick Riordan surprised fans when he chose to continue his Camp Half-Blood books with its third series: “The Trials of Apollo,” which, much to fans’ chagrin, would be the last series coming from that world.

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