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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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He just keeps writing them, doesn’t he.

July 6, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

On the one hand, this is the most predictable, tired thing Riordan has ever written. And on the other . . . it was really fun. I’m so conflicted. Firstly, you really can’t go into this book not having read all the other Percy Jackson books beforehand. You will spoil the other books for yourself, which sucks, but more importantly, this book leans on the emotions and plots created in those series. You just won’t care very much about certain things that happen in this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: demigods, fantasy, middle grade, mythology, narfna, Rick Riordan, the hidden oracle, the trials of apollo

narfna's CBR8 Review No:83 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: demigods, fantasy, middle grade, mythology, narfna, Rick Riordan, the hidden oracle, the trials of apollo ·
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