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Hopefully It’s Almost Over

The Tyrant's Tomb (Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan

June 7, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Start with a zombie attack while transporting a fallen comrade home, using tattoos to decipher bits of prophecy, metal greyhounds (robot dogs seem a little out of place but it does kind of work), a bookstore cat, trying to figure out how to counter a massive attack/invasion on Camp Jupiter, and facing off against formerly dead (?) emperor of Rome (the nastier ones), and conclude with some of Lester’s godliness starting to come back in time for what hopefully is the final face off against […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: greek mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman mythology, the tyrant's tomb, Trials of Apollo 4, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: greek mythology, Rick Riordan, Roman mythology, the tyrant's tomb, Trials of Apollo 4, YA ·
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Okay, I think I’m really done with Riordan after this series is over. I’m serious this time.

The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan

December 27, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

And we’re back down to being pretty mediocre. It was much, much better in the second half, but I just really think this entire premise is both tired and flawed. In fact, that’s mostly what I want to talk about in this review, the overall series premise and style, but I do want to talk a little about this actual installment first. So, this is the fourth and penultimate book in this series. Apollo and Meg have arrived at the Roman camp, and it turns […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, middle grade, mythology, narfna, Rick Riordan, the trials of apollo, the tyrant's tomb

narfna's CBR11 Review No:130 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, middle grade, mythology, narfna, Rick Riordan, the trials of apollo, the tyrant's tomb ·
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