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The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan
4.25
adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have been reading the PJO universe since I was 10 or 11, and it has such an amazing chokehold on my life. It will forever be AMAZING, and I never want the universe to end. I loved this book, and I gave it 4.25 stars and I love how Apollo finally got his godly self and powers back. I am sad that Percy didn't appear as much as I hoped, but I do adore how we got to meet baby Estelle.

Quotes
- “No story ever ends, does it? It just leads into others.”
- “So, dear reader, we have come to the end of my trials. You have followed me through five volumes of adventures and six months of pain and suffering. By my reckoning, you have read two hundred and ten of my haiku. Like Meg, you surely deserve a reward. What would you accept? I am fresh out of unicorns. However, anytime you take aim and prepare to fire your best shot, anytime you seek to put your emotions into a song or poem, know that I am smiling on you. We are friends now. Call on me. I will be there for you.”
- “At last, as the sun went down, Meg seemed to understand it was time for me to leave. “You’ll come back?” she asked. “Always,” I promised. “The sun always comes back.”
- “Ladies and Gentlemen, meet my glow-in-the-dark boyfriend.”
- “Nico laughed, which I didn’t know he was capable of.”
- “Dude!” Percy stuffed a cookie in his mouth. His eyes rolled up in ecstasy. “Apollo, you’re the best. I take back almost everything I’ve said about you.” “It’s quite all right,” I assured him. “Wait…what do you mean almost?”
- “Rachel pulled out a blue plastic hairbrush and threw it at the nearest barbarian, beaning him in the eye and making him howl. Sorry I underestimated you, Rachel, I thought distantly. You’re actually kind of a hairbrush ninja.”
- “William Andrew Solace,” Nico said, “do you have something to confess?”
- “CONGRATULATIONS, PERCY THE GRADUTE! I did not ask why graduate was misspelled, dyslexia being so common in demigod families."