I really liked this one. As with all Riordan's stories it was first person narrative but I found that Apollo was a different type of narrator (due to his previous god-like state) so while it was hard to like him at some points it was also hard to outright hate him. He was endearing in a little boy way since everything was new to him 9as it has been awhile since he had been a human. I hadn't finished reading the second series that was before this yet so there were some spoilers but it was nice to revisit the characters I did remember. Of course there was a twist and betrayal as there is inevitably is in these but it was still a great read. Can't wait for the next one in this series as well as the Magnus.