#THE TOWER OF NERO SERIES#

He’s only able to condemn Apollo because he has more power in Olympus, not because he isn’t guilty of the very same things his son did.

Apollo realizes how the God’s lack of empathy and hunger for power corrupts them, yet Zeus remains unaware. However, Zeus isn’t morally superior, like the others gods he is also selfish and with no care for those below him. Sure, the latter was arrogant, selfish and needed to learn a lesson. At the same time, I love how the story doesn’t pretend that Zeus is justified in his punishment of Apollo. It’s easy to put the blame on others, yet only by truly accepting that he was just as guilty, did Apollo truly realize how he could move forward. Most of all, he finally accepts that he made mistakes and did wrong, getting rid of all the excuses he used to come up with.

He’s of course not perfect, but really trying to be a better person and genuinely cares about the humans/demigods that he has befriended. Sure, Apollo still has his moments of weakness, when he wants to cower and let others save the day, but his caring often overrides that. His selflessness is more pronounced and often the urge to do good and save people is automatic. I liked the gradual shift in his thinking and how each book has Apollo caring more about humans and saving everyone he could, culminating in this last book. Most of all Apollo also confronted his past failures, how his selfishness caused harm to those he claimed to love, though he often tried to avoid thinking about it. He also truly suffered for the first time and saw that the heroes he send on a quest weren’t expendable. He experiences hardships side by side with the humans he once considered mere pawns to use, like all the gods to. Over the course of the books you could slowly, but realistically seeing Apollo change his perspective on being human and sacrifice with the help of his new friends.

That is the only way to make the pain and sacrifice mean something.”Īpollo’s character Arc was so well written! ➽ I always loved how the story challenged his arrogance and selfishness. To be human is to move forward, to adapt, to believe in your ability to make things better. But making things right could not mean rewinding the clock. “I wanted to go back to a time before all the sacrifices had been made. Will Meg have a last showdown with her father? Will this helpless form of Apollo have to face his arch nemesis, Python? Who will be on hand at Camp Half-Blood to assist? These questions and more will be answered in this book that all demigods are eagerly awaiting. Lester’s final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester’s demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus.

#THE TOWER OF NERO SERIES#

At last, the breathtaking, action-packed finale of the #1 bestselling Trials of Apollo series is here!

The tower of nero