The Hidden Oracle



Author: Rick Riordan

Read: 8/30/2017

Pages: 376

Rating: 5/5

Format: physical

Response: The Hidden Oracle is the first book in Rick Riordan's newest series The Trials of Apollo. It follows Apollo after he was cast out of Olympus by his father Zeus, sent to Earth to live as a mortal and complete trials for a half-blood that claims his service. He gets off to a rough start when he lands in a dumpster, and then as he struggles to adapt to not being handsome, or having any of the powers he was so used to. It was fast paced and fun the whole way through. It was nice to have Apollo basically normal. Riordan didn't make the story complete itself too easily by letting Apollo have the answers to everything, which was nice. It gave a little suspense to the book as you tried to figure things out along with Apollo and Meg. Apollo also brought the appropriate level of humor to the situation as he learned the world did not in fact revolve around him, and he couldn't just pass his responsibility off to the nearest hero. There's a very good chance that this will be one of the books I end up reading multiple times!

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