my heart broke when I found out Meg was the demi god working for the beast but not because of the betrayal, because she's this young child who's being manipulated to believe that they're doing this because they love her.
I actually thought that was really uncomfortable. What's funny about assault? Worst part of the book for me. First time I've ever felt like that in a Rick Riordan book tbh. Can't believe everyone else is all like ' oh my god, how funny is it seeing a favourite character of ours get abused! So funny!' I don't understand.
Sheechiibii Fox it's funny because when they heard he was still alive they all wanted to hit him for making them scared, plus this kid fought Giants and died before, he can take a few punches unlike all the soft wanna bes that read the books.
William Freeman Sorry but I don't think physical abuse justified by 'we were worried you were hurt so we're going to make sure you are now by beating you ourselves' is funny. Simply telling me what happened in the book like I didn't read it myself isn't going to suddenly make me understand how that's funny. Your comparison to giants is silly, giants aren't his friends who are supposed to care about him - they're villains who are trying to kill him. I hope your attitude doesn't mean the people you care about beat you. There's a reason why that behaviour is illegal.
Sheechiibii Fox you've never lightly pushed a friend for fun? Or just been in a friendly fight, not of anger but as a joke? That stuff isn't mentally scarring, it's just a way of having fun for people who aren't weak American crybabies. It's not mentally scarring just because you got a bruise, that's life. It heals.
OH. My gosh. I picked this up last summer and set it down 100 pages in FOR NO REASON. I'm feeling inspired now, Christine. I need some Rick Riordan in my life.
my favorite little moments: percy's on the swim team! and he's gonna have a little sister! and his first words opening the door was "why" lmaoooo i also CACKLED when leo was like "eh we beat gaea in like 40 seconds" like RICK YOU SAVAGE
Anyone else have an entire shelf dedicated to Rick Riorden? I have all of his books and I cannot wait for the next Magnus Chase book. Magnus + Percy = 😍😍😍
Hayley Hodson unfortunately my books are split through two houses I live at, but I definitely would! I would also have one for Cassie Clare, and Sarah J Maas 😂😂
Jo Stewart I feel you! my shelves aren't big enough to house all of my Clare books, but so far I've also managed to get Rick's and Maas's book on their own shelves! I need a bigger bookcase. XD
Christine, I just need to thank you. My day was going great , but, of course, it was turned to shit at the very end of the day. I got the notification for this and my day was instantly turned around again. Hearing you talk about these characters that I care about so much instantly got me feeling better and I love you so much for that. Once again, thank you.
Celestino Vela she has to read them because eventually the four parts of this world (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse) are going to come together and make one big problem/solution!!! Rick's already combined Greek and Egyptian and Greek and Roman and Greek and Norse. My bet is this is going to come completely together either by Apollos ending series or another series or trilogy after Apollo. Either way Christine you have to read them!!!!
Trials of Apollo is rlly fun. I just finished this book a couple of days ago and I absolutely love the actions, characters etc. I am now reading the dark prophecy and it’s even better than when I first expected it to be ;)
One of my favorite parts of the book is when Leo returned, and there was a line of campers organized by nico punching him in the arm because he made them think he was dead
Wait. Apollo's lovers have been turned into plants all the time previously. Apollo's son, Will, fell in love with Nico, who had turned into a dandelion AND a stalk of corn. LiKe FaThEr LiKe SoN haha
Apollo called Meg a “Ragamuffin dumpster queen”. That line automatically puts him in my top 3 favorite Rick Riordan characters with Percy & Leo. And Peaches is amazing.
Have you heard the song from the new Broadway musical adaptation of The Lightning Thief? It's called Good Kid and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it.
frecklesohmy92- I've heard it but I'm still at the point where I don't want anyone touching the Percy Jackson universe except Rick. I'm also not too happy about the fact that this series is only good enough for a musical, not a TV show or decent movies.
Rachel- the- Fangirl I totally feel you dude. A musical never would have been my first choice for the PJO material but as a fan of musicals I do have a lot of confidence in the medium's storytelling.
frecklesohmy92 (not trying to be mean) The musical is not called Good Kid. Good Kid is the only song that they have released. The actual musical is the Lightning Thief (again not trying to be mean just saying ; )
I'm crying. Literally crying. Just because I love Rick's books so much (and also all the jokes you've reminded me about since I read it as soon as it was out)
I screamed when Percy commented Peaches saying Peaches all the time by saying "He's Grooting." My biggest fictional boyfriend referencing Guardians of The Galaxy just made me so happy.
I just had a huge fight with my parents and I immediately came to your channel and started marathoning your videos. You're literally my comfort show. 😂❤
Omg this was such good timing I just re read it and I went to go see if you'd done a book talk and there wasn't one but now here it is! It just made my day
Ahhhh I always knew this day would come! I legit squealed when I opened TH-cam to see this uploaded! SO EXCITED!!! Apollo and Leo banter: I NEED IT!! I need to reread this book before the sequel comes out in May bc your review reminded me of so many things that I'd forgotten. So excited!!!
Oh my god I've waited a year for this booktalk, Trials of Apollo was so immensely good and it took me back to my days at camp half blood. APOLLO IS MY FAVORITE.
Did you just- "Olympus has it's eyes on you." Were you referencing the Broadway production 'Hamilton: An American Musical' or is my obsession just overwhelming every thought I have?
One thing I really liked bout the book was the more... in-depth look we had at the CHB kids, the ones in the background. They were given more personality in this book, which was really enjoyable. I also loved how Apollo interacted with his children.
I totally relate, like, A LOT when she said that she compares every character with percy because I do the same and actually makes me ANGRYYYY that I can't stop and I can't really enjoy each character because my brain is like: Nah, Percy is better
I think one of my favourite scenes from the book was when Percy was giving Apollo a pep talk in the last battle like "oh I you don't shoot the magical plague arrow RIGHT NOW, I'll throw you off the Empire State building!" and Apollo is like "Zeus used to say that kind of things before my soccer matches!" (obviously not the accurate quote). That was hillarious. What was your favourite scene/part of the book?
I’m kind of disappointed she didn’t read the rest of trials of Apollo because a lot of stuff that wasn’t wrapped up in BoO that she was upset about is featured in ToA. Love her reviews though❤️
I love Percy but I love Apollo's POV too. He's so funny. I don't know if Rick will have Percy be a huge part only cause I mean Percy's done a lot to help out
I finished this book 3 days ago and I honestly feel so proud because I finished it before you because you have read like every book ever. Also I'm sure we started reading about the same time because I had the problem with there being less Percy too but what we got of him in this book I absolutely loved
By the end of this book i had an unchecked hatred for meg for awhile. And I think EVERYONE was annoyed with Apollo in the beginning. Loved Nico and Will's parts in this book. Doctors Orders. Right?!? But that end though. (ps Christine Pan died in the labrynth remember)
Meg is a victim of domestic abuse and parental manipulation, who has a variety of good points and bad points and overall actually acts like a 12-year-old. She's a complex character from just the first book, so I really like her and the reveal of her spying which I felt was really well done. Apollo is also a very well written character with lots of flaws, and I just appreciate the amount of complexity his character held and his constant development. So no, I loved Meg, and I loved Apollo since it took just one book for them to be as complex and well-rounded as Percy and Annabeth did in 4-5 books
I was so sad when I finished Heroes of Olympus. I am so stoked to see the Percy Jackson series continue, although, it took me a while to get accustom to the fact that this is all from Apollo's POV! Later, in this first book, I even grew to like his cocky godly attitude.
I thought Will was going to be the one doing the doctor jokes but nope, ladies and gentleman met Nico “I can do whatever I want because I have a doctor’s note” Di Angelo.
WereReader ss I loved the parts when Sadie was messing with stuff or whatever and Percy stared at her and thought "whoa it's like starting at my future daughter "
Literally was sitting on my sofa and was like its Christine Tuesday where's the video and it came out and IT WAS ONE KF MY FAV BOOKS HWJXJSJXJ your my fav youtuber 😊
Did anyone else turn in to a sobbing mess when it mentioned Travis and Clarisse in college? My baby's are all grown up😭
Eimear Cullen I MISS THEM SO MUCH
They can be 12 again
Eimear Cullen same 😭😭
yea
Apollo: Will, Kayla, Austin come with me
Nico : And Nico I have a Doctor's note
Me : 🤣😂
Jenna Book Haven I loved Nicole in this book so much💝
Ashley Garcia nicole???
Riarda Murseli I think she means nico it probably auto-corrected to say Nicole not nico
Jenna Book Haven lmao😂😂😂
SOLANGELO!!!!
Jenna Book Haven And Apollo was like FINE IDC
when nico and will came i started freaking out
IM STILL FREAKING OUT AA AIHAHFSHGHGJWGJJGBSHFT
my heart broke when I found out Meg was the demi god working for the beast but not because of the betrayal, because she's this young child who's being manipulated to believe that they're doing this because they love her.
Me too it broke me heart when I realized this
Yane M AHHHH MY SPOILER FREE EARS
Yane M she was manipulated :(
She think he is not evil :(
"Daddy upstairs" and "Olympus has its eyes on youuuuuu" killed me 😂🤣
this is literally the first book I have read before Christine
JustSarah I know right
same
JustSarah same
YUP SAME
JustSarah same
when they all lined up and punched leo in the face 😂😂😂
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THAT WAS THE BEST THING EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I actually thought that was really uncomfortable. What's funny about assault? Worst part of the book for me. First time I've ever felt like that in a Rick Riordan book tbh. Can't believe everyone else is all like ' oh my god, how funny is it seeing a favourite character of ours get abused! So funny!' I don't understand.
Sheechiibii Fox it's funny because when they heard he was still alive they all wanted to hit him for making them scared, plus this kid fought Giants and died before, he can take a few punches unlike all the soft wanna bes that read the books.
William Freeman Sorry but I don't think physical abuse justified by 'we were worried you were hurt so we're going to make sure you are now by beating you ourselves' is funny. Simply telling me what happened in the book like I didn't read it myself isn't going to suddenly make me understand how that's funny. Your comparison to giants is silly, giants aren't his friends who are supposed to care about him - they're villains who are trying to kill him. I hope your attitude doesn't mean the people you care about beat you. There's a reason why that behaviour is illegal.
Sheechiibii Fox you've never lightly pushed a friend for fun? Or just been in a friendly fight, not of anger but as a joke? That stuff isn't mentally scarring, it's just a way of having fun for people who aren't weak American crybabies. It's not mentally scarring just because you got a bruise, that's life. It heals.
"Me too I have a doctors note" same Nico
What Rick sees: Apollo is now a mortal and he needs to figure out how to live.
What everyone else sees: *SOLANGELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!1!1!!!!!!*
XxThat fandom girl xX why did I laugh. This has 9 likes
Solangelo: *Exists*
the fandom: _We can make a religion out of this._
@@eebertdeebert wow its a religion inside of a religion
YUP
Btw the way you say Piper still cracks me up
Pipper McLean
Miss Cult YES
"PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY!" Oh Gods! I loved that talking arrow! XD
BRAZIL!!!
“SUCKETH SUCKETH SUCKETH”
*THOU JAPE LIKE A JAPING JAPER*
OH. My gosh. I picked this up last summer and set it down 100 pages in FOR NO REASON. I'm feeling inspired now, Christine. I need some Rick Riordan in my life.
OH MY GOSH! YAY PICK IT BACK UP! The second one is coming!!! =D
"We don't know any Childs of demeters before"KATIE GARDNER GURLLL
We all thought it would be Will to pull the 'doctors note' thing but NO IT WAS NICO AND IT WAS AWESOME
yesssss
I feel like Rick had Apollo swear the oath to (not only to portray Apollo's vanity) but so Apollo didn't always have "an easy way out".
Yeah that's what I thought. Kinda like how in son of Neptune Percy had to give up the mark of Achilles so he wasn't invulnerable anymore
What about Percy's unborn sibling? I was waiting for her to mention her
Samantha L me too
yeah. Percy's gonna be a GREAT big brother! :)
Yep 'GREAT' big brother
Samantha L Estelle
We love Estelle.
SOLANGELO IS THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD! I LOVE IT! I LOVE NICO’S DOCTOR’S NOTES!😍😂
my favorite little moments: percy's on the swim team! and he's gonna have a little sister! and his first words opening the door was "why" lmaoooo
i also CACKLED when leo was like "eh we beat gaea in like 40 seconds" like RICK YOU SAVAGE
"pee-per"
*some things never change XD*
Mariana Maurício Christine says pip-er... instead of the correct pipe-r
Ikr!! That's always gets on my nerves
When she said that Calypso was mortal and liability I was just like, "you know who else is mortal and a liability? Apollo"
Anyone else have an entire shelf dedicated to Rick Riorden? I have all of his books and I cannot wait for the next Magnus Chase book. Magnus + Percy = 😍😍😍
Hayley Hodson unfortunately my books are split through two houses I live at, but I definitely would! I would also have one for Cassie Clare, and Sarah J Maas 😂😂
Jo Stewart I feel you! my shelves aren't big enough to house all of my Clare books, but so far I've also managed to get Rick's and Maas's book on their own shelves! I need a bigger bookcase. XD
Hayley Hodson OMG I thought I was the only one
YEEESS THE RICK RIORDAN BOOKS HAVE A SPECIAL SHELF NEXT TO MY BED
Totes girl! But I would never ship them as a couple. Percabeth and Fierrochase for life!
Christine, I just need to thank you. My day was going great , but, of course, it was turned to shit at the very end of the day. I got the notification for this and my day was instantly turned around again. Hearing you talk about these characters that I care about so much instantly got me feeling better and I love you so much for that. Once again, thank you.
trials of apollo more like
*SOLANGELOOOOOO*
Mariana Mauricio yup!!
Mariana Mauricio solangelooooooooo
Mariana Mauricio Trials of Solangelo
"Significant annoyance, in your case"
Jahdkajsjfie 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍I luv it
You're never going to pronounce Piper right are you? 😂😂😂
and you still haven't reviewed the kane chronicles ;-; give it a chance like you did with this one I know you'll like it
Celestino Vela
she has to read them because eventually the four parts of this world (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse) are going to come together and make one big problem/solution!!! Rick's already combined Greek and Egyptian and Greek and Roman and Greek and Norse. My bet is this is going to come completely together either by Apollos ending series or another series or trilogy after Apollo. Either way Christine you have to read them!!!!
There's also Demigods and Magicians stories, those count as a "Percy Jackson related book[s]"
Oh my gosh I absolutely love those!!!
The Kane Chronicles audiobooks are really good too!
Celestino Vela I love Kane Chronicles!!!!
Trials of Apollo is rlly fun. I just finished this book a couple of days ago and I absolutely love the actions, characters etc. I am now reading the dark prophecy and it’s even better than when I first expected it to be ;)
dude you HAVE to continue the series. you're gonna love it
SOLANGELO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of my favorite parts of the book is when Leo returned, and there was a line of campers organized by nico punching him in the arm because he made them think he was dead
Friend: what was the biggest shock in the book?
Me: THAT CONNOR AND TRAVIS ARENT TWINS!
Wait. Apollo's lovers have been turned into plants all the time previously. Apollo's son, Will, fell in love with Nico, who had turned into a dandelion AND a stalk of corn. LiKe FaThEr LiKe SoN haha
*Hyacinthus flashbacks*
Oh gods. Nico is gonna die.
I love how Nicos excuse no matter what the problem is “I have a doctors note” Because his doctor is his boyfriend
The fact that Zeus re-named his son Lester. The *level* of pettiness 😂
who actually leaves when she says "goodbye non spoiler-y people" ?
han piller not me I listen to like a minute of it end then I'm like wait I don't want these spoilers and then I leave😂
Gabby Mckayle hahahah, SAME
I did! then I read the book and came back :)
Finished it in time for the next one! It's sooo good isn't it?! My favorite part is the arrow. He's so funny!
BUT WHAT ABOUT SALLY
Bre Be she also didn't mention anything about Rachel
"she's a communist!" that's my favourite line
Apollo called Meg a “Ragamuffin dumpster queen”. That line automatically puts him in my top 3 favorite Rick Riordan characters with Percy & Leo. And Peaches is amazing.
Have you heard the song from the new Broadway musical adaptation of The Lightning Thief? It's called Good Kid and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it.
frecklesohmy92 it's so good!!!
I don't know if I'm totally sold on the whole idea of the musical yet but I must admit the song is catchy haha. So happy to hear you love it!
frecklesohmy92-
I've heard it but I'm still at the point where I don't want anyone touching the Percy Jackson universe except Rick. I'm also not too happy about the fact that this series is only good enough for a musical, not a TV show or decent movies.
Rachel- the- Fangirl I totally feel you dude. A musical never would have been my first choice for the PJO material but as a fan of musicals I do have a lot of confidence in the medium's storytelling.
frecklesohmy92 (not trying to be mean) The musical is not called Good Kid. Good Kid is the only song that they have released. The actual musical is the Lightning Thief (again not trying to be mean just saying ; )
I'm crying. Literally crying. Just because I love Rick's books so much (and also all the jokes you've reminded me about since I read it as soon as it was out)
*WHAT ABOUT PERCY'S UNBORN SIBLING!?!?!?!?!!?!*
I screamed when Percy commented Peaches saying Peaches all the time by saying "He's Grooting." My biggest fictional boyfriend referencing Guardians of The Galaxy just made me so happy.
I came as soon as I heard!
thatsimple_idk ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON? DAMN
I'm leaving, I'm leaving
thatsimple_idk All the way from TH-cam DAMN!
Sorry I will be leaving too...
Awesome.yayfanfic Yay! Don't you mean All the way from London dam
I actually thought you already read it. Oh whale. IT'S THE BEST! I LOVE APOLLO. AND SOLANGELO
I just had a huge fight with my parents and I immediately came to your channel and started marathoning your videos. You're literally my comfort show. 😂❤
My favorite part was when the book tied back to the sea of monsters raising the question "who funded the invasion?"
Omg this was such good timing I just re read it and I went to go see if you'd done a book talk and there wasn't one but now here it is! It just made my day
"Hes like the Percy Jackson equivalent of GROOT! *growling* peachesssss"
The amount of passion and dedication she has to these book is inhuman.
I loved the part when Percy mentioned Annabeth being in Boston where the Magnus Chase books were going on.
"Jason would get knocked out by the giant robot" TRUE THOUGH
I'm just here for solangelo. SOLANGELOSOLANGELOSOLANGELO
_We can make a religion out of this._
So you still haven't read the Kane Chronicles yet?
Where is the booktalk for other books in the series??
BOOTALK IS BACK!! I missed your booktalks soooo much! Love you Christine!!!
Ahhhh I always knew this day would come! I legit squealed when I opened TH-cam to see this uploaded! SO EXCITED!!! Apollo and Leo banter: I NEED IT!! I need to reread this book before the sequel comes out in May bc your review reminded me of so many things that I'd forgotten. So excited!!!
IM SO PROUD OF YOU CHRISTINE
Oh my god I've waited a year for this booktalk, Trials of Apollo was so immensely good and it took me back to my days at camp half blood. APOLLO IS MY FAVORITE.
This is perfect!!!!! I just finished the book!!!! I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did you just- "Olympus has it's eyes on you." Were you referencing the Broadway production 'Hamilton: An American Musical' or is my obsession just overwhelming every thought I have?
I noticed that your copy of the DUFF was upside down. Once I noticed I couldn't stop!
Emma D I can't help but state it now ugh
One thing I really liked bout the book was the more... in-depth look we had at the CHB kids, the ones in the background. They were given more personality in this book, which was really enjoyable. I also loved how Apollo interacted with his children.
OMG!!! I was looking for this booktalk today!! I'm so EXCITEDDDDD!
*I'M SO HAPPY YOU FINALLY READ IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH*
Are you going to finish the other books?
I'm soooo happy you finally read this!!! been waiting forever,made my day
Book four:
*_VOLARE!_*
Oh gods-
*Vietnam flashbacks*
You should do book talks for the other trials of Apollo books
Are you going to review the other books in this series?? That would be awesome
Is it just me, or do I get overly excited when I finish a book she has a booktalk on so I can watch her?
Give Kane Chronicles a shot. Please...?
I totally relate, like, A LOT when she said that she compares every character with percy because I do the same and actually makes me ANGRYYYY that I can't stop and I can't really enjoy each character because my brain is like: Nah, Percy is better
I waited for this book talk for months now thanks!I love it
I always wonder who throws the books to you so you catch them? I
The book cover is really nice.
holistic79 I think she throws them up in the air
please read and do a book talk about The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
I don’t know if you’re still reading Trials of Apollo, but I feel like your book review of Burning Maze would be glorious
I think one of my favourite scenes from the book was when Percy was giving Apollo a pep talk in the last battle like "oh I you don't shoot the magical plague arrow RIGHT NOW, I'll throw you off the Empire State building!" and Apollo is like "Zeus used to say that kind of things before my soccer matches!" (obviously not the accurate quote). That was hillarious.
What was your favourite scene/part of the book?
I’m kind of disappointed she didn’t read the rest of trials of Apollo because a lot of stuff that wasn’t wrapped up in BoO that she was upset about is featured in ToA. Love her reviews though❤️
I love Percy but I love Apollo's POV too. He's so funny. I don't know if Rick will have Percy be a huge part only cause I mean Percy's done a lot to help out
i love percy so much, it didnt satisfy my percy needs. but i loved this book smmm
It's been 84 years, I have been waiting forever for this review I don't even remeber anything anymore, must read again for the next book.
I finished this book 3 days ago and I honestly feel so proud because I finished it before you because you have read like every book ever. Also I'm sure we started reading about the same time because I had the problem with there being less Percy too but what we got of him in this book I absolutely loved
IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOKTALK
The best thing about this book: solangelo
Christine, have you read the other two books in the series???
YES YES YES YES!! I've been waiting for this for FOREVER!
By the end of this book i had an unchecked hatred for meg for awhile. And I think EVERYONE was annoyed with Apollo in the beginning. Loved Nico and Will's parts in this book. Doctors Orders. Right?!? But that end though. (ps Christine Pan died in the labrynth remember)
Meg is a victim of domestic abuse and parental manipulation, who has a variety of good points and bad points and overall actually acts like a 12-year-old. She's a complex character from just the first book, so I really like her and the reveal of her spying which I felt was really well done.
Apollo is also a very well written character with lots of flaws, and I just appreciate the amount of complexity his character held and his constant development. So no, I loved Meg, and I loved Apollo since it took just one book for them to be as complex and well-rounded as Percy and Annabeth did in 4-5 books
I was so sad when I finished Heroes of Olympus.
I am so stoked to see the Percy Jackson series continue, although, it took me a while to get accustom to the fact that this is all from Apollo's POV!
Later, in this first book, I even grew to like his cocky godly attitude.
I thought Will was going to be the one doing the doctor jokes but nope, ladies and gentleman met Nico “I can do whatever I want because I have a doctor’s note” Di Angelo.
Are we not going to talk about the BRILLIANT AMAZING FUNNY haiku chapter titles??
My favorite part was always when Apollo and mega go find Percy and when Apollo gets the or Percy is just like "crap what did you do now?"
When will you do a booktalk about the other books in the series?
READ THE CANE CHRONICLES SO U CAN READ THE CROSSOVER MINISERIES WITH THE CANES AND PERCY JACKSON
Shuzzlin' reader OH MY GOD I LOVE THOSE
Shuzzlin' reader SO GOOD!!! I love Percy's and Carter's bantering and the fact that the girls play off of each other. XD
WereReader ss I loved the parts when Sadie was messing with stuff or whatever and Percy stared at her and thought "whoa it's like starting at my future daughter "
Short and Nerdy Yes!!! And Percy wonders what the heck he's gotten himself into! XD
im so here for your eyeshadow tho 👌 😂
yay! I look forward to and love all your book talks!😊😊
Don’t worry Jason is... taken care of in book 3
The Cringey Sunglasses OoF
*Caligula flashbacks*
O.O Now I wanna reread this book
I Love that Solangelo is canon now!!! 😍😍😘😘
I've been waiting for this video for so long I'm so happy ❤️❤️
Literally was sitting on my sofa and was like its Christine Tuesday where's the video and it came out and IT WAS ONE KF MY FAV BOOKS HWJXJSJXJ your my fav youtuber 😊