The tower of nero book7/8/2023 ![]() He's stabbed, poisoned, and his nose is broken. There's also a gory description of someone stabbed in the eye. ![]() Expect some gore when a boy is forced to cut off someone's hands, but more when the wounds are treated than the actual act. Like the other stories in the series, there's a huge battle near the end with causalities, mostly bad guys. ![]() A lot is thrown at readers in the way of ancient history, Roman terms, and Greek and Roman characters, so thank goodness for the long glossary at the end of the book. And, for extra credit, reading the Apollo chapter in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods helps when our "suddenly mortal and very unhappy about it" narrator, Apollo, recounts key moments of his godly life. The storyline picks up after the war at the end of the Heroes of Olympus, and many old favorite characters make cameos or are mentioned, like Percy, Piper, Nico, and Will. It helps to read them both before digging into the Trials of Apollo series. The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series came first, then the Heroes of Olympus. Parents need to know that Rick Riordan's The Tower of Nero is the fifth and final book in a series that's a spin-off of a Percy Jackson spin-off series. Some talk of the Star Wars movies and snippets of old pop songs. ![]() Diet Coke and Yoo-Hoo get many mentions, too. Mountain Dew used in healing - somehow - and mentioned often. ![]()
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