Here we go into the third Percy Jackson spinoff series, The Trials of Apollo. If you've been following my reviews you already know my undying love for this series. So, it's fair to say I was already going to love this going in and I most certainly still loved it at the end. So let's talk about the highlights shall we? 
 The Hidden Oracle starts off with Apollo being cast down to Earth to live as a mortal until he has completed enough trials to earn back his godly powers and return to Olympus. Now the thing about Apollo is he's so full of himself that he makes Narcissus look like the most humble person to ever walk the earth. However, Apollo is so out of touch with reality and so self-absorbed that it's almost endearing. He's just so over the top ridiculous that you just have to take him with a grain of salt. So, overall, it's a fair assumption to say this entire series will be mainly a redemption story. I've long been saying that the gods are a bunch of dicks for the most part so Apollo will have a lot to learn. I LOVE it when a ne'er-do-well discovers their heart of gold hiding within them. Apollo is just beginning to develop a conscience so I have incredibly high hopes for him. 
 The Hidden Oracle also retains all of the amazing wit and humor that have been ever present through the entire Percy Jackson saga. Every chapter starts with one of Apollo's infamous Haikus and I have to admit that he's gotten much better at creating them since his last endeavor. I could do on and on about all the funny parts but instead I will just leave you with a few funny quotes: 
 Had I still been a god, I would have turned her into a blue-belly lizard and released her into the wilderness never to be seen again. 
 Oh, gods - bacon! I promised myself that once I achieved immortality again, I would assemble the Nine Muses and together we would create an ode, a hymnal to the power of bacon, which would move the heavens to tears and cause rapture across the universe. 
 Bacon is good. 
 Yes - that may be the title of the song: "Bacon Is Good." 
 My next important discovery: Children of Hermes cannot rap. At all. 
 Bless his conniving little heart, Cecil Markowitz tried his best, but he kept throwing off my rhythm section with his spastic clapping and terrible air mic noises. After a few trial runs, I demoted him to dancer. His job would be to shimmy back and forth and wave his hands, which he did with the enthusiasm of a tent-revival preacher. 
 OK... here is that place where I freak out about specific details. (view spoiler)[ I WAS RIGHT ABOUT WILL AND NICO! I SHALL CALL THEM WILCO AND I LOVE THEM BEING BOYFRIENDS! Leo and Calypso finally made their return to Camp Half-Blood and the whole camp got in a line to punch Leo for worrying them. Ha! So funny and so iconically Leo. Meg and her betrayal of Apollo! That kid was always a bit off her rocker but it still was incredibly hurtful when she turned out to be working with Nero. O, by the way, the old evil Roman emperors are now the bad guys and have been for all of the books in the entire Percy Jackson universe! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! (hide spoiler)] 
 Now that I've finished The Hidden Oracle I will have to wait until May for The Dark Prophecy to come out. This is the first time since I started the series that I will actually have to wait for the next book. I don't know what I'm going to do! I had so much fun binging the first two series' and NOW I HAVE TO WAIT FOR ONE BOOK EVERY YEAR! Gah! I guess I need to start learning patience. That's one thing Apollo and I have in common.