"Not all monsters were three-ton reptiles with poisonous breath. Many wore human faces." 
 Uncle Rick was one of the few authors I grew up with. I never forgot what he did on the third book of HoO which is The Mark of Athena, gods! I was miserable for a year. 
 I remember when I begged my mom to bring me to Camp Half Blood when I was 13 by insisting that I was adopted and a demigod (they still make fun of me up to this day) even though I don't have ADHD and dyslexia (which was the primary sign that you're a demigod) 
 Hidden Oracle, is the continuation of my childhood, I don't think anything could destroy that. 
 Never have I ever laughed at a book as much as I laughed on this one. There's just a lot of jokes that only seasoned demigods would know of --and by seasoned I mean (those who read all the books before this spin off)-- which made things a thousand times better. 
 Apollo, is just how I imagined him to be and I love the fact that both Greek and Roman myth creatures merged on this one. The world of mythology is so vast and it would take more than a lifetime to know them all. 
 I love this book. The Camp Half Blood Chronicles just keeps on getting better and better. This is my second time reading ToA and it was even sweeter than the first one.