History Literature / TheTrialsOfApollo

* LukeYouAreMyFather: A variant, in that one child informs their parent that they (the child) has a sibling the parent didn't know existed. [[spoiler: Then again, Trophonius has it out for Apollo and never outright identified the sibling as Apollo's child, so it's unclear what exactly is going on.]]

*** The second book has two demigod brothers named Deacon and Stan.

* HappilyAdopted: Georgina loves her moms, Emmie and Josie. When she meets her potential father, she just gives him a doll and happily turns down his offer to try to be in her life more.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: A variant, in that a demigod identifies one of their siblings to their divine parent. Said parent recognized the demigod who gave the information, but had no idea that the identified child even existed.

** At the end of ''The Dark Prophecy'' Leo and Calypso do this to themselves, deciding to stay at the Waystation.

* ''The Dark Prophecy'', to be released on May 2, 2017

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Nero]] ensures [[spoiler: Meg's]] loyalty by claiming that "The Beast" is his SuperpoweredEvilSide that can be enraged, and he's valiantly struggling to hold it back. He's lying through his teeth, of course, but it works. Apollo is reminded of how Zeus acted with him when he sees it, including when Zeus blamed his bolt when he was the one who used it.

The sequel series to ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus.''

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Actually, it's a Triumvirate.]]

** Apollo observes the [[BigCreepyCrawlies myrmekes]] dragging a [[Series/{{Supernatural}} '67 Chevy Impala]] into their nest.

* HomosexualReproduction: Apollo reveals gods are of course capable of this and it it is how his daughter Kayla came about.

* ShoutOut: Percy refers to Peaches only saying his own name as [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy 'grooting']].

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Nero/The Beast]] is this towards Meg. Zeus also has a history of inflicting DisproportionateRetribution on Apollo, especially when he was a young god.

* BeingHumanSucks: Apollo's reaction to his punishment. Throughout the book he often describes how amazing it was to be a god, what with his sun chariot, various magical powers, and divine beauty. It's also noted in the two previous incidents he was turned mortal, he still had some of his divine powers. Now that he's ''fully'' mortal he has to deal with the horrors of injury, fatigue, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking acne]].

** Austin promises that anyone who gives Apollo a hard time will be cursed to only speak in rhyming couplets, just like Ares cabin was in ''The Last Olympian.''

* HumansAreSpecial: The gods are amazed by the ability of mortals to ''not'' be constantly freaking out over their mortality.
* ImmortalsFearDeath: Apollo reveals that the gods are terrified of fading, and they are amazed by the fact that humans can be aware of their own mortality and not be constantly freaking out over their impending (especially from a godly perspective) deaths.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Nero]] ensures [[spoiler: Meg's]] loyalty by claiming that "The Beast" is his SuperpoweredEvilSide that can be enraged, and he's valiantly struggling to hold it back. He's lying through his teeth, of course, but it works.

* UnreliableNarrator: Apollo is revealed to have been this for some of his myths. In particular, his defeat of Python was ''not'' as easy as he made it sound, and he and Daphne genuinely loved each other before she was cursed into despising him. In-series, Apollo also makes some statements that are obviously untrue to the reader. For example, he declares that Percy Jackson adores him while the demigod is holding back the urge to punch him in the face, and his archery skills, which are portrayed as well above average for a mortal, he declares to be humiliatingly bad.

** AllMythsAreTrue: Apollo mentions a few other sun gods that'll pick up his slack while he's in human form (plus the scientific working of things), including one that we've never had mentioned before.

--. '''Apollo''': Well, Meg, first you would have to have some mommy cows. You see-

** YMMV if either of those skills count, as Apollo's disgust implies that they might be "merely" 4000 years worth of muscle memory working for him instead of actual magic. On the other hand, he does heal quickly (recovering from broken ribs in a day or so), and at the end [[spoiler: regains his super-strength momentarily.]]

* AscendedExtra: Apollo, went from a side character to a main character.
** [[spoiler: Demeter, by extension of having a relevant demigod child.]]
** The Apollo campers, by virtue of proximity to the title character.
*** Will in particular, after having bit parts in the finales of [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians last two]] [[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus series]], becoming a main character and one half of the OfficialCouple.

** BroughtDownToBadass: Played with. Despite his mortal form, Apollo can sometimes summon godly powers. For example, his music is beautiful enough to literally drive people to tears, and his archery skills are still fantastic (though pathetic by his standards).

* RelationshipUpgrade: In between this series and [[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus the last]], [[spoiler: Nico and Will]] became a couple.

* HistoricalInJoke: Louis XIV's birth after twenty-three years of childless marriage between his parents was widely seen at the time as divine intervention, but Anne of Austria having an affair has long been a popular theory. Apollo being the father makes both theories correct. On top of it Louis XIV's epithet was the "Sun King" and lots of art associated with him was linked to him as Apollo, such as playing him in ballet.

* EvilInc: [[spoiler: Triumvirate]], the corporate manifestation of the [[spoiler:Roman emperors']] worldly wealth and influence.