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Notes:
(1) I understand elections are literally popularity contests, but this is ridiculous!
(2) Reyna says she was a servant on Calypso's island. This is a typo, she was a servant on Circe's island.
- I kind of want to see a roommate sitcom with those two now.
(3) The only major character we haven't seen yet is Annabeth. Given the next book is takes place in New York, there's a decent chance she makes an appearance.

Notes:
(1) So, that was hands-down the best battle scene Riordan's ever written, but I'll reserve final judgement until the next book.
- It's a lot less messy and chaotic than usual. It's a series of smaller, more personal fights, not the usual running around button-mashing.
(2) As good as the battle was, the miracle at the end really diminished it.
- Not the miracle itself, but that no one could properly explain it.

Notes:
(1) Apollo crash lands in the parking lot of a Target.
- A joke, I assume, being the god of archery.
(2) "A whole g of weight seemed to lift from his shoulders."
- I assume "g" is g-force, but gram wouldn't surprise me. Riordan loves using metric for non-Americans.
(3) We get a challenge of 2-on-1 then 2-on-2 single combat.
- Which like "long-sleeve tee" is another Riordan oxymoron. Single combat means 1-on-1!

Notes:
(1) "[Reyna] wore blue running shoes and skinny jeans, a long-sleeved copper tee, and a maroon sweater wrap."
- First of all, I have no clue what a sweater wrap is.
- Secondly, isn't long-sleeved tee an oxymoron? aren't t-shirts defined by having short-sleeves?
(2) Apollo asks Reyna if she's romantically involved with Thalia.
- Possibly he's hopeful, since if she's only into girls he'd be rid of a big problem.

Notes:
(1) Apollo mentions (or jokes) that Romans play Fortiusnitius, which I assume is Fortnite latinized.
- I thought demigods and electronics don't mix? or is that just phones?
- Is Fortnite still popular? Could be another quickly-dated Riordan pop-culture reference.
(2) Romance here seems a bit iffy.
- Frank's Hazel's boss.
- Lavinia has a crush on a dryad.
- Apollo is millennia older than his teen love interest.

Notes:
(1) Cumaean Sibyl: "Nothing good ever happens to your lovers! I just wanted to be your Sibyl, and now you’ve made things weird!�
- Apollo totally got friendzoned.
(2) Of all the possible romantic pairings for Reyna, the one teased here is something I never expected.
- Though, I did fully expect Reyna to have a romance subplot since being love-cursed is a thread from "The Heroes of Olympus" hitherto unresolved.

Notes:
(1) "Oh, the dreams. Dear reader, if you are tired of hearing about my awful prophetic nightmares, I don’t blame you."
- Hopefully this is Riordan being self-aware, because I roll my eyes, sigh and shake my head whenever there's a dream sequence.
- Riordan writes way too many dreams! It's lazy storytelling! Rather than find a creative way to have characters learn information, they literally see them in dreams!

Notes:
(1) This book picks up exactly where the last book ended. I can't remember this ever happening before.
- PJO, if I'm not mistaken, always had a school year go by in between.
- The latter HoO books may have continued directly, but I don't think two books shared a common scene.
(2) The amount of times Apollo's had to recount his journey, no wonder he decided to sing it.
- Probably easier to remember with a tune.

Notes:
(1) The series so far has been trending upward, each book's been better than the last one. So, I'm excited to see what this one has in store.
- Right now, we're down to secondary guest stars. Granted, Frank and Hazel were main characters in "The Son of Neptune," but everyone knows that Percy carried that book. I mean, he's the titular character.
- Of the three stated returns, I'm most looking forward to Reyna.