Talk:Hunt for Jade Dragon/@comment-110.32.93.209-20140923100026/@comment-2601:8C0:C200:266D:A83B:E23B:63CB:7640-20171209194954

Which came first, though? If you think about it, there are WAY too many simularities between the first series of Percy Jackson and the first books of Michael Vey for it to be a coincidence. Both Percy and Michael are concidered deliquents, do not have a real father at home. They are also both extremely protective of their mothers, and the antagonist in both books kidnaps their mother. They group up with a hot girl who ends up liking them to rescue said mom, and both find a connection in their abnormalties. Grover and Ostin are also similar; kind of nerdy, but they end up helping to save the day. In both books, the protagonist finds many more of "their kind", not all of whom are friends (ai. Clarisse in Percy Jackson; Nichelle in Michael Vey). If you look at the plot-lines of later books, Michael shows a similar character development to Percy as well. Both are entertaining works, but I have to say, Percy Jackson felt less forced and had better flow. The plot was easy to follow, and the concepts were ambitious but not overly so. The Michael Vey series, though one of my favorites, is in someways just a mash-up of other books I've read.

P.S. Michael Vey was published September 16, 2014, while the "The Last Olympian" (final book in original Percy Jackson series) was published FIVE YEARS BEFORE on May 5, 2009. Whether or not James Richard Evans did it better, he still kinda copied the Percy Jackson series any way you look at it. Not trashing Michael Vey. Just defending Percy. :)