User blog comment:Xean/Percy Jackson doesn't want to be Harry Potter/@comment-390665-20091125160120

Well, Harry Potter itself was compared to many predecessors in the same style. As a kid, i read the Enid Blyton "Mallory Towers" series and HP reminded a quite a lot of those, so it's hardly the first, nor is it likely to be the last of its kind.

Percy Jackson is a fine series that stands on its own and needs no comparison to HP.