Michael Vey Series 7 Books Collection Set By Richard Paul Evans

by Richard Paul Evans

To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette’s syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special—he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael’s friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their investigation soon brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric teens—and through them, the world.

2328 pages, Paperback

About the author

When Richard Paul Evans wrote the #1 best-seller, The Christmas Box, he never intended on becoming an internationally known author. His quiet story of parental love and the true meaning of Christmas made history when it became simultaneously the #1 hardcover and paperback book in the nation. Since then, more than eight million copies of The Christmas Box have been printed. He has since written eleven consecutive New York Times bestsellers. He is one the few authors in history to have hit both the fiction and non-fiction bestseller lists. He has won several awards for his books including the 1998 American Mothers Book Award, two first place Storytelling World Awards, and the 2005 Romantic Times Best Women Novel of the Year Award. His books have been translated into more than 22 languages and several have been international best sellers.

Reviews

[Jeff Go · Rating 5 out of 5]

You have a group of children who inherited super powers through a medical experiment gone wrong. Many of these youth have been captured by the ElGen corporation and have been groomed by a megalomaniac who delights in torture of other humans. We follow Michael Vey, the most powerful of the youth, who have not been raised by ElGen, but was protected by his mother.

Michael's best friend, Ostin (pronounced Austin throughout the audiobooks), is not one of these super children, but adds to the group by being super smart.

The books present varied locations for the group to discover the world, with Ostin providing much of the "fun facts" for pretty much everything and everywhere. And that's what these books seem to be - more than just a fun story, it's Richard Paul Evans blasting "fun facts" about anything and everything about anyone and anywhere. Some of these "facts" seem caricatures of the culture or nation of topic. These fun fact monologues sometimes get in the way of the story.

The villain, Hatch, is quite the villain. And the author is not afraid to let side characters, secondary characters, or primary characters die. Sometimes these deaths are quite nightmarish (using your imagination). Some of the torture described is quite nasty.

In all, though, the first 7 books of the Michael Vey series covers the fight against Hatch and the ElGen corporation. As of this review, there are 3 more books, with the 10th being the issued as the final book. The last 3 are a post script and wrap up to the series. I have enjoyed them as quick listens.

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book series. The only downfall is that the book kind of repeats itself quite a bit. I like to read what my children read occasionally and this was one of those series my son was into. Overall the book was good.

[Brooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the series that got me into reading in middle school after I saw it at a book fair and I really enjoyed it! It's a great young adult science fiction series with interesting characters and a fast moving plot, highly recommend!