Monster Hunting 101

Titan Termination, Book 1

By: Andrew Karevik

Narrated by: Rachel Leblang

When I climbed out to the surface this morning, to scavenge some food for my village, I knew the odds were severely stacked against me. A mere nurse, I had no business going out into the sun, where all kinds of monstrosities roamed.

As if to prove my fears right, I was only out in the open for a few minutes when a pack of Kinru spotted me. I was quickly cornered by one of the beasts.

In a desperate attempt to defend myself, I managed to hurt one in the face . . . right before the creature was snatched by an even bigger monster. Then everything became a blur.

When I came to, I wasn't the same anymore. As it turns out, wounding the Kinru had earned me some mystical energy called "Bloodpoints," which gave me access to the "Hunter's Sight." Now, wherever I look, I have strange words floating before my eyes urging me to assign those Bloodpoints to gain incredible skills and abilities.

As I'll learn, there's a name for people like me who've unlocked the Hunter's Sight: Venators. I will need to keep hunting monsters if I want to increase my points and provide for my people. I might even grow strong enough to reclaim the surface from those foul beasts and the worst of them all: the Titans.

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interesting concept

I love LitRPG, but I couldn't get into this story. I'm glad this book was included with membership but I'll stop her. it's an interesting concept for the story but I don't enjoy the writing style or speaker.

fun monster Hunter

seems like a mixture of monster Hunter and The Witcher in some ways. it's fun that they have so many different mixtures of genres. yes there's no huge lore book or possession of spirits but each animal that is hunted is very unique and offers other benefits and challenges.

worth reading

good story, good writing, I will be vague with my commentary beyond this, but it does allude to the plot, so if you're avoiding spoilers extra hard, just know it's a solid book and worth a listen, even though technically my comment is a complaint past this point.



My only minor complaint was the main character had somehow determined that one creature would be an issue much sooner than the information presented to the reader would imply, and no justification was ever given for that.

surprisingly good

I had not heard of this series at all, it came up as a free recommendation. I worked my way through the book in less than 2 days. I'm probably going to buy the whole series

Interesting premise, but the world building was pretty nonsensical

I really wanted to like this book because the character and story were interesting and a bit of a fresh approach. I just kept getting angry at how shallow the world building was though. Really, in 200 years nobody has successfully killed a monster, even though you can kill them with simple pit traps that caveman used to build? There are less than 100 people left in the village -they can’t even make food for themselves yet somehow they have advanced medical knowledge and a fully functional education system?