The Primal Hunter 9: A LitRPG Adventure

By: Zogarth

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

With the invasion of Earth handled, and an enemy Chosen now targeting him, Jake makes his final push for C-grade…

A final push that includes refining one last skill before he evolves. Once that’s done, all he needs is a few more levels and to finish off his bucket list of vanities before it’s time to evolve.

The evolution itself will have no surprises, right?

Jake will no doubt learn more about himself in his quest to explore his own abilities, and of course some things don’t go entirely as expected…but little does Jake know just how much his happy little accidents can send tremors through the multiverse and the impact it can have.

Who knows, maybe the waves are big enough that it’s time to finally have a proper Chosen Ceremony, officially embracing his title as the Chosen of the Malefic Viper.

Book 9 of hit Primal Hunter LitRPG series is here. Grab your copy today!

About the Series: Experience an Apocalypse LitRPG with levels, classes, professions, skills, dungeons, loot, and all of the great traits of progression fantasy and LitRPG that you've come to expect. Follow Jake as he explores this new vast multiverse filled with challenges and opportunities. As he grows in power and slowly transforms from a bored office worker to a true apex hunter.

©2024 Aethon Books (P)2024 Aethon Audio

100% a filler entry, but filler done right if that’s a thing.

This entry is a filler, not the first one in the series, but this is probably the entry with the least amount of combat and leveling.

However, that said, this still does a solid job developing the plot and characters of the series. The introduction ceremony was an interesting element. The restaurant scene was a chef’s kiss. Just what makes this series stand out from other LitRPG. And Jake relationships evolve here too, which is important I think.

To me what stands out in this series is that it is funny, that it’s detailed, and it’s grounded in real themes. There’s real exploration of morality and ethics which is barely, if ever, mentioned in other series.

In the end, with all of these series, we know the good guy wins in the end, but it’s the journey that we enjoy and why we come back. And though I think filler novels are ultimately a mistake that undermines an author’s audience, and why I rated this 4 stars, this is an example of if we have to have it, at least it can be interesting with some good laughs.

This is becoming my favorite LitRPG series. They are all similar in many ways, they all either have filler entries or they are being drawn out, so it comes down to what you as a reader enjoy. None of them are perfect, however, and neither is this one.

But I recommend after this Yip of Yore plot plays out that the author consider a big time jump. I don’t want to watch Jake plod through each grade. Let’s jump forward in time, let what happened in the intervening gap unfold throughout the new story without being summarized in exposition. That approach alone could be an interesting, unique and engaging strategy.

If, however, the author is planning this Yip story to play into later grades, then I’d give the same advice for after this Nevermore plot wraps up. Let’s skip ahead, no more fillers please 🙏!

I have read and am caught up with many of these series: HWFWM, Carl, Unbound, Defier, and Primal Hunter, and none of them are using time jumps. Carl doesn’t really count but all of the others could benefit from it as they are all stalling and treading water in my opinion. Carl is stalling in its own way just doing a floor per novel, but I digress.

This is pulp fiction, it’s power fantasy, it’s not literature. But even with those caveats, it stands above most of the rest of the genre. So I will continue to patronize our author and follow Jake’s path.

The summery of what happen previously

I love this series it always keeps me entertained and on the edge of my seat. Its humor always gets me at random times. One of my favorite parts that’s not in the actual story is the summary at the beginning about what happened to keep you in the loop it was as entertaining as the story and loved the fourth wall break to tell us to tell them if we liked the summary’s in the first place since they don’t know. All in all ever since reading the first of the series it hasn’t lost any of its charm since then if any it keeps improving. Love it can’t wait tell the next one in the series!!!

Politics

I love the politics in the story almost as much as the fight scenes. It’s pure comedy.

Thank you for the summary

It was great to finally have the summary on audiobook. It was very helpful. Thank you.

Honestly top 3 best story tellers in the genre

The complex but simple system, the humorous but serious story, the slow build but fast pace action is so well combined! A book that I love and equally hate to finish!

A fun read.

It has good build up, and fun characters. Along with a diverse vocabulary. With just a sprinkle of philosophy; it’s hard not to enjoy.

One of my favorites

Originally got into this series as a filler and something to listen to as I travelled from home and work. Now I listen to it every time I get the opportunity! Definitely a nice breather from some of the darker LITRPG'S out there while still keeping you guessing. I highly recommend this to everyone into the genre!!

Keep the recap at the beginning!

I can’t wait to see what follows! What a fantastic story and an absolutely amazing narrator!

hit a lot of points I felt where building

liked the story wish it was longer can't wait for the next one to come out

Great story building

Honestly each book is better then the last and the first one was a solid start. He puts out quality books in a reasonable time frame. He doesn’t overcomplicate of overuse the stat sheets or the notifications. I appreciate that some books are focused on fighting while others focus on context, story building, politics, and relationships.