The Primal Hunter 2: A LitRPG Adventure

I'm not going to lie when I wasn't interested in this series when I read the 1st book. I even fell asleep many times from how dry the writing was and character development was. But there were some nuggets in the first book that kept me interested enough to read the second Ann I will say the Author has truly gone through an evolution in his writing. I'm excited to read the next installment of the series.

I have been surprised constantly by how well written and thought out this series has been. I'm more used to the quality of LitRPG books to be similar to fan fiction. Yes, there might be passion, but it's often dragged down by sloppy writing and world building. The Primal Hunter is a rare exception and one that's been an absolute joy to devour. I highly recommend this to any fellow video game nerd, DnD fan, or anyone that just likes a bit of fantasy that feels almost like an isekai anime.

Rating: Legendary

Review (By Oscar): Primal Hunter 2 by Zograth is incredible, and kept me reading it till 1 in the morning. I got this book yesterday morning, and spent the entire day reading it, the only thing keeping me awake during the final stretch being the amazing fight scenes, cool new abilities, and interesting characters. Now, about eight hours later, when I finally woke up, the first thing I am doing is reviewing this awesome book. I don't know how Zograth does it, but every single ability that Jake has is awesome. Many PF books have some cool abilities, and some okay abilities. But, Primal Hunter has only awesome abilities, in my opinion, and I can't wait to see which ones Jake will get soon. Jake using archery feels refreshing, compared to many spellswords in the genre, and I absolutely love all of his huntery stuff. All in all, I never get bored of the abilities in this book, and unlike book 1, Zograth only now lists new abilities when going over which abilities to get upon a level up, which makes the reading experience even better. All of his cool abilities are great, but where they really shine are in fights. Jake does a lot of fighting, and unlike some books out there, he actually ends up using almost all of his abilities, none going to waste. Every single fight feels different and new, even though, in essence, they are still using the same baseline, the end result is always different in a wonderful way. While Jake is alone for basically the whole story, Zograth still writes many interesting characters that all feel like real people, if they got stuck in a System Apocalypse. I love, love, love the interactions between Jake, the Malefic Viper, and the new inclusion of Duskleaf. I also really enjoy seeing others perspectives of the Tutorial, and of Jake himself, such as Jacob, William, Casper, and a lot of new characters introduced near the end of the novel. Whether a chapter is focusing on Jake, or on a different character, it is always interesting and keeps me reading, while my stomach growls and tries to get me to do the healthy thing - eat and put the book down. Another thing that I really enjoyed about this book was the slower paced moments, such as Jake struggling with who he is, and his past, or when he crafts. The crafting is written extremely well in this series, and I'm always interested in what new potion, poison, or whatever Jake will end up making. All of which, ends up coming in handy in fights and are always used, instead of made and forgot about. All in all, this is an incredible book, with hundreds of awesome fight scenes, amazing powers, interesting characters, and something that you definitely should read.

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The Primal Hunter 2 continues the adventures of Jake as he finishes off the tutorial and returns to Earth, both greatly changed. The characters continue to progress and evolve, maintaining the reader's interest. The world-building, or rather multiverse-building, makes everything Hollywood is doing with multiverses these days look like the childish scribblings of talentless imbecibles, which they are. And the story captures the imagination and sends you off to a strange world full of challenge and growth. A fascinating take on both isekai (if in a different way than that genre normally goes) and gamelit. Easy 5 out of 5 stars.