monster hunter international series book 9

This book did not keep its pacing.įirst, the multiple points of views which involved all manner of `red shirt' characters weren't appealing. Thus, for the first time in this series I have to say NO. Does the story keep its pacing? I have to be clear, these reviews are my opinion. Some are a little interesting, but most pass reader awareness without much real impact.ħ. The rest of the characters are acquaintances with rote, obvious, roles.

Are the characters likable? The only character we spent enough time to gain a complex image is Earl. Thus, we get to see a little more of those characters, though not a lot of development from them.Ħ. The book's point of view jumps around many characters, many of them secondary or tertiary in nature. Since the story has a lot of background on Earl, and it shows him at his best and worst, Earl evolves considerably. How is the proofreading? No errors I could detect, but I skimmed a lot.ĥ. What/Who is the target audience? Young adult and teenage males.Ĥ. One is Earl's background in flashback snippets the other is Earl dealing with old and powerful werewolf/magic enemies and their lackeys.ģ. What is the story about, in general? The book story has two arcs. It is -not- a military story even though the main protagonist is Earl Harbinger.Ģ. What type of book is it: adventure, action, drama, etc? This is a dark fantasy supernatural story.

What I would have liked to know before I bought this book. Stop, sip, swallow and THEN continue, or you risk a very soggy book. One warning, do not drink anything while actively reading. I won't spoil the wonderfully ingenious ways they defend themselves, but I will say my jaw dropped when I realized just what Harbinger and party were up to, and Correia's magnificent two-word description of the results still has me laughing like hell, three months after I read the electronic ARC of this awesome book. There's a fine irony in the oldest living werewolf having to be the world's best werewolf destroyer, but Harbinger and the people of the besieged town in which he finds himself stranded must meet the challenge, or the plague of werewolves will spread. The action in the novel shifts a bit between who Harbinger is now, and the events and people and monsters out of his past who have gathered in Michigan to try and kill him. He's the oldest living werewolf in the world, and one of the few who is NOT on the U.S. In this case, the book is more of a solo dip into hellfire for one of the major players in the first two books: Earl Harbinger, MHI's operations chief. The same things that made the prior books in the series, 'Monster Hunter International' (Not your standard elves.) and 'Monster Hunter Vendetta' (Stand back! I'm going to fight magic with science.) return in hurricane force. Larry Correia is creating a trademark of ingenuity, innovation, and an absolutely wicked sense of humor.

Monster hunter international series book 9