well..

the highlight was definitely Mr Trashbags. the "only a mother" drum was beaten too soundly.

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Great performance. Fun story.

Superpowers that are difficult to actuate/access... from fighting Super-vampire hand-to-hand then to fighting normal skin walker in helicopters with normal strength/speed... is always a tricky author balance, but great fun.

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Good enough but not enough.

I am an avid follower of the Monster Hunter series and I absolutely love all the kick ass action of Owen Pitt. I just wish I had the follow up from this one. I'm waiting for the great battle.

I did love the motherly softness and adoration that the narrator successfully portrays throughout. I loved the ending as well but I wish it had a little more of a build up to it instead of it feeling like a side note.

Above all, still a die hard fan of the Moster Hunter series and again can't wait for more, hopefully they are released sooner this time!!

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Awesome

Badass and heart warming and heart wrenching then happy roller coaster it was a lot and Julie is no slouch at what she does

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poor narration

story was ok but narration was a bit meh. actor was not able to do male voices at all.

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Great writer, poor narrator choice

I couldn't even get caught up in the story because of the awful narration. As a huge fan of the Monster Hunter series, I was super keen for this book to come out. I love LOVE my audible versions of this series and have listened to them many times. Oliver Wyman narrates them all brilliantly and then...this. What the heck?! The narrator does not have the range of voices the Oliver Wyman does. Not even close. OK, not even in the same universe. It sounds like she didn't even bother to listen to all of the previous books in the series and mangled the pronunciation of so many words it was like nails on a chalkboard. I think I speak for many of us when I say I'd rather listen to Oliver Wyman narrating the whole book in falsetto (which he does beautifully in ALL the previous books without breaking a sweat) than have to listen to this. Larry Correia and Oliver Wyman had a FANTASTIC winning combination in this series so, why mess with it so horribly at this point I'll never understand. I only made it half way through the book before I gave up and stopped listening. I ended up buying a hard copy and, yes, the story was good but the whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Very disappointing from a die hard fan of this series.

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So disappointing

Firstly MHI is my very favourite book series. I have listened to the series maybe 12-13 times in total and I absolutely love it every time
This is not an MHI book
It is so obviously not written by Larry Correia, it does not have the humour, it does not have the same feel for the characters
And this new narrator is obviously not a fan. She has not listened to any of the others and her terrible attempts at character voices is appalling. Even if she listened just to get the names correct!
When Oliver Wyman reads the narrative - you know instantly who is talking.
That’s 13 hours of my life I won’t get back :(

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Not like the other books

I never read books written by two authors and this book has shown me why.
You just can’t have someone else write existing characters. They will almost never get it right.
I suppose it was possible since we’ve never been inside Julie Shacklefords head before - but if this is an example of her thoughts - I’m glad we haven’t.
She’s so WHINY.
And I doubt Larry would ever use the word “décolletage “.
The narrator over dramatised - ending too many sentences on an upper inflection (which personally drives me crazy) - and Julies Southern accent was non existent.
Honestly I would have preferred the regular series narrator (Oliver Wyman) to do this one too.
The story isn’t too bad - more action than Siege.

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Choose someone else

The narrator is just wrong, like she hasn’t listened to any of the previous books.
Also it’s written differently and it’s just not Julie.

Recommend just reading This one.

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Do it well, or get someone who will please

I love the series first and foremost, have for years. I am currently on a binge of the series, and I mean that quite literally as I have had these books playing almost constantly.

That said I have noticed a trend, which has become frustratingly blatant in this book, so much so that I only made it 3hrs in before I had to stop listening.

Simply put, each of the male characters are written with the same template, right down to the very same descriptions Owen would used. They sound like Owen with angry claws or Owen that can't die unless you reallllly want to kill him.

Julie? Descendent of legends? Lives and breathes monster hunting? The Badass precision shooter that no one wants to piss off?


All that comes across is a whiny newbie who can't go 2 minutes with being emotional about the stuff she was born and trained to handle, by the literal best and literal oldest hunters.

Some of that is the writing, most of it comes from the VA.

It's MHI, not Twilight

Do better.

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