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That Which Devours #2
That Which Devours - Grow: A LitRPG Adventure
Survival demands a new kind of hunger, and Alex is ready to feast.
Stranded on a savage alien planet, Alex clawed her way through the jungle's grasp, only to awaken to a brutal System that turns hunters into heroes, and meat into power. Now a Devourer, part human and part monstrous, she consumes the strength of the beasts she kills, rapidly leveling beyond all expectations.
But her father's dangerous secrets and her own swift evolution teleport her away from her family and sanctuary into a treacherous, high-level wildness.
She must face the next a dungeon that promises untold power and forgotten knowledge. With a motley crew of untested a fledgling mech pilot and a raptor-riding ranger, Alex must conquer four escalating trials, each more lethal than the last. In this dungeon, victory is collective, or death is absolute, and this place holds lessons they must learn faster than the monsters can strike.
Every bite she takes grants immense power, but every choice she makes costs her humanity. Caught between the bonds of her makeshift family, the machinations of alien politics, and the cosmic lure of impossible doors, Alex must finish the dungeon trials before anyone discovers the terrifying truth of what she has become.
Stranded on a savage alien planet, Alex clawed her way through the jungle's grasp, only to awaken to a brutal System that turns hunters into heroes, and meat into power. Now a Devourer, part human and part monstrous, she consumes the strength of the beasts she kills, rapidly leveling beyond all expectations.
But her father's dangerous secrets and her own swift evolution teleport her away from her family and sanctuary into a treacherous, high-level wildness.
She must face the next a dungeon that promises untold power and forgotten knowledge. With a motley crew of untested a fledgling mech pilot and a raptor-riding ranger, Alex must conquer four escalating trials, each more lethal than the last. In this dungeon, victory is collective, or death is absolute, and this place holds lessons they must learn faster than the monsters can strike.
Every bite she takes grants immense power, but every choice she makes costs her humanity. Caught between the bonds of her makeshift family, the machinations of alien politics, and the cosmic lure of impossible doors, Alex must finish the dungeon trials before anyone discovers the terrifying truth of what she has become.
- GenresFantasy
596 pages, Paperback
First published December 2, 2025
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March 1, 2026
This was so good, I breezed through it in just one day. Not often I read a series back to back but this was worth it given the cliffhanger at the end of book 1.
We've now moved out of the Sanctuary zone into the wider world and we meet some of this planets native people. We learn more about how this system works and a quest system that basically declares you an adult at a certain point. We get a really fun and interesting dungeon and more interactions with Noseen.
Alex is a very likable main character. The addition of Lenna and Dengu really helped to flesh out the world, and it helped they were both great characters who tried to match Alex's effort when going through the dungeon.
Hammy was just a useless man who was clearly used to coasting and cheating his way through life and that just made him annoying. Just zero interest in bettering himself because its hard. I don't even know why he was there.
There is clearly some shenanigans involved with Alex's birth or childhood, so be interesting to see where that goes, especially with that dude Xander supposedly being weird about her.
We've now moved out of the Sanctuary zone into the wider world and we meet some of this planets native people. We learn more about how this system works and a quest system that basically declares you an adult at a certain point. We get a really fun and interesting dungeon and more interactions with Noseen.
Alex is a very likable main character. The addition of Lenna and Dengu really helped to flesh out the world, and it helped they were both great characters who tried to match Alex's effort when going through the dungeon.
Hammy was just a useless man who was clearly used to coasting and cheating his way through life and that just made him annoying. Just zero interest in bettering himself because its hard. I don't even know why he was there.
There is clearly some shenanigans involved with Alex's birth or childhood, so be interesting to see where that goes, especially with that dude Xander supposedly being weird about her.
April 19, 2026
double trouble
Not only a dangerous class, but a dangerous profession, here in the land of the lost.
The System seems to offer sapience to every creature, but dungeons are pretty dangerous, or at least the one that Alex found. Could a village remain stocked with Level 20 squishy citizens? Do beasts need dungeons too?
Not only a dangerous class, but a dangerous profession, here in the land of the lost.
The System seems to offer sapience to every creature, but dungeons are pretty dangerous, or at least the one that Alex found. Could a village remain stocked with Level 20 squishy citizens? Do beasts need dungeons too?
February 4, 2026
Well written and fun to read. The story really takes off here.
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