After hearing alot of good things about it, I purchased and read Monster Hunters International.
Positives:
The author put some nice twists into his world. I have always liked monster hunter campaigns and movies, so this was really enjoyable.
No good guy characters in the book were really invulnerable and everyone took a beating
Some of the situations had me thinking "Holy crap, how the hell are they going to get out of this????
Not so Positives...
I'm sure I'm going to get some flak for this, but Owen is a Mary Sue... I just can't get past this. Maybe it's because of the first person way the story is told, or the forced, weird feeling romance that was shoved in, but yeah, Mary Sue. I honestly feel that if the Owen character was replaced by someone else, I would have enjoyed the book more.