Summoner Academy

A Pet Summoning LitRPG

By: Connor Shepard

Narrated by: Derrick Maine, Claire Voyant

Deadly monsters roam the land, and the only way to stop them is by killing… or capturing them.

Jack Bradley was just another office peon going through the motions of life, until he fell asleep on the subway and woke up in another world.

A world full of monsters called Crimoth.

The people of this land cower behind city walls, but even those stone protections can falter.

And that’s where the Academy comes in.

The Academy teaches a range of combat classes, from Healers, to Mages, to Beast Hunters, and the ever dwindling numbers of Summoners.

Summoners are the only people who can capture, tame, and utilize the Crimoth in battle, and Jack finds himself part of this now rare class. Despite being new to this world, he must learn how to use his Summoned creatures and also how to work seamlessly with the other classes.

Because if he doesn’t, both he and this world might fall.

If you like pet LitRPGs, You'll love Summoner Academy!

©2025 Connor Shepard (P)2026 Connor Shepard

Ooof

So first off, the MCs extreme self righteousness and hypocritical actions wear thin fast for me. This is a character who seems to believe so much in certain things and then behave like a 13 year old for the rest of his interactions. We see some of the noble hating trope super fast and super obvious. Then the connections the MC forms are so forced it hurts. I’m not sure if the author is too young or too old to know how people in their 20s act compared to teenagers, but there seems to be a wild disconnect.
The story had potential and an interesting system, and world. But the characters destroy all that in short order.

Mc's too fake

If you get past the unrealistic reactions and relationships the world building isn't bad. Everyone loves him after 2 interactions with very little context. The main bad guys also broken. A simple stare has more control over the mc's "Awesome" danger sense than the actual life threat that was coming at him.. That whole scene almost made me stop the book with all the whys I was left with.