ɐ ɹˈaɪɾɚ fɔːɹ pˈʌblɪʃɚz wˈiːkli ɹᵻvjˈuːd ðə dˈɑːɹk pˈæθ pˈɑːzᵻtˌɪvli, ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ "hˈʌnt dˈʌz ɐ bˈɛɾɚ dʒˈɑːb ʌv dᵻpˈɪktɪŋ kˈæɹɪktɚ ænd hˈændlɪŋ zˈoːɹ mɪθˈɑːlədʒi ænd ˌɪntɚspˈiːsiːz ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz ðɐn ɪn hɪz deɪbjˈuː nˈɑːvəl.
A writer for Publishers Weekly reviewed The Dark Path positively, writing "Hunt does a better job of depicting character and handling zor mythology and interspecies relations than in his debut novel.