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Yeah, there's a LOT of options for building your character. In some ways though it is easier for Wrath (compared to Kingmaker) because you can cover for stuff with the Mythic Path. The default Angel path tries to set up a lot of baseline useful stuff for the player, including party-wide buffs that last for an hour or more(this saves time too, since you can cast 5-6 party-wide buffs instead of layering 20 spells before a big fight).

If you're thinking about a summoner style build you could go for the Azata: this gives a suite of super powers to choose from and an extra companion character. Some of the spell boosting options are good to a silly degree.

If evil is your thing the Demon path is stable enough as a set of buffs. Thematically it might clash with the animal summoner theme though. Basically you get to 'rage out' in tough fights, but the rest of the time things aren't influenced as much.