Damned Souls and a Sangria

Annette Marie

Nov 2020 · The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 8 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Cris Dukehart

About this audiobook

Once upon a time, I was your average spunky redhead with the lamest employment history ever, a shaky relationship with my only family member, and no idea what I was doing with my life. Now, I'm a pseudo mythic with the best bartending job in the world, the most amazing (and hot) best friends I never knew I needed, and a guild of misfit magic-users who've become my extended family. And I'm about to lose it all. In my desperation to save Ezra, I stumbled into a web of ruthless deception-and seriously pissed off a sleeping hydra. Now its every murderous head is turned toward me and my guild, and I don't know how to stop it. I'm not sure I can. I'm not sure anyone can. But if we don't, we're all doomed-Ezra, Aaron, Kai, and my beloved guild.

Ratings and reviews

4.5 stars — Absolutely fabulous conclusion to this series. I was worried, knowing that the timelines crossed, that I was going to be unsatisfied having to choose which series to finish first…but this one was written in such a way that you saw peeks, but not enough to ruin anything. And at the same time I wasn’t left wanting in such a way that it would drive me crazy. This one had so many close calls and heart-stopping situations…as I’ve come to expect from Ms. Marie. Honestly, I’m surprised I finished this series without having a heart attack. So many times I genuinely thought “OMG, how are they going to get through this?” And yet I didn’t feel like the solutions were cobbled together…they made sense, and I even wondered about one before it happened. I kind of loved that. It didn’t have any deus ex machina, it was more a fulfillment of so many things from earlier in the series. Loved that all of our main players got to play a part, and I just continue to love them more and more (and become more and more intrigued by some of them — can’t say who, spoilers). Obviously I was in love with the progress in Tori and Ezra’s relationship — it felt just right for them. I don’t really want to say much, b/c when you get to the final book in a series, reviews seem a little silly — because you’re probably already invested at this point. All I can say is that it totally lived up to my expectations, and I was wholeheartedly satisfied. LOVED the epilogue. I just ended it with all these great feelings of joy and relief. Now I need to finish off one more series, and then patiently wait for the offshoot series to have more books. 😛

About the author

Annette Marie is the author of the bestselling YA urban fantasy series Steel & Stone, its prequel trilogy Spell Weaver, and the romantic fantasy trilogy Red Winter, along with the sassy urban fantasy series The Guild Codex. She lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husband and their feline minion of darkness, Caesar.

Cris Dukehart is an award-winning storyteller who has narrated books in a wide variety of genres, from romance and science fiction to children's literature and autobiography. She can also be heard in commercials, e-learning projects, and corporate narrations.