Three Mages and a Margarita

The Guild Codex: Spellbound Series, Book 1

By: Annette Marie

Narrated by: Cris Dukehart

Broke, almost homeless, and recently fired. Those are my official reasons for answering a wanted ad for a skeevy-looking bartender gig.

It went downhill the moment they asked me to do a trial shift instead of an interview - to see if I'd mesh with their "special" clientele. I think that part went great. Their customers were complete dickheads, and I was an asshole right back. That's the definition of fitting in, right?

I expected to get thrown out on my ass. Instead, they...offered me the job?

It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild. And the three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were mages. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-sh-t bartender this guild needs, or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here.

So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of course - with a pay raise.

Make sure to check out the companion series, The Guild Codex: Demonized, available now, and The Guild Codex: Warped, coauthored by Rob Jacobsen.

©2018 Annette Marie (P)2018 Tantor

Looking forward to more

Great story. I really enjoyed this and hope this is the first of many for this storyline.

Well worth the listen.

Good enjoyable characters, nice plot with well thought out twists. I really enjoyed this book.

Enjoyable from beginning to end

I loved that this book had me captured and chuckling in the first 3 minutes. I love the main character, loved the storyline, and loved the performance. This book was easy listening through and through.

Amazingly fun

The story was fun to listen to. The narrator is extremely easy to listen to as well.

Great Start to a Great Series

Where to start? For one, I don't write reviews (as you will be able to tell). However, as I'm beginning this series (again, for the 3rd time) I felt I really needed to put something on here. This is a series that anyone can enjoy, but I must warn you ... there are (currently) 3 Series to the Guild Codex. I've only really put myself into two of the series (Spellbound and Demonized), but picking up the 3rd part (Warped) this week. If it is anything like the other two then it will really weave in and out of the other stories. The book on it's own is a good standalone, however, when you add in the other books/series it really makes a unique story. This is something I'd love to see something like Netflix make a series on ... IF they could actually follow the books.

Unexpected Pleasure

I didn't think that I would enjoy this read so much. I found myself constantly trying to figure out which of the three guys she would end up with. maybe at the end of the series. I feel like this book was just the tip of the iceberg. there's so much to learn about all of the characters.

Fun story

Good narration and fun story. I'll look for more from this author and narrator. If you are looking for an enjoyable not too predictable story listen to this one

Not What I Expected!

This book was nothing like I expected. It was much better! I was expecting cliches and awful stereotypes, and don't get me wrong there are some, but not the ones I was expecting. It was so refreshing! it reminds me a little bit of the Mercy Thompson novels. This was an amazing read and I'd recommend it to anybody looking for a good book.

Nicely done

Almost 8 hours and it seemed like 30 minutes. Loved the content and style both the author and narrator are great. Excited to download the next edition.

A fun quick read

This was a fun book that was a quick listen. cant wait ti read the rest if the books in the series.