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My Review:Title: Damned Souls and a Sangria
Author: Annette Marie
Series: The Guild Codex: Spellbound #8, Guild Codex Universe #12
Published by: Tantor Audio
Release Date: November 24, 2020
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Cris Dukehart
Length: 8 hours and 35 minutes
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Source: Hoopla
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2021 Audiobook Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb: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.
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. 😛
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