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My Review:Title: Delivering Evil for Experts
Author: Annette Marie
Series: The Guild Codex: Demonized #4, Guild Codex Universe #13
Published by: Tantor Audio
Release Date: January 5, 2021
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Cris Dukehart, Teddy Hamilton
Length: 9 hours and 35 minutes
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Source: Hoopla
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2021 Audiobook Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:I promised to avenge my parents.
But their killer is still on the loose, and he's stolen more than my parents' lives. Now, as he draws closer to his mysterious goals, he's poised to destroy what little I have left.
I promised to translate an ancient grimoire.
But it holds the secrets of my family - and the secret history of demon summoning. I fear its answers as much as I need them. Who was the foremother of Demonica. . .and who am I?
I promised to send my demon home.
But the way he watches me, the way he protects me, the way he touches me - how can I cast him away forever? I swore I would do this for him, but can I? Should I?
But I promised - and I will keep my promises even if they cost me my heart, my soul, and my life.
4.5 stars — I am struggling with writing this review. I think I’m already sad it’s done. But also relieved that I loved the ending so much. I was honestly a bit worried that I wasn’t going to get all the answers I wanted, but I think I did. There might be a few little mysteries here and there, but in general I felt like it all wrapped up super well.
I was worried for a bit that Robin was taking two steps back with Zylas, and I was a bit frustrated with her. But she had a reckoning with herself in the middle of this book, and it kind of papered over my frustrations with her. I was proud of how much she’d grown over the series, and who she was by the end of it.
Zylas is still a little bit of a mystery for me, but I truly do love that demon boy.
The slow burn finally paid off, and it was worth the wait.
As with all these GCU books, there were a lot of intense scenes where I wasn’t sure how they were going to survive. I love all the little advances we see from them, the new things we learn, the new things they learn about themselves as they figure out how to not die.
Even though the secondary cast isn’t quite as large as in Spellbound, I still really loved the ones who play a prominent role in this one. Amalia had a really tough go of it, but in the end I think she figured things out. And I loved that we got more Zora.
I will admit that I kept waiting for Teddy Hamilton’s narration — so for anyone else that likes to know, it’s one chapter near the end…it’s not really dual narration. Cris Dukehart was amazing as always, even if she doesn’t know how to pronounce touque (it rhymes with Luke).
I can already feel a book hangover coming on…but more like a universe hangover. I can tell that this is going to be a frequent reread for me, they’re like comfort books.
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