Publishes April 12, 2019 by Dark Owl Fantasy inc.
e-ARC provided by author's ARC team
e-ARC provided by author's ARC team
When I first landed a bartending job at the local guild, I didn't know a thing about magic. These days, I'm practically an expert on the different magical classes, but there's one nobody ever talks about: Demonica.
Turns out they have a good reason for that.
My guild is strictly hellion-free, but some people will risk life and soul to control the biggest bullies on the mythic playground. And now a demon has been loosed in the city.
My guild is strictly hellion-free, but some people will risk life and soul to control the biggest bullies on the mythic playground. And now a demon has been loosed in the city.
The demon is hunting too. And in a city full of mythics, it's searching for deadlier prey.
If we can't unravel the demon's sinister motivations, more innocent people will die, but finding the answers means digging into dark secrets... and learning truths I never wanted to know.
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{ my review }
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LISTEN. if you haven't read the first three books of this series, first of all, WHY; and second, this is your ✨ official warning ✨
✨ spoiler alert homies ✨
✨ seriously, please steer clear ✨
okay, now with that out of the way: Y'ALL. i have been waiting for this book since two witches and a whiskey! april couldn't have come fast enough because it would bring this book and more news from annette marie herself. i am absolutely BESIDE myself with this—i was so, so excited and impatient to see where she would take things with demon magic.
that's one of my favourite things about reading marie's works: with each addition in a series, she ups everything. stakes, relationships, the world its set it. characters grow and they learn and combined with what i've listed, it makes the next instalment even more exciting.
with the fourth book in the guild codex: spellbound series, it's FINALLY EZRA'S BOOK. oh you guys, i lovelovelove ezra soso much! even more so after this book! for the first three books, a lot of readers, myself included, were wondering what exactly ezra is because there's certainly more to the (soft) aeromage than meets the eye! there were so many questions, from tori and myself alike: how can he make a room so cold? where are the scars from? how are his reflexes impossibly fast?
and with the addition of demons—actual DEMONS!—and more on the demonica class, demon magic was a wild ride. tori's view of the supernatural world has not been easy from the get-go, but demons are a whole other level for her.
i found this book more serious than the others. there were definitely funny quips throughout, of course, but this felt like a real gamechanger for tori and the guys. with everything about ezra going on and a demon running rampant, stakes and tensions are super high and everything is more dangerous. it's a little bit darker than the other books, and it feels like a real eye-opener for tori. i've really come to respect her with each new book, and this one continued that pattern. she realises some important things about herself and i feel like she's set on changing that about her character. i admire her a lot!
there is another, bigger reason why i was anticipating this book but lol, i won't say because i'd have no idea where to begin. let's just say i see where you're leading with this, annette marie, and i. love. it.
one more thing: the dynamic between kai, ezra, and aaron! i say this about them in all my reviews, BUT UGH. they're... wow. i've never read a more tightly knit group. kai and aaron would do anything, no matter the risks to them, for ezra, and it really pulls at my heartstrings. ezra would do anything—anything—to protect his friends, and i ached for his situation throughout the book. we find out so much about him and there's still so much left to learn, but i'm just glad he's getting more page time! (i always feel like he and kai never got as many scenes as aaron did, but i'm glad that's changing—and continues to do so, in kai's case).
overall, another solid book from annette marie, and once again, i am beyond excited for the next book! that ending was the first time i felt like i'd been left on a cliffhanger, and i am way too antsy to sit still and patiently wait for the fifth instalment.
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