The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry

By: C. M. Waggoner

Narrated by: Ava Lucas

Dellaria Wells, petty con artist, occasional thief, and partly educated fire witch, is behind on her rent in the city of Leiscourt - again. Then she sees a “wanted” sign seeking Female Persons, of Martial or Magical ability, to guard a Lady of some Importance prior to the celebration of her Marriage. Delly fast-talks her way into the job and joins a team of highly peculiar women tasked with protecting their wealthy charge from unknown assassins.

Delly quickly sets her sights on one of her companions, the confident and well-bred Winn Cynallum. The job looks like nothing but romance and easy money until things take a deadly (and undead) turn. With the help of a bird-loving necromancer, a shapeshifting schoolgirl, and an ill-tempered reanimated mouse named Buttons, Delly and Winn are determined to get the best of an adversary who wields a twisted magic and has friends in the highest of places.

©2021 C. M. Waggoner (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC

A somewhat unclear beginning.

I've only gotten an hour in so far. The story here seeks promising, and the narrator does a great job. But I have the distinct feeling that I'm missing information about the world. There was no indication that this book was part of a series. However, I'm tempted to see if the other book by this author might have been the first, and they just haven't been categorized as such.

some of the best dialogue I've heard since I don't know when

I had no idea what to expect from this book when I got it except it sounded interesting and it's one of my favorites I've listened to in a really long time The story is fun and engaging the dialogue is absolutely phenomenal The writing is good there's just nothing bad to say about it whatsoever

Wonderful Adventure

What a great fantasy romp! Loved this low stakes adventure with some lovely romance woven through. And the performance is absolutely captivating!

not what I was expecting

fun adventure story.. I didn't quite expect such a broad use of f bombs ..but it worked.. and the love story behind it all was sweet.. wasn't expecting the queer bend to the story but found it wonderfully entertaining

Delightful writing, excellent story

A prime example of characterization through narrative voice. I actually laughed out loud once or twice a chapter just at the phrasing choices of the narration. It perfectly represented the absolute chaotic disaster that is the main character, and I loved every moment of it. The story is also really quite good, and pretty well defied my expectations.

If the weird, prosaic writing is throwing you off, just give it a chance to grow on you. It's worth it.