Two Witches and a Whiskey

The Guild Codex: Spellbound, Book 3

By: Annette Marie

Narrated by: Cris Dukehart

Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's Summary

Three months ago, I landed a job as a bartender. But not at a bar-at a guild. Yeah, the magic kind. 

I'm not a badass mage like my three smokin' hot best friends. I'm not a sorcerer or an alchemist, or even a wussy witch. I'm just a human, slinging drinks like a pro and keeping my non-magical nose out of mythic business. Seriously, I know my limits. 

So why am I currently standing in a black-magic ritual circle across from a fae lord? 

Somewhere behind me, my three mage friends are battling for their lives. Somewhere near my feet is the rogue witch I just knocked out with a stolen spell. And I have about five seconds to convince this very angry sea god not to shmoosh me like a bug. 

I'm pretty sure this wasn't part of the job description. 

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

©2019 Annette Marie (P)2019 Tantor

Ghost returns

We know that Tori is impulsive, selfish, hard head, and reckless. And damnit she does not listen. I have a problem when a character, in this case Tori, is told to stay put and they don’t. It makes me grind my teeth. Tori’s abandonment issues will be the death of someone. She craves a sense of family. That is why she really wants to belong as a member of the guild and have some type of magic.

She was having a little pity party when she should have been paying attention. She got the guild committed to a job. It did not help that the witches who were requesting help, stroked her ego by hinting that Tori had influence with mages.

Tori’s physical safety is in jeopardy and all the guys, the guild and ghost, comes to her rescue. You can imagine the reactions of the guys when they first encounter ghost with her. Yep, it was a shit storm.

This story gives up information on Kai and a little history on the group. Other members of the guild, i.e. Darius have a more active role. Her brother makes an appearance. This provides and opportunity to see how the magic and regular communities work together.

Yea, there are the fights that we love from our guys. I love it when they open the car trunk and gear up. That is soooo badass. And ghost is the baddest. He does that melt into the darkness thing.

Aaron and Tori have some relationship issues to work out. For a woman who wants to belong, she has a problem with commitment issues.

Important rule: don’t try to enslave a fae

More Fae are introduced 🤗

Book three of the series starts with a surprise visit from the magical feds. Within the first 30 minutes we find ourselves trapped between a rock and a hard place. The witches are trying to bind a Fae Lord and the Feds are closing in on the guild. Most of all, the crew is separated and must work closely while not actually together.

I really enjoy this series. Though it seems to be following a reverse harem set up, it hasn't gone completely in that direction. I do like that the love interest have stayed open. It allows us not to become too attached to any given Male. I'd prefer that she didnt date any of the main characters. Break that mold of girls having to fall for their friends. We are capable of having Male friends without always wanting something romantic.

There were a few eye-rolling moments when it came to Tori's decision making. It felt a bit off character. At least the Tori character that's been developing in the first few books wouldn't react to things as the Tori in this book. Where she was once brave and self sufficient this book shows a needy and whiny side of her personality. Even though the series starts off with her rooming with her brother, she was still independent and paying her way. In this book she feels that she NEEDS the guys and cant seem to focus.

Other than the set back in Tori's personality I found the book enjoyable enough but not at good as the first. I do like that we get more background information of the guys and that it seems legit. The author gives us believable information that doesn't seemed forced.

The narrator, Chris Dukehart, does a good job. My favorite voice of hers is Twiggy. The "Slap Back" scene really made me laugh... "Cause its funny!" 🤣😂

3 Stars 🌟🌟🌟- Good Book. I like the overall concept and it was delivered well. Most common ranking for a book I enjoyed and look forward to the next.

Main character is annoying as hell

I love a strong female lead, but Tori is inconsiderate, selfish, and reckless. This would all be fine, if she took ownership and actually learned from her mistakes. Parts of the tale are hard to get through because she is so thoughtless. It’s also hard to believe that the 3 mages would just overlook this and not hold her accountable. The tale is fun, but also tedious as a result.

Not as good as before

Somehowv the story lapsed into teenage romance. Not exactly as good as before. Like it was rushed to finish or something...

awesome spin

I love this series and the spin the author has on the characters and their world.

These books are like snack food!

Probably not good for me, terribly lacking in nutrition, but fun, shareable, and ultimately always added to the pantry. I am on to the next bag right now.

Teen Urban Fantasy

Always easy listening. Love the Zack character... aka Ghost aka Crystal Druid... total badass.. some parts didn't fit, like including the witch at the park for the fay summoning.. I understood why she was there... for the betrayal factor, but the 3 mages seem too independent to include her... small stuff.
I binged listened to 3 audiobooks in the series.. so far..
Funny Thing, Im not a girl teen, but a recently retired dude, but still enjoy this author

Enjoyable listen

I really enjoy the characters in this series, their is depth and intrigue in each one. Annette Marie is awesome, although I almost dropped a star on this one for pulling that fast one with Tory and Aaron 🤣

Wow, this is like a 1/2 a great and 1/2 terrible!

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I love all the action in this story and the characters are great, but the lead female is lacking. She is really selfish. Her libido is out of control and she does not even care how she is playing around with any of the guys in her life she considers her adopted family.

It is like one minute she wants to sleep with anyone that halfway looks decent and then the next moment she doesn't want to sleep with them because she wants to keep their relationship. I can tell you from dance if you consider a male your friend or adoptive family you do not lust over them cause that just makes it super weird. I am not saying you cannot appreciate their looks but you don't go and make out with them.

And then the writer did not give the lead female the balls enough to tell Aaron how she felt because she didn't want to date him anymore. What a disappointment. You would think she would have had enough care to actually let him know how she was feeling. I feel like the writer has not experience dealing with these type of relationships and they are badly making it up as they go. If the lead female ever does fall for someone we will not be able to believe her because she is all over the place.

Also, there was a scene where she gets mad at the through it and actually starts punching him in the face. The writer does try to justify it but really it was abusive at best. It is not okay to hit people like that because you do not like what they did to you. I am really starting to wonder about this writers emotional maturity especially if this book is supposed to be geared for teens.

I keep reading because the good parts are great, but please do better.

Not the best in the series.

I love the series and the narrator, but I was disappointed in Tory this time. She came across as whiny and self centered. still worth listening to but I hope the next one is a bit better.

Brilliant

Absolutely amazing!!! as always... this instalment to Tori’s journey just stole my heart, epic fight scene, loveable enthralling main characters, hatable bad guys you want to die, brilliant story amazing plot twists, this just made me laugh out loud as well as well up on more than one accession. It was written so well you felt Tori’s whole journey like you where right there with her... catching your breath and waiting on the outcomes right next to her. JUST AMAZING!!!!!

Simply fantastic

The first books pulled me into the series, the second, pushed me away a little. I'll admit I didn't really like Book 2. Because of that, I was nervous about this book. It, however, exceeded all expectations, a brilliant listen and cements itself as my favourite of the series so far. Fans of the series will not be disappointed.

Stories are getting better and better

Lots of fun, sass and badassery!

Tori, a human, works in a bar for a mythic guild and keeps getting herself into mythical trouble.

A brilliant story which was fast paced and with excellent narration.

So good. I was never into urban fantasy until now.

I loved it. Its well written, love the chatacters and narrator brings everything to life.

Snark and magic

A human involved with a guild of mythics (magic users), she makes up for lack of magic with temper and courage. An engaging main character, with the help of her mythic friends, copes with more trouble than most people could and comes out of it ready for more. Actually, I think she *is* a mythic, with the magical talent of attracting trouble [ grin ].

I have enjoyed all three of the stories in this series and look forward to more.

Two Witches and a Whiskey

This is a great third book in the series, with loads of fighting, sass and fairies!