About

Three Mages and a Margarita is the first book in the The Guild Codex: Spellbound series written by Annette Marie.

Three Mages and a Margarita book cover

Blurb

Broke, almost homeless, and recently fired. Those are my official reasons for answering a wanted ad for a skeevy-looking bartender gig.

It went downhill the moment they asked me to do a trial shift instead of an interview—to see if I'd mesh with their "special" clientele. I think that part went great.

It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild.

Review

This was a much needed light hearted read for me. I found the book fast paced, especially after the first magical fight, and finished reading within a day.

The main characters were all fun in their own way and I liked how the author revealed tidbits about their life to make them interesting. I loved the slice of life parts of the book. The sole POV character not having magical powers was a refreshing change for me from reading zero to hero type stories.

I would've loved more details about the magic system though, perhaps they'd be explored further in the sequels. And I wouldn't mind additional POVs as well.

I did find the coincidences overdone and the antagonists poorly written, but the book pretty much delivered the fun read I was looking for.

There are other series connected to this one. Visit author's site for reading order and illustrations of the main cast.

My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟☆

What others are saying

From Kit's review on goodreads:

The blurb says this book is a fun, sassy, fast-paced urban fantasy, and I gotta say, that is actually a highly accurate description!

From Lindsay's review on goodreads:

Enjoyable characters, clean, tight writing. Heroine is an everyday-woman type, if you need a break from uber powerful badasses.

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