#Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie

[musthaveromance]

Snuggling into the blanket, I popped another chocolate in my mouth, feeling spoiled as hell. I’d never admit it to Aaron, but I did have a favorite gift—and I didn’t plan to tell a soul which one I preferred.

It's the blanket, right??

[meeghanreads]

November 2024 TBR

Hello friends!! Welcome to my November 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to take my best guess at what I will feel like reading for the upcoming month. I don’t know about anyone else. But now that we only have two months left of the year, I am starting to panic hardcore about my 2024 reading challenges. Like, it’s totally not going to happen. And that’s ok. I mean, some of them will. Some of…

[desdasiwrites]

– Annette Marie, Three Mages and a Margarita

[fearthefluff]

Fantasy Romance Recommendations Pt.2

This is list number 2 and it will be focusing on Urban Fantasy and Contemporary romance with fantasy elements. For more traditional Fantasy recs, check list 1!  Maybe it will help someone somewhere. XD ***Some of the books listed here are not Romance novels officially but all have romance and have HFN or HEA endings Urban Fantasy Romance (Paranormal Romance) 

Hidden Legacy Series by Ilona Andrews 2 Trilogies Nevada Baylor is a Truthseeker; she is able to tell when people lie. When her family's detective agency is tasked with apprehending a powerful fire wielding psychopath, it puts them on the path of collision with the powerful magical elite who rules Houston. Guildcodex Series by Annette Marie 4 Series. Spellbound, Demonized, Unveiled and Wraped. When feisty redhead Tori landed a job at a sketchy pub, she had no idea she'd just joined a magic guild. And the three guys she drenched with a margarita during her first shift? Yeah, they were mages. She's about to get a crash course in the world of magic and mythics. Mercernary Librarians Trilogy by Kit Rocha Meet the Mercenary Librarians: a trio of information brokers who join forces with a squad of elite super-soldiers to use their knowledge to help the hopeless in a dystopian post-apocalyptic United States ruled by a corporate autocracy. Psy-Changeling Series by Nalini Singh A world shared by Changeling, a race of animal shifters , the Psy, a race of powerful psychic who live without emotions and Humans. Tension between the 3 races are rising. The Firebrand Series by Helen Harper Emma, an aspiring detective, is placed with the Supernatural Squad in London. Soon she is brutally murdered by an unknown assailant,  wakes up twelve hours later in the morgue – and is very much alive. Contemporary Romance with Fantasy Elements The Dead Romantic by Ashley Poston Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem... she no longer believes in love. Then her new editor shows up at her front door as a ghost. Romance is most certainly dead... but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she’s ever known about love stories. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life. A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong Thorne Manor has always been haunted...and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt’s house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her own age, born two centuries earlier.

[tryan-a-bex]

saw your rebog for fantasy/sci-fi books, would you mind giving me a recommendation list? from the authors you listed I love Naomi Novik and I'm always looking for more books to read

this is my first time sending an ask is this how you do this?

Anyway, have a good day :)

You did it right! Thanks for the ask!!!

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik was so good I flipped it and reread as soon as I finished it! I also bought Uprooted.

For Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, go to the Baen website, where Agent of Change and Fledgling are both free downloads—choose Agent of Change if you prefer action/adventure and Fledgling if you prefer school stories/coming of age.

For Sharon Shinn, I’d start with Troubled Waters from the Elemental Blessings series.

Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice

Nnedi Okorafor: Binti (get the four-in-one if you can)

Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Wen Spencer: Tinker

Robin McKinley: The Blue Sword

Martha Wells: Murderbot series

Ilona Andrews: Magic Bites

Nalini Singh: Wolf Rain was where I started

Annette Marie: Three Mages and a Margarita

Seanan McGuire: InCryptids series (My favourite is That Ain’t Witchcraft, but probably better to start at the beginning.)

I also love AM Offenwanger’s Septimus series, starting with Seventh Son. She’s an indie author so will be very excited if you purchase her books!

And of course Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, who you know about if you’ve been on tumblr for any length of time. Good Omens is fantastic. I loved Stardust by Gaiman. My favourite of the Pratchett ones are the Tiffany Aching (which are YA) and the Rincewind ones, but there are lots of options.

I love recommending books! Thank you for asking!!!

[xandroblathers]

I highly recommend The Guild Codex books by Annette Marie. First book is called "Three Mages and a Margarita" more Urban fantasy, but amazing characters and the first part of the series is actually 3 self contained storylines that also interweve like a triple Helix DNA strand.

The DFZ series by Rachel Aaron. Also kind of an urban fantasy, but there's also really cool magical technology, and Dragons! also a human Mage who is just hyper competent and also enthusiastic about her magic and interests.

The Changeling series by Molly Harper. Takes place in an extended regency era England, where magic users saw the threat of the industrial revolution to their magical supremacy and so took over all the world governments.

Actuly Molly Harper is amazing and you should check out all her books and see if they peak your interest.

I need some book recommendations! I mostly like fantasy, some sci fi and historical. Here are some books I either love forever or read recently and liked, which if I wasn’t typing this up on my phone I would explain them more but I am mostly listing them so that things can be recommended to ME

Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (this is one of my favorite books of all time, I have read it many times)

Temeraire series by Naomi Novik (just reread the whole thing again. So so fun books)

The Hidden Sea trilogy beginning with Children of a Hidden Sea, which I really wanted to have one more book in it, by A. M. Dellamonica

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Read the first three books of the 1632 series by Eric Flint. They were solidly OK. I don’t want to read any more of them but they were fun.

All T. Kingfisher books, the Paladin series especially. Nettle and Bone was good, the horror ones are Alright.

I enjoy a good Tortall. I think Beka Cooper were my faves. The circle of magic series weren’t as good to me.

The Kingsbridge books by Ken Follett, although honestly the only one I’d ever personally recommend to anyone is Pillars of the Earth, which after reading the entire encyclopedia of a series in order last year still stands out as the best one. They are all fun though

His Dark Materials, classic forever, and the sequel La Belle Sauvage, but what a miserable book The Secret Commonwealth was. Still gonna read the third one when it comes out but jeez.

The Scythe books by Neal Shustermann I ended up deciding I didn’t like after I finished them. But they were enjoyable enough, including for evidence of reading more futuristic sci fi I guess lol

I’m going through my library checkout history for these lol.

Oh Liliths Brood by Octavia Butler, also fun to read but I just got so annoyed by the aliens being hypocrites that I saw it on the list and got mad at it lol.

The Martian was fun. Artemis by the same author was just alright.

Trying to think of some other faves. Jonathan strange and mr. Norrell. Uhh u kno like, Watership Down. Oh the Alien Chronicles by Deborah Chester. I liked Enders game and shadow a lot way back when but can’t bring myself to reread it anymore because of the author, u kno how it goes. Diana Wynne jones books, the chrestomanci ones and dogsbody were my faves. I have read a lot of Michael Crichton books, my faves were great train robbery and timeline I think. I don’t know I have read a lot of books

Anyway please recommend me some books I am bored at work again

[housebaylor]

2021 Books. ⋙ Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie

“I could handle it. A couple weeks of work, then I’d be on my merry way to a nice, normal job where standing up for myself meant getting fired—not barbequed by a pyromage.”

[books-in-a-storm]

A Book To Read

Title: Three Mages and a Margarita(The Guild Codex: Spellbound #1)

Author: Annette Marie

Pages:312

Synopsis: 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. Their customers were complete dickheads, and I was an ***hole right back. That's the definition of fitting in, right? I expected to get thrown out on my ***. Instead, they… offered me the job? It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild. And the three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were mages. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-*** bartender this guild needs, or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here. So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of course—with a pay raise.

[writerrsj]

Just jumping into this series and I'm having a lot of fun! This is UF but I can't help shipping romance and I like Ezra best!! 😉

[blurrypetals]

Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie - blurrypetals review

originally posted sep. 3, 2020 - ★★★★★

I held off reading this as long as I possibly could. I try to save Annette Marie's books for when I feel myself going into a reading slump, but I was also trying very hard to wait until Annette was finished writing both Spellbound and Demonized before I began so I wouldn't have to wait for any one book, but then she announced Warped and figured fuck it, it's time. And, surprise surprise, I loved it! I think this was an extremely strong, fun start. Annette Marie is the captain of fun, which is why I always save her stuff for reading slumps. It's also getting late in the year and I have 10 credits left on my Audible account. I really enjoyed all of our characters here. Tori was an absolute delight, and it was wonderful to see Annette really nail her spitfire attitude. I also really liked all three of our mages, though I'm partial to Ezra, I think, at least at this point. I liked Aaron a lot, but I did think it would have been fun if (view spoiler) but he was a good character all the same. The only one I don't have a fully formed opinion on yet is Kai, but I look forward to learning more about him and everyone else. This was an incredibly strong and wonderful start and I'm excited to see what's next! Onward to Dark Arts and a Daiquiri!

[parsleysagerosemarytimemachine]

'Three Mages and a Margarita' is a fun fantasy about a bartender who accidentally gets a job at a wizard bar when she unknowingly sasses some of its most powerful patrons; I kind of wish she'd kept more of the sass once she learned that magic was real, but it was still a very understandable sort of nerves that she goes with instead, and it doesn't keep her from being cool when it counts. If you like the idea of being guarded by three hot wizard guys, or a series about being let into the cool magic crowd, this is worth taking a look at.

[meeghanreads]

WWW Wednesday — 9 October 2024

Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 9 October 2024!!  WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading… (All images will link to Goodreads if you click on them.…

[lehdenlaulu]

What order do you recommend reading annette Marie books

The Guild Codex ones? Hold on, there's an official recommended reading order. Ah, here.

I mean, you can read them one series at a time or just skip some altogether, but you'll end up a little spoiled/confused since the stories are all closely connected.

But definitely start with Tori and Three Mages and a Margarita. 😊

As for her other books, I haven't gotten around to them yet myself so I unfortunately can't help you there.

[starsandaspirations]

books i’ve read in quarantine

fantasy

red winter | annette marie

dark tempest | annette marie

immortal fire | annette marie

three mages and a margarita | annette marie

poetry

milk and honey | rupi kaur

empty bottles full of stories | r. h. sin and robert m. drake

memoir

i wrote this book because i love you | tim kreider

the moth presents all these wonders | catherine burns

when breath becomes air | paul kalanithi

classic literature

1984 | george orwell

little women | louisa may alcott

the metamorphosis and other stories | franz kafka

a tree grows in brooklyn | betty smith

letters to his neighbor | marcel proust

social protest

native son | richard wright

literary fiction

on earth we’re briefly gorgeous | ocean vuong

there there | tommy orange

historical fiction

the song of achilles | madeline miller

things fall apart | chinua achebe

other nonfiction

semicolon | cecelia watson

the joy of x | steven strogatz

exactly as you are | shea tuttle

essayism | brian dillon

never split the difference | chris voss

[audiobook-mike]

Three Mages and a Margarita (The Guild Codex: Spellbound #1) by Annette Marie ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 Stars Read 2️⃣2️⃣ of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Review: This was the perfect book at the perfect time for me. I was just let go of a job and had been in a book slump for months so this was an instant read for me just from the description. I finished this book in 4 days I really enjoyed Tori’s character and tone throughout and her flirtmance with Aaron. I also love the whole guild concept and how close they are. I hope we get a lot more Ezra and Kai in the next book. This book reminds me of a combination of White Trash Zombie series by Diana Rowland and The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch, 2 of my favorite series. So I have high hopes for this series and world and have already picked up book 2. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Description: 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. Their customers were complete dickheads, and I was an ***hole right back. That's the definition of fitting in, right? I expected to get thrown out on my ***. Instead, they… offered me the job? It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild. And the three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were mages. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-*** bartender this guild needs, or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here. So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of course—with a pay raise. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ #books #book #mages #threemagesandamargarita #annettemarie @annettemarie.author #read #reading #audiobooks #audiobook #audible #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #urbanfantasy #urbanfantasybooks #fantasy #fantasybooks #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookreviews (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIH3dndAp8x/?igshid=8ovt45xxoss8

[books-in-a-storm]

Book Of The Week

Title: Three Mages and a Margarita(The Guild Codex: Spellbound #1)

Author: Annette Marie

Pages:312

Synopsis:

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. Their customers were complete dickheads, and I was an ***hole right back. That's the definition of fitting in, right?

I expected to get thrown out on my ***. Instead, they… offered me the job?

It turns out this place isn't a bar. It's a guild. And the three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were mages. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-*** bartender this guild needs, or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here.

So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of course—with a pay raise.