Review – Mage Assassins & Other Misfits (Guild Codex: Warped, Book 5) by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen (5/5 stars)

Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Length: 313 pages
Publisher:‎ Dark Owl Fantasy
Release Date: June 7, 2024
ASIN: B0C1818SCT
Stand Alone or Series: 5th book in the Guild Codex: Warped series
Source: Borrowed ebook from Kindle Unlimited
Rating: 5/5 stars

“The weirdness level of my life has reached an all-time high. Which is saying something, considering I started out as a psychic conman and somehow ended up as a MagiPol agent. And not just any agent. Lately, I’ve been Captain Blythe’s right-hand man and most trusted confidant.

Yeah, I know. Super weird.

It’s also kind of awkward because, unbeknownst to her, I’ve also teamed up with her most loathed nemesis, Darius King, guild master of the Crow and Hammer and the number one guy on the Consilium’s “To Be Eliminated” list.

Oh, and the Consilium? It’s just a secret organization embedded deep in the upper echelons of the MPD that’s using its nefarious influence to take over the world. Or destroy it. We’re still figuring that part out.

“We” being me and Blythe. And me and Darius. But not Blythe and Darius. Like I said, it’s awkward.

Unfortunately, the Consilium knows we’re on to them. Their plans are already in motion, and if we don’t find a way to stop them, the mythic world will change for the worse—and there’ll be no going back.”

Series Info/Source: This is the 5th book in the Guild Codex: Warped series. I borrowed this on ebook through Kindle Unlimited.

Thoughts: I really enjoyed this volume in the Guild Codex:Warped series. I am continuing to be lucky enough to read a lot of amazing books this month and this was definitely one of them. I really loved how this ties in with a lot of larger events that have happened in this world.

Kit is being torn in two directions; he is trying to help Darius hunt down the members of the Consilium in secret while helping his supervisor, Captain Blythe, on the same investigation but from a different angle. When his secret searching reveals that there could be an apocalyptic event on the horizon, Kit and Darius are forced to pull in Captain Blythe. Darius and Captain Blyth have a sorted history and hopefully they can get past that to save the world. Meanwhile Leanne has been away helping her sick father get through his cancer treatment, but when she returns she would finally like to sit down and talk to Kit about the events from the last book.

I thought this was incredibly well done. We are finally getting some understanding (and bounds) on Kit’s magic which I really liked. We also get to learn a lot more about Darius and his past which was very entertaining, he is such a mysterious characters in most of the other Guild Codex books.

Additionally, I really enjoyed how this ties in with a lot of the politics and issues from previous and spin off series in the Guild Codex World. This was really a pivotal book in the series as you learn a lot more about the MPD and the Consilium. There is a lot of well done action in here, a lot of humor, and some romance. It was all well-balanced and easy to read. I think this was hands down the best book in the Guild Codex: Warped series so far. I was a bit disappointed to find out that this didn’t tie up the series, it sounds like this will be a 6 book series now. However, if the next book is as well done as this one then I am grateful to have another book!

My Summary (5/5): Overall I really enjoyed this book in the Guild Codex:Warped series and thought it was the best book in this series yet. We learn a lot more about the world and why things are happening in this book. We also finally get some more bounds on Kit’s magic and learn some about why he can do what he does. The action scenes are spectacular here and I really enjoyed the magic and characters. This is a very well-balanced story that was hard to put down and easy to read, I look forward to the sixth book in this series.