Fated to the Phantom

Sombra Demons, Book 4

By: Sarah Spade

Narrated by: Xander Stone, Lauren Beck

I think I’m being haunted…and it’s all that weird book’s fault.

I’m a librarian. I love books.

But the one I found in the depository?

Yeah…there’s something off about that one—and not only because I had a hard time figuring out if I should shelve it under foreign, occult, fiction, or out of print selections.

I think…I think it’s following me.

Does that sound crazy? It might. With my anxiety ratcheting up to eleven after a recent rush of break-ins near my house, I’m more on guard than usual. But robbers usually steal stuff, right? They don’t snatch library books and plant them in the librarian’s home.

And yet, somehow, that’s where I find the book.

That’s not the only strange thing that’s happening to me. I get this feeling like I’m being followed, but when I look behind me, all I see are shadows. I swear I hear a voice calling to me, too…Okay. Maybe I am going crazy, but when I finally discover that I’m being haunted by a towering shadow monster with horns and a mournful gaze, I decide it’s not so bad.

Especially when he finally finds a way to let me know that I’m his fated mate…and he’s mine.

Fated to the Phantom is the fourth book in the Sombra Demons series. It tells the story of Hope and Sammael, an anxious librarian and the mage-turned-phantom who is trying to catch her attention—and her heart.

©2023 Sarah Spade (P)2025 2025

Spicy Fated Mates Fluff Continued...

Librarian meets nerdy devoted demon. Another fun set of voice actors... you could feel the emotions from her voice and his voice. Another top class fluffy spice romance that keeps being solid. :)

Disappointed

I really liked the first few books, but this one didn’t land for me. The FMC felt bland and underdeveloped and almost like an incomplete version of herself. She’s supposed to be a shy, librarian-type nerd, but the constant talk about consent and feminism made her feel like a “boss babe” caricature, which didn’t fit her character. She also seemed oddly calm about being mated to a demon, which killed the tension. Maybe it’s just not my cup of tea, but this one missed the spark of the earlier books.