The Blood Curse

Spell Weaver, Book 3

By: Annette Marie

Narrated by: Melissa Moran, Tim Paige

10th Anniversary Edition

When Clio conned her way into the Underworld, her job was to steal magic that could protect her homeland. Instead, she escaped with the rebel son of a notorious spell weaver family.

And in the process, she exposed his most calamitous spell, putting her people—and all magic—in peril.

Now she and Lyre face two impossible feats: recover his creation, and do it before his family catches up to them. But when the spell is unleashed with devastating results, caution is no longer an option.

Clio and Lyre's only chance lies in combining their strength, but to make it out alive, they'll need magic more dangerous than they've ever wielded before. And if they fail, the realms will pay the price.

©2024 Annette Marie (P)2025 Tantor Media

A mixed bag

While this was definitely an improvement over the filler book 2, the final book ended at merely okay. My main issue was that the storyline was all over the place. I loved the time spent in the griffin kingdom and the action and intrigue involved. But, the second half of the book made little sense to me and, worse, was dull.

Overall, I had a hard time understanding how a conflict between two worlds and several realms was left to one nymph, an incubus, and a daemon to sort out. I know a fantasy series has lost me when I spend more time puzzling over the logic than anything else. I give props to the author for the ending; sometimes the messier endings a more meaningful than unrealistically wrapping everything up in a neat, perfect package. I’m glad I listened; it’s just not one of my favorites from this author.