#the guild codex Demonized

[ohumokay]

I need Guilded Codex friends 😭😭

I know there's a fandom out there, I can feel it in my hopes and dreams. Where the hell are you guys 😭😭

[lolabearwrites]

inspired by @crownprincessoftherusalkas ! ^^

I'd like to think Zylas and lil Zai would get into a lot of trouble together haha

[creative-hanyou-girl]

I think being a fan of InuYasha has awakened in me a craving for mythology series where it's always an adventure focusing on a human befriending/falling in love with a mythical person from the mythology. Doesn't matter what kind of media it is, if it's like InuYasha, I'm like "sign me up".

Like seriously, my favorite series aside from InuYasha are literally Kamisama Kiss, The Red Winter Trilogy, the Guild Codex: Demonized (not exactly mythology per se, but it's still a human x mythical person adventure series) and now I'm about to watch the Kdrama Tale of the Nine-Tails on Netflix. Literally InuYasha as a series has awakened in me a craving for the mythology fiction genre and I can't even be mad about it.

[elrielffs]

I don’t do this much but y’all, please check out this series and author, Annette Marie!! This book got me out of a 3 month reading slump! It’s sooooo good. It’s the first in a 4 book completed series that is part of The Guild Codex, which has interconnecting but can be read standalone series.

This is an urban fantasy series where a woman makes a contract with a demon over her baking! The couple is a true slow burn and and FMC reminds me a bit of Elain, in that she’s not a sassy powerhouse but a quiet girl who loves to bake. The writing was so good and easy to follow, and the tension in the scenes was chefs kiss!!! This series and author are so underrated I felt I had to post about it!!!! I’m so excited to make it thru her whole catalogue that all have high ratings on goodreads!

This book was like crack for me, I was literally addicted. The cover is kind of cheesy but I like cheesy covers but trust, this shit is good and it’s on Kindle Unlimited!

[a-resplendent-mushroom]

the hanged man: sacrifice, release, and new perspectives. the card suggests letting go and seeing things from a different angle.

what's this? i'm making a guild codex major arcana series?

it was just too perfect to pass up lmao. i used the classic tarot deck design, which is why the background is so minimalist...i saw the meaning of this card and immediately thought of zylas, since his opinions on dumb hh'uainun completely changes XD

uhhhhhhhh @brb-on-a-quest @ohumokay

[2isted-chocol8-art]

5 times Zylas asks a question + the one time Robin answers

This is one of my favorite scenes from the third book, and I forgot to post it! So there it goes. The part where I lost my mind.

-> More The Guild Codex Fanart

[the-guild-codex-and-other-things]

The Guild Codex 12 Days of Christmas Day 1

Amalia: What did you do to make Zylas want to celebrate Christmas, anyway?

Robin: I didn't do anything actually, he was just looking at a book on old Christmas traditions and said he wanted a tree.

Amalia: Huh. That seems odd.

*2 Hours Later*

*Fire alarm blaring*

Robin: What happened?!

Amalia, fighting with a fire extinguisher: The tree caught fire!

Robin: How?!

Amalia: Ask your demon!

Zylas: The flames from the candles have ignited the tree.

Robin: Wait, what candles?

Zylas: The ones on the tree.

Robin: Why were there candles on the tree?!

*Amalia putting out fire with flailing efficiency*

Zylas: Decoration. I saw it in the book. It seemed warm.

Robin: Zylas, we use artificial lights now. They're a lot less likely to cause fires.

Zylas: Zh’ūltis. Why have bright, obnoxious lights if they aren't even warm?

[crownprincessoftherusalkas]

Robin: Oh no guys I am sorry I am so so sorry.

Amalia: Slow down Robin, what happened?

Robin: So I tried to get through to Zai through music and he took to it really well.

Amalia: I don't see the problem-

Zai kicks down door

Zai: I am now a professional kazoo player and communicate only through kazoo. This is who I am now, deal with it.

@lolabearwrites

Super goofy but I hope it makes you laugh

[vibrantnostalgia]

Your body could build my grave, with leather and lace. You take all my breath away, with that face. Cause she's drop dead gorgeous, I think she knows it. I think she knows it... But if she ever left, I would just drop dead.

I animated Ashoakmaple's art of Tori and Ezra from Annette Marie's The Guild Codex! Song: Drop Dead Gorgeous by Voilà, perfectly recommended by this podcast!

[musthaveromance]

Chocolate and confusion

He stood at the counter, staring down at the box of chocolates, the fluorescent lights casting harsh shadows over his face. After a long moment, he lifted a hand and touched the edge of the box.His tail slashed sideways—and he shoved the chocolates off the counter. They crashed to the floor, the small delicacies scattering over the linoleum.

I would love to read this scene from Zylas' POV!!

And this scene too!!

Zylas was scrutinizing me, his eyebrows low over critical red eyes.“Um.” I blinked. “Zylas?”He turned to the demon mage. “Nailēranis et nā. Eshaillā kir?” “Probably.” Jaw tightening, Zylas returned his stare to me, his expression intent as though he were rearranging his understanding of my incomprehensible human brain.

Was he comprehending why Robin is in danger of the other mages and what it meant when they said "you have the look"? Or was he wondering about her panicked reaction to his strength when he chose to "make her squirm"?

[awkadoodledoo]

Hi. Yes. I'd forgotten Zylas calls her "Prey" in his language. And I just.

[blurrypetals]

Damned Souls and a Sangria by Annette Marie - blurrypetals review

originally posted nov. 5, 2024 - ★★★★☆

I don't know why I never read this back in 2020. Sure, the audiobook wasn't out by the time I finished Lost Talismans and a Tequila in September, but I don't know why I didn't return when this was finally released on audiobook in November. I do remember losing some momentum with the series at the time, but having read this now, I'm disappointed in myself for waiting as long as I did, because I know I would have liked this so much better if I'd read it when the series was fresh in my memory.

That being said, I still did enjoy this a lot. I missed Annette's easy, fun banter and I ate it right up the same way I used to.

While I didn't remember hardly anything that was going on at first, I did still care about what was going on, about what would happen to these characters, particularly to Ezra and, by proxy, Eterran. It was also incredibly wonderful to see Robin and Zylas again! They're my favorites and always steal the show whenever they're on the page.

This was definitely a good conclusion to the Spellbound books and I'm looking forward to moving on to starting Warped and Unveiled!

[lolabearwrites]

[creative-hanyou-girl]

My Favorite Women Protagonists in Media (Part 1)

*No particular order*

Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha)

Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket)

Nanami Momozono (Kamisama Kiss)

Emi (Red Winter Trilogy) *art by Brittany Jackson*

Robin Page (Guild Codex) *art by Ashleigh Zanardi/AshOakMaple*

Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson) *art on left by Viria13*

Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) *art on right by beacascabel*

Britt Arthurs (King Arthur & Her Knights) *art by keepsake20*

Part 2

Happy International Women's Day everyone!

Some of these characters aren't the "true" main characters in their respective series, but they are the most central female characters in their universes.

[anabellrey]

Im so close to finishing crochet zylas and I am so excited!! Just need to make his tail and the armor pieces pretty much!!

With a screenshot from the guild codex WEBTOON for reference!

[justmybookthots]

Guild Codex: Demonized

4/5 stars

Hello to this series that has consumed my life the past couple of days. What is wild is that I almost did not read this series. I saw in the reviews that the demon was in a contract with the heroine in exchange for cookies, and I was like, that sounds overly comedic and I personally dislike it when comedy dominates fiction, so no.

But after reading the first two books in the Red Winter trilogy by the same author, I decided to give this one a try.

LUCKILY IT WASN’T ANYTHING LIKE THAT (the cookies were something the demon had no choice but to accept because they were both desperate for a contract at the time) AND THIS SERIES HAS ETCHED ITS PLACE AMONG MY FAVOURITE BOOKS. 

I just binged this entire series (all four books) from Sunday to Thursday, wtf. I started the first book on Sunday and finished it on Monday (I think??), then tried to take a break but ended up bingeing anyway. The first book was pretty much near perfection; there was almost nothing I could critique about it. Every scene with Zylas (ZYLAS!!!) hit the spot and while I feared their exchanges would become repetitive, each scene was chef’s kiss and had a purpose that led to a greater picture. The other three books weren’t as perfect, especially the last one, but they still had me in an iron-grip and had me zooming through all of them.

The last time I was this engrossed in a series, it was with Cruel Prince. I think it was my obsession with Zylas that really sucked me in. I haven’t loved a male lead like that in a while. At some point, I thought he even rivalled Cardan (now, maybe not? I don’t know). He was rude, cruel, even kind of sociopathic in the first book, which made sense because he was a demon. I was so worried he’d soften up right away and just end up behaving like a normal person (which so many books make the mistake of. Being arrogant but tortured does not make a male lead a demon, just a stereotypical hero, thank you very much) but he was always so unpredictable. I loved how he touched Robin’s hand - then grabbed her into the summoning circle and asked how her blood tasted. It was totally out of nowhere in an otherwise soft moment that had lulled me into a false sense of security. 

I also loved that he wasn't considered strong for a demon, and had to use his cunning to fight a lot of times. °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° My heart almost broke, though, when Robin forced him to fight the demon from the First House and nearly got him killed. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I don't know why, but I found that plot point soooo good.

Also, in the second book, him harassing Socks (the cat) was EVERYTHING:

I also really liked Robin - she wasn’t the badass, snarky heroine that I’ve read in so many fantasy books. She was timid, and combat-wise really useless. She had to struggle to make herself useful during battle, and was more book smart than street smart. AND I LOVED IT. It was such a refreshing change from what I was used to, and what I’d been looking for. I’d even asked Reddit for recommendations… I wonder why they didn’t recommend this to me? Or maybe they did, and I forgot.

But I digress. 

I think Annette Marie is really talented, and while the language is very straightforward and not very pretty or flowery or anything like that, the story is extremely well-written. My eyes started glazing over when the action got too intense, though, and I ended up skimming the fight scenes. I’ve never really cared about action in fiction, if I’m being honest. I always skim that, including in thrillers. 

The last thing I’d like to add is that after Robin and Zylas consummated their relationship in the last book, their tension kind of ebbed for me, and I wasn’t as invested in them anymore. I’m not sure why - was I so invested in their slow burn that I didn’t care afterwards? I also think the sex scene was meh, and could have been done with better foreplay and all that shit to make it more intense, because it felt - no pun intended - kind of anticlimactic. If the romance is slow-burn, so should the. Fucking. Sex!!!!!

(Also I would have liked Zylas to be more... in pursuit, lmao, but that's neither here nor there.)

Overall, it was so FANTASTIC, and I just loved, loved, loved their little makeshift family with Amalia (GO AMALIA!!! Loved how Robin and her formed a friendship that lasted all the books) and Socks. I was terrified of finishing the series too fast because I’d have a massive book hangover, so… yikes. Thankfully, I think I’m okay, because the last book wasn’t hitting as hard.

I hope I'm okay...

Also, some of my favourite quotes:

❤️❤️ (Can I also say I'm obsessed with his tail? FIRST CARDAN, NOW ZYLAS. WHY DO I KEEP FALLING FOR MEN WITH TAILS?)

- 20 July 2023