Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 139
September 20, 2017
Harrow County Vol 1
“Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures–and to the land itself–in a way she never imagined.
A southern gothic fairy tale from the creator of smash hit The Sixth Gun, beautifully and hauntingly realized by B.P.R.D.’s Tyler Crook!
Collecting: Harrow County 1-4”
This is a book my boyfriend has been looking for for almost a year. Every time we go to a boo...
Dirty Games
“Five Nights. No rules. No limits. It’s time for Dirty Games.
A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers.
Some things are meant to stay in the past. Some things aren’t meant to be repeated.
Once upon a time, I’d been in love with Scott Leyland and Zane Marshall. Our threesome had been sexy, steamy and passionate. I thought we would last forever.
I was wrong.
Everything ends.
Now Scott and Zane are in New Summit, intent on getting me back, and I’m just as determined to resi...
September 19, 2017
Dirty Talk
“Secret confession – I love Dirty Talk.
A standalone romance with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers.
James Fowler and Lucas Bennett are the sexiest guys in New Summit. Vloggers, celebrities and hosts of the hottest, steamiestshow on the internet. Dirty Talk.
I might be a teeny bit attracted to them.
Oh, who am I kidding? I can’t get enough of them. They’re two huge temptations and I can’t resist.
TWO. HUGE. MASSIVE. TEMPTATIONS.
And they’re in my coffee shop every day, enticing me, calling to...
In the Lake of the Woods
By Tim O’ Brien
First published to critical acclaim by Houghton Mifflin, Tim O’Brien’s celebrated classic In the Lake of the Woods now returns to the house in a gorgeous new Mariner paperback edition. This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of The Things They Carried examines the lasting impact of the twentieth century’s legacy of violence and warfare, both at home and abroad. When long-hidden secrets about the atrocities he committed in Vietnam come to light, a candidate for...
Dirty Therapy
“My O is missing. Two sex therapists are going to help me find it.
Two hours after Dennis proposes, I find my fiancé with his d*ck buried in Tiffany Slater’s hoohah, and he has the nerve to suggest it’s my fault.
Because I’m frigid.
Sure, I’ve never had an orgasm with him, or with anyone for that matter, but relationships are about more than good sex. (Not that the sex was ever good. Adequate is more like it. Okay, who am I kidding? Dennis couldn’t find his way down there with a flashlight an...
September 18, 2017
Kill For You
“A virus swept the globe killing almost all of humanity and crushing civilization to the ground, leaving Trevor Mason in the enviable position of being able to strut out of his wide-open death row cell, a free man. Now he’s trying to find redemption by helping to rebuild a ruined and empty world.
Rebel Case was a box office phenomenon, but after the apocalypse she’s just a survivor like anyone else. When passion explodes between her and a tattooed, sexy-as-hell bad boy who says he wants forev...
September 17, 2017
Giovanni’s Room
By James Baldwin
Baldwin’s haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and...
September 15, 2017
Be Faithful Unto Death
By Zsigmond Moricz
Written by Hungary’s greatest modern novelist, Be Faithful Unto Death is the moving story of a bright and sensitive schoolboy growing up in an old, established boarding school in the city of Debrecen in eastern Hungary. Misi, a dreamer and would-be writer, is falsely accused of stealing a winning lottery ticket. The torments brought on by this incident which he is forced to undergo, and from which he grows, are superbly described, as Stephen Vizinczey’s new translation unle...
September 14, 2017
The Stone Demon: The Iron Witch series Book 3
By Karen Mahoney
After being tricked into opening the doorway to the Demon Realm by Aliette, the Wood Queen, Donna Underwood is faced with a terrible ultimatum from the newly released demon hordes. They demand that the alchemists deliver the Philosopher’s Stone, or their reaper storm will plunge the world into a devastating modern-day Dark Age.
Donna is sent to London, England, where she must complete her alchemist’s training and learn how to recreate the Stone. But time is running out. Betwe...
Disney’s Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
“Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King, the ruler of Halloween Town and master of all things creepy and spooky. But he’s tired of his life in the shadows and longs for something new. When he accidentally stumbles upon Christmas Town, he decides this is the perfect chance to try his hand at a brand new holiday and is convinced he’ll have the world yelling “Scary Christmas”! With the young patchwork doll Sally trying to dissuade him and the evil Oogie Boogie waiting in the wings to take over Hal...
