Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 4

Pole Position

I was super interested in a sports romance featuring Formula 1, but I ended up not really liking the characters.

Red, White and Royal Blue meets Formula 1!

Kian Walker has always been the golden boy of motor sport. The four-time Championship winner has racing in his DNA – his father was a legend on the track, just don’t let him catch you comparing the two. As reckless and unreliable at home as he was behind the wheel, there’s nothing Kian wants less than to be just like his dad.
Enter Harper J...

Stubborn Puckboy

I will admit I was a bit hesitant about this one – but Novi is a delight and won me over in no time

Colby
Once upon a time, playing for the NHL was my dream. Then Radimir Novicov skated circles around me and made it clear I’d never be good enough. He was smart, talented, and worst of all–sexy. Every closeted guy knows that you don’t hit on your teammate, even if his gaze lingers longer than it should.
All it took was one drunken close call before our friendship was in tatters, he was called u...

Dungeon Crawler Carl

“The apocalypse will be televised!

A man. His ex-girlfriend’s cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible.

In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth—from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds—collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.

The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth fille...

Get in My Swamp

“When Liona stumbles upon Beck, the ogre’s, trap and becomes his prisoner, she’s determined to get away. But it doesn’t take long for things to start heating up between the two. Beck is trying to protect her, and Liona can’t help her body’s reaction to the buff green monster. The lines between captive and captor become blurry, and the passion becomes a raging fire neither of them can put out.”

I borrowed this book from a friend who is super into Shrek. He even left me a temporary tattoo of...

Don’t Let Me Go

“Faking a relationship with your bestie might be fun…if you weren’t crushing on her gorgeous, grumpy, older aunt. A lesbian romance filled with fighting, flirting, and feisty ice queens.

New Yorker Kenzie Wilson agrees to play a fake girlfriend for her best friend for a family Christmas vacation in an idyllic Portuguese town. It’s no hardship for Kenzie…until she meets Alice’s aloof, rude, and annoyingly attractive aunt.

CEO Carolina Costa returns to her family’s home after years of estran...

Bane

Bane is a lot more well-rounded than it’s predecessors. It marries the plots of Strain and Juggernaut, which are already pretty different, and brings the series to its conclusion.

The weapon that nearly destroyed humanity may be their only salvation.

Rhys Cooper’s unique immunity to all three strains of the virus that nearly annihilated humanity has brought him the unwanted attention of Clean Zone scientists. They’ve summoned him for testing—ostensibly in the hopes of finding a vaccine—but Rh...

Thistlewood House

“OLIVER

Thistlewood House is my life. I always knew I would return to my hometown of Willowburn to run the historic museum. It’s my safe place, where I always know what to expect. What took me by surprise was how the place never quite bounced back after the pandemic. Now it’s just as beautiful as it’s always been, but attendance is down and the former monastery is at risk of being forgotten. Until I find explicit sketches proving the long-rumoured clandestine relationship between the famous F...

Curlfriends: Back in Business

“The Curlfriends are back and hitting the dance floor! Nola Washington can’t wait to show off her moves at the upcoming talent show, but when her mother’s salon runs into financial trouble, Nola navigates the pressure of keeping their money issues a secret in this heartfelt second graphic novel in the Curlfriends series.

Nola Washington has never met a problem she can’t solve. She’s a fashionista and an honor roll student, and she knows her way around a comb. When she’s not helping her mom at...

Strain

Zombie dystopia romance with a questionable erotica plotline that, despite just not really making sense sometimes, is highly entertaining to read.

In a world with little hope and no rules, the only thing they have to lose is themselves.
Rhys Cooper is a dead man. Cut off from the world since childhood, he’s finally exposed to the lethal virus that wiped out most of the human race. Now his only hope for survival is infection by another strain that might provide immunity. But it’s sexually tran...

You Weren’t Meant to be Human (Iam’s review)

This was raw, visceral, disgusting, and so so good.
But also a LOT.

Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion in rural West Virginia.

Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It’s an offer that none ...