Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 57
February 23, 2021
Best Laid Plans
I absolutely loved this sweet romance featuring DIY, cats and owning your level of experience.
A man who’s been moving his whole life finally finds a reason to stay put.
Charlie Matheson has spent his life taking care of things. When his parents died two days before his eighteenth birthday, he took care of his younger brother, even though that meant putting his own dreams on hold. He took care of his father’s hardware store, building it into something known several towns over. He took care of ...
Sycorax’s Daughters
“A powerful, revealing anthology of dark fiction and poetry by Black women writers. The tales of what scares, threatens and shocks them will enlighten and entertain you.
Sycorax’s Daughters’ stories and poems delve into demons and shape shifters from Carole McDonnell’s “How to Speak to the Bogeyman” and Sheree Renée Thomas’ “Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight” to far future offerings from Kiini Ibura Salaam’s “The Malady of Need”, Valjeanne Jeffers’ steampunk female det...
February 17, 2021
A Vigil in the Mouring
On the one hand I had a great time reading this, I was excited to read about this interpretation of Norse gods and I like the big cast of characters. On the other hand the plot felt scattered in the way it both advanced the overall series arc and had it’s own closed story. It didn’t really manage to marry those two aspects in a smooth way.
The devil you know is never the one you should trust.
Special Agent Patrick Collins is dispatched to Chicago, chasing a lead on the Morrígan’s staff for th...
February 16, 2021
Amelia Unabridged
“Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re the books that brought her and her best friend Jenna together after Amelia’s father left and her family imploded. So when Amelia and Jenna get the opportunity to attend a book festival with Endsley in attendance, Amelia is ecstatic. It’s the perfect way to start off their last summer before college.
In a heartbeat, everything goes horribly wrong. Wh...
February 12, 2021
A Crown of Iron and Silver
Another action-packed read in the Soulbound series full of magic, myths and gods.
Never promise a life that isn’t yours to give.
New York City is decked out for the holidays, and Special Agent Patrick Collins is looking forward to a reunion with his old team when he gets assigned a new case. A human child is missing, and the changeling left in her place causes a prominent witch family to demand justice from the fae.
Meanwhile, continued harassment from the New York City god pack forces Jonotho...
February 11, 2021
A Little Touch of Magic giveaway
Good morning!
Are you a book nerd who wants an AUTOGRAPHED copy of a book? Do you live in the US? Then you are in luck, I just so happen to have an autographed copy of A Little Touch of Magic by Marian Rakestraw to give away.
Just look at that cover. It is GORGEOUS.
I know I have talked about her before, but you might have missed it. Remember that podcast that my favorite librarian does? Rakestraw is the cohost! So go and follow her podcast, you will not regret it. She is both a wo...
Saving Throw
“Rene was my first everything. Best friend, first kiss, first love, first heartbreak.
Seven years after walking out of my life, they tear open old wounds with a single photo of a smiling little boy and the message they’re coming home.
Mo has my smile and Rene’s eyes. It kills me that I didn’t know about him sooner. As furious as the news Rene kept such a major secret makes me, I want a relationship with my son more than I want to rehash old arguments. Besides, Rene has more baggage than th...
February 9, 2021
All Souls Near and Nigh
Super fast-paced, engaging and expanding the awesome big cast cast of characters, the second book in this series manages to trump the first one by a mile!
You can’t bargain with death if you’ve already sold your soul.
Special Agent Patrick Collins has been reassigned by the Supernatural Operations Agency to New York City. Navigating his new relationship with Jonothon de Vere, the werewolf he’s now soulbound to, is nothing compared to dealing with territorial disputes between the vampires and w...
February 8, 2021
A Man Among Ye, Vol 1
“High adventure on the high seas in the waning days of piracy, when men were men, and the best pirates were … women? Writer STEPHANIE PHILLIPS (Butcher of Paris, Descendent) and artist CRAIG CERMAK (Red Team, Voltron) bring to life the tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read as they hoist the skull and crossbones, draw cutlasses, and seek a treasure that will make them legends. In an era where sailing with women was thought to be bad luck, Anne and Mary might just be the only women capable of saving th...
February 7, 2021
A Ferry of Bones and Gold
A Ferry of Bones & Gold as a fast-paced urban fantasy novel that has absolutely everything the genre has to offer: magic, mages, sorcerers, wizards and witches, werecreatures, vampires, gods from various pantheons, succubi, federal bureaus focusing on the supernatural, and more.
When the gods come calling, you don’t get to say no.
Patrick Collins is three years into a career as a special agent for the Supernatural Operations Agency when the gods come calling to collect a soul debt he owes them...
