Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 81
April 1, 2020
It Sounded Better in My Head
From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first love and its confusions, and all of the awkwardness of teen romance.
When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie cant understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. Shed always imagined she would end up with Zach one dayin the version of her life that played...
March 31, 2020
Review: No Man of Woman Born Anthology by Ana Mardoll
No Man of Woman Born is a wonderful collection of short stories that center trans and nonbinary characters in traditional fantasy-story roles and prophecies in ways that are always true to their gender.
Destiny sees what others dont.
A quiet fisher mourning the loss of xer sister to a cruel dragon. A clever hedge-witch gathering knowledge in a hostile land. A son seeking vengeance for his fathers death. A daughter claiming the legacy denied her. A princess laboring under an unbreakable curse....
March 30, 2020
Constant
Can a Warlord and a Prince find love when the galaxy is on the brink of war?
Chief Warlord Sohmlan has a job he loves protecting the family who claims him as one of their own. He has known the loss of a mate and believed he would walk alone for the rest of his life that is until Prince Mestor demanded more from him than duty. Unable to fathom why Mestor would want a widowed older warrior, Sohmlan maintains his distance believing Mestor will eventually choose an amor closer in age and...
March 29, 2020
Review: Tournament of Losers by Megan Derr
Aaaah I have so much love for this book 
Its one of those that just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Its one of my favourite comfort reads.
All Rath wants is a quiet, peaceful life. Unfortunately, his father brings him too much troubleand too many debts to payfor that to ever be possible. When the local crime lord drags Rath out of bed and tells him he has three days to pay his fathers latest debt, Rath doesnt know what to do. Theres no way to come up with so much money in so little...
March 26, 2020
Review: Deadline by Stephanie Ahn
Holy damn, this is one of the best paranormal/urban fantasy mysteries Ive ever read! It has pretty much everything you could ever want in a book: magic, lesbians, humor, terrifying creatures that might not be so terrifying once you get to know them, demons, cute fire sprites, a bit (ok, kind of a lot) of kink, and a really cool mystery around a missing needle, I mean, sword. But is it really missing?
Disgraced witch Harrietta Lee has made a lot of mistakes in her life; theres a reason shes...
March 25, 2020
Reading Challenge Tip #6
Hello!
I hope everyones reading challenge is going well!
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March 24, 2020
Striker
The peaceful respite for which Zeus and his intended, Dargon and Alpha, had been hoping is shattered when Zeus is unexpectedly drawn to the Waters of Poseidon and told that the safety theyve been promised is a trap.
But the FalAmoric arent the only important cargo on the Oethra 7, and countless others are depending on the success of their mission. If Zeus hopes to break the silent siege on Valespia, and protect those most precious to him, he will need not just powerful allies but the...
March 23, 2020
Female Husbands: A Trans History
Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men, and married women were true queer pioneers. Moving deftly from the colonial era to just before the First World War, Jen Manion uncovers the riveting and very personal stories of ordinary people who lived as men despite tremendous risk, danger, violence, and threat of punishment. Female Husbands weaves the...
March 22, 2020
Reviews: "Striker" and "Constant" by Lexi Ander
I recently read Alpha Trine and loved it to pieces. I immediately had to read the sequels, and was so consumed by them I even forgot to post my review for book 2, Striker, when I finished it. Now that I finished book 3, Constant, heres both my reviews in one post!
I received ARCs for both books and reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
STRIKER
The peaceful respite for which Zeus and his intended, Dargon and Alpha, had been hoping is shattered when Zeus is unexpectedly drawn to the Waters of...
March 20, 2020
Review: Warp Gate Concerto by Dorian Graves
Super cool and slightly dark scifi novel(la?) about an alien triad finding their fourth while on the run from their corrupt government.
Nulani, Ashua, and Silna are alien soulmates on the run from their oppressive homeworld. When their past catches up to them, they find themselves lost and separated on a deadly jungle planet. To survive, theyll have to face everythingfrom floral reptiles to pain-eating scientistswith only their wits and mind-altering music on their sides.
But they soon learn...
