Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 84
March 7, 2020
Review: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
This used to be one of my absolute favourite series when I was a teenager, so I was kind of scared reading this again some ten years after my last read.
Luckily, my fears were unfounded, because I’m still totally in love with it!
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes the precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Captain Will...
March 6, 2020
Review: The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen
This book is about one of the subplots of an absolutely amazing podcast that a favourite of mine. I’m not entirely able to view the book separately from the podcast, so the review is very much biased in that direction.
Lauren Shippen’s The Infinite Noise is a stunning, original debut novel based on her wildly popular and award-winning podcast The Bright Sessions.
Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts...
March 5, 2020
Confessions of a Sheba Queen
“With a host of unforgettable characters and unbridled sensual escapades,Confessions of a Sheba Queenis a triumphantly erotic retelling of an indomitable woman prevailing in a man’s world.
During a raging sandstorm along a riverbed in the ancient lands of Saba, a powerful jinni born of smokeless fire gives birth to a half-human daughter. Bilqis does not inherit her mother’s magical abilities, but the fire of her jinni blood does imbue her with other powerful gifts. As she undergoes her rites...
March 4, 2020
Review: Behind the Sun, Above the Moon Anthology
Lovely #ownvoices queer anthology featuring mostly nonbinary trans characters in stories about magic, stars and the universe.
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Short stories are a bit of a hit-or-miss for me, and I have to admit that most of these didn‘t hit the mark for me personally. On the positive side, I didn‘t actively hated any of them (something that occurs quite often for me with short stories,) it was more of a case of me not quite...
The Gravity of Us
“As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and his family relocate from Brooklyn to Houston and are thrust into a media circus.
Amidst the chaos, Cal meets sensitive and mysterious Leon, another “Astrokid,” and finds himself falling head over heels—fast. As the frenzy around the mission grows, so does their connection....
March 3, 2020
Review: Claimed by Fate by Aiden Bates and Jill Haven
Refreshingly pragmatic take on the whole a/b/o, shifter and fated mates tropes with a fake marriage storyline.
I don’t believe in fate, but this dragon makes me burn …
I want to be a playwright, not a trophy husband to whatever powerful alpha my family chooses. And when they go too far, I can’t take it any more. I’d rather be poor than their pawn. But when my past catches up to me, I do what I do best … make something up.
Mason Shanahan isn’t my fiancé, but my family doesn’t need to know that....
Pet
“A thought-provoking and haunting novel about a creature that escapes from an artist’s canvas, whose talent is sniffing out monsters in a world that claims they don’t exist anymore. Perfect for fans ofAkata WitchandShadowshaper.
There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her...
March 2, 2020
Review: Peacemaker by E.M. Hamill
This was absolutely amazing, what a stunning sequel!
Third-gender operative Dalí Tamareia thought their life as an ambassador ended when they joined a galactic intelligence agency. When they’re yanked out of the field and tapped to negotiate the surrender of deadly bio-engineered warriors who crashed into hostile territory, Dalí is thrust headfirst back into the tumultuous world of galactic diplomacy.
Dalí has faced Shontavians before, but not like these. The stranded mercenaries are highly...
February 29, 2020
Review: Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria
What’s with this trend of starting books in the middle of executing The Big Plan? Particularly among YA group-of-misfits-against-big-organisation/government-slash-heist ones? I get the idea of sucking the reader right into the action but one of the big appeals of multi-POV/big main cast books to me is getting to know the characters as they slowly learn to trust and navigate around each other – Not having to navigate who-is-who, what’s going on, worldbuilding, everyone’s past as well as...
February 28, 2020
Review: First Moon by Richard Amos
Fun and action-packed paranormal fantasy with a dash of mystery, lots of pining and a few technical issues.
Hunter. Half-werewolf. One hell of a baker.
Need someone, or something, hunted down? Akira Murakami is your man! No target is too small for him to get his energy-sucking blades swinging, and all jobs are welcome at the right price.
The bills have to be paid after all.
Living in a world where the apocalypse almost happened can be complicated, as is being the hybrid son of the High Werewolf...
