Series

  • Beyond the Four Kingdoms,  Fairy Tale,  Melanie Cellier

    A Dance of Silver and Shadow

    When Princess Liliana and her twin sister set sail for new lands, Lily hopes to find adventure and romance. But the people of Marin live under the shadow of a curse—one powerful enough to destroy entire kingdoms. To protect them all, Lily and eleven other princesses are forced to participate in a mysterious and secret tournament. About the Author: Melanie Cellier grew up on a staple diet of books, books and more books. And although she got older, she never stopped loving children’s and young adult novels. She always wanted to write one herself, but it took three careers and three different continents before she actually managed it. Review: Starting this…

  • Alone,  Nancy E Wood,  Nancy E Woods

    Alone

    Gina’s life was finally coming together—learning to stand up for herself, making real friends, dating the best guy. And then everything changed. Now she’s starting a new life in rural Tennessee, hundreds of miles from everyone she’s ever known and loved. Is God really all she needs to get by? About the Author: Nancy E Wood was born into a missionary family and lived in Hungary until she turned twenty. Her whole childhood, she loved reading and stories, writing some of her own, but never believing she actually had the talent to be an author. Speaking multiple languages, she never thought she would be good enough in any to become…

  • Children Christian Books,  Goliath Must Fall,  Louie Giglio

    Goliath Must Fall

    Our kids face more pressure and stress than ever before. Issues such as fear, jealousy, loneliness, and anxiety seem like giants standing in the way of the joy-filled childhood and adolescence we want them to have. In Goliath Must Fall for Young Readers, pastor Louie Giglio shows kids that only God can help them defeat those giants—and He will. About the Author: Louie Giglio is Pastor of Passion City Church and the Original Visionary of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus. Review: Goliath Must Fall is a beautiful take on typology, written for children of the age of 8-12.…

  • C.S Lewis,  The Great Divorce,  Theology

    The Great Divorce

    C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christian allegorical tale about a bus ride from hell to heaven. An extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment, Lewis’s revolutionary idea in the The Great Divorce is that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis’ The Great Divorce will change the way we think about good and evil.  About the Author Clive Staples Lewis is arguably the best writer of his time. He wrote classic books such as The Chronicles Of Narnia Series, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Four loves, The Problem of Pain, A Grief Observed, Out of the…

  • Christian Fiction,  Morgan Huneke,  Sci-fi,  The Void

    The Void Author Interview

    Summary: Which would you choose—save your sister or save the world? Emma Edsel’s first priority has always been protecting her blind sister Carla. So when Carla begins to develop science-defying abilities that threaten her life, Emma will stop at nothing to save her. With nowhere else to turn, she seeks help from Mitchell, the new boy at school who seems to know much more about it than he will admit. After his last mission went horribly awry, Mitchell Banks is relieved to have a simple task: seal a small, accidental portal between Earth and other worlds in the multiverse. He didn’t count on his growing feelings for Emma—and the dangerous…

  • Christian Fiction,  Nancy E Wood,  Nancy E Woods,  Perfect

    I’ll Take a Lie: Does the Truth really set you free?

    Does the truth really set you free? After Justin told Paige he is breaking up with her, Paige is left with a broken heart and crushed dreams. When Justin suddenly disappears, not only is Paige left with a broken heart but she is also left with a feeling of uncertainty. Paige begins looking for him, but the more she looks doe him the worst she feels. As more problems arise, Paige begins to wonder if the truth really does set you free. About the Author: Nancy E Wood was born into a missionary family and lived in Hungary until she turned twenty. Her whole childhood, she loved reading and stories,…

  • Christian Fiction,  Nancy E Wood,  Perfect

    Perfect

    Gina has spent her whole life striving to be perfect. She has done everything possible to please her parents, gain the approval of her so-called friends, and get her crush’s attention, but it never seems to be enough. Struggling to deal with everything that is asked of her Gina is on the verge of breaking when the new guy deicide to become apart of her life. He decides to disrupt everything that Gina has come to believe. Could he be right? Is perfection not really something Gina should strive for? Or will listening to him destroy everything Gina has worked for? About the Author: Nancy E Wood was born into…

  • Blades of Acktar,  Tricia Mingerink

    Author Interview with Tricia Mingerink

    Growing up as a reader there was always questions that filled my head. Now these question were not always about reading. I’ve just naturally wondered why things happen they way they do and normally I got answers to my questions by google or by asking those around me for answers. My questions about books were always left answered because no one in my family reads and they do not have contact with the authors to be able to answer my burning questions. When I started Isamonkey’s Reviews I wanted to change that. I wanted to understand why the author chose to kill off a well-loved character or how they came…

  • Fairy Tale,  Melanie Cellier,  The Spoken Mage

    Voice Of Power

    A kingdom at war. Authorities torn. Will she be their greatest asset or their greatest threat? Elena’s word lives by one truth; words have the power over life and death-but none more than hers. As the daughter of shopkeepers, Elena has known her whole life that reading and writing will always remain a mystery to her. Only Mageborn children can risk their lives to harness this power. That is until Elena discovers an impossible ability. With their kingdom at war the authorities cannot decide weather to trust her or lock her up. Without any friends, advisors or family Elena is left to her wit, strength, and newfound power to find…

  • Blades of Acktar,  Christian Fiction,  Tricia Mingerink

    Deliver – The Blades of Acktar

    A Blade must only trust himself. Trusting others could lead their death. After all of the past events, Martyn finds himself broken. Broken from betraying his master, broken from torturing his friend and broken from memories of the past. Running away from all that he caused is supposed to stop the guilt, right? Will Martyn ever be able to outrun the destruction he has caused? Leith is broken, torn apart from betraying his friend, he struggles to find where he fits in. He might no longer be a Blade, but to everyone he is. Will he ever be to outrun his past as a Blade? What will it take to…