Elaine White's Life in Books
The Author
Elaine White is the author of multi-genre MM romance, celebrating 'love is love' and offering diversity in both genre and character within her stories.
Growing up in a small town and fighting cancer in her early teens taught her that life is short and dreams should be pursued. She lives vicariously through her independent, and often hellion characters, exploring all possibilities within the romantic universe.
The Winner of two Watty Awards – Collector's Dream (An Unpredictable Life) and Hidden Gem (Faithfully) – and an Honourable Mention in 2016's Rainbow Awards (A Royal Craving) Elaine is a self-professed geek, reading addict, and a romantic at heart.
The Reviewer
I’m an author and reader, who just can’t get away from books. I discovered the MM genre a few years ago and became addicted.
Top #50 UK reviewer on Goodreads
#1 reviewer on Divine Magazine
An Assassin's Holiday
This has a gorgeous cover. I like the writing style and the length is probably just right, but I did have a problem with how quickly the relationship progressed. It didn't feel natural at all. They'd only known each other a few hours before they were in bed and sharing deep dark secrets. It felt a bit too rushed for my liking, though I did like the characters and their chemistry with each other; it just asked me to believe far more than I was willing to.I'm not normally a fan of 1st person, especially present tense, but it worked here. It didn't bother me and I didn't feel distanced from the story, like I usually do.
The characterisation was good, though I wasn't sure the whole "ex-army" thing was necessary, as it came across as a little too much like ex-army = assassin. Despite that, I bought the emotional relationship, if not the physical.
It was, overall, a really nice story.
Favourite Quote = "He has a Greggy, just like I did."
