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
Drama Queen
Book 1: Drama QueenPages: 196
Star rating: ★★★★☆
POV: 1st person, one character
With characters that are realistic and relatable, Drama Queen takes us on a journey through the lives of everyone around Nicky, including hot Professor of Acting, Noah.
I loved the characters. Nicky was my favourite, closely followed by Noah and Martin. I also kind of liked P.J. even though he was as annoying as anything within dialogue. I loved that Martin was smart enough to recognise that he was a suspect and never stopped Nicky or Noah from investigating him, as well as the other suspects. I loved his confidence in them that they would solve the case.
There were little niggles that bothered me; breaking the fourth wall, the brackets, the “um, like” speech of the characters and some of the predictability that seeped in. As much as I liked the story, these things stopped it from becoming 'brilliant' or something that I could give 5 stars to.
The case itself was brilliant; intriguing, with a lot of suspects and twists around every corner. Overall, it was a really fun, intriguing story with some hot romance and some great drama.
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Favourite Quote
“Unless I was becoming near-sighted, I could have sworn that Scotty whispered something into Noah's ear then handed Noah a box. What the heck is in it? Love letters? Condoms? My heart on a silver platter?”
““Does everyone in your department support Professor Oliver's tenure?”
I spoke without thinking: “I believe everyone does, except for the murder victim.” We'll get married before Noah goes to prison. I'll hide a nail file in my socks during a conjugal visit.”
