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
A Night in the Lonesome October
Book – A Night in the Lonesome OctoberAuthor – Roger Zelazny
Star rating - ★★★★★
No. of Pages – 280
Cover – Genius!
POV – 1st person, 1 character (Dog!)
Would I read it again – Yes.
Genre – Crime, Mystery, Comedy, Fan-Fiction, Spoof
** COPY RECEIVED THROUGH NETGALLEY **
A Night in the Lonesome October is a piece of literary genius. With hints of all the great heavyweights of Literature, it not only includes the characters we've loved for generations, but it offers a new twist on their tales and recreates some of the most inspiring of characters.
The mystery of who-, how- and why-dun-it was reminiscent of the great Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. With humour, skill and visually stunning illustrations, the story is a collection of evil genius and plot twisting special effects. There is always a moment of second-guessing, where I was never quite sure if I knew what I knew or if I would be right.
For the cover, I just want to say how clever it was. At first glance, I thought I knew what I was looking at – the collection of some of literature's biggest criminals, geniuses and sleuths. Then I got further into the story and had to go back to check if the other characters were there – Snuff, Rubo, Nightwind, Quicklime, Graymalk, Cheeter and Tekela.
The attention to detail was also very clear within the story itself. Hidden secrets, like the cover, were littered throughout. But the simplicitiy of a dog's mind as the main character, and the elegant old-world style of the presentation, allowed this to be one of those unwittingly brilliant masterpieces that looked unassuming from afar, but proved more than it's weight in skill up close.
