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
City of Wolves
Book – City of WolvesAuthor – Willow Palecek
Star rating - ★★★★★
No. of Pages – 96
Cover – Stunning!
POV – 1st person, 1 character POV
Would I read it again – Yes.
Genre – Crime, Alternative History, Shifter
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I really enjoyed this one. It's very “Hound of the Baskervilles”, which is one of my all time favourite novels.
So, normally I'm not a huge fan of 1st person, especially when the character talks to the reader, but somehow this one worked. It felt a little like a Penny Dreadful and had the definite mix of adventure, supernatural and crime that lent an air of Victoriana charm and Classic Crime elegance to the story.
I loved the way that Victorian England was seamlessly mixed into the supernatural world, with a complete alternative history of the War of the Wolves. Drake, as a main character, was a really interesting character to follow and the kind of rough, loveable rogue that we all love from Victorian crime stories. Someone who is of the people, for the people and yet is just a little reprehensible.
I could easily see the author digging this character back up for a few more novellas, especially continuing the story begun here. I would read them all, without a second of hesitation.
