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
Love of the Wild
Book – Love of the Wild (Lifting the Veil #5)Author – Susan Laine
Star rating - ★★★★★
No. of Pages - 162
Movie Potential - ★★★★★
Ease of reading – very easy to read and follow
Would I read it again – Yes!
Again, we're back with the King's, though briefly, and this is exactly how I imagined the series being. Each book connected by characters, even if it was only a thing connection, as well as the Unveiling event. So far, the non-related books in this series haven't gone well for me, so I was to return to the same rhythm in writing, the same clarity of thought and the same all-round plot full of romance and intrigue.
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It was really nice to read about older characters. So often in paranormal or even just MM stories, the MC's are all 20's or 30's at the oldest. In this, our MC is nearing 40 and has all the insecurities that come with it. This makes the romance aspect more interesting and realistic than ever.
As for characters, I really liked Jim, who was a fun, occasionally cranky, feisty character. He was a really genuine guy, even when keeping a secret, and held my interest all throughout.
Dak isn't really my cup of tea. There's an Alpha male and then there's a violent male. For that fact alone, Dak loses points with me. The arguing, pushing away and everything else was natural considering his situation. But the moment he lay a hand on Jim, I lost interest in them getting together. I still thought the romantic writing of their HEA was great, as was the detail of the final transformation, but I didn't want him to win Jim over.
In that respect, I really love Crow and Denver. Both were awesome in their own way and I wouldn't mind reading about them later. Especially Denver and the big head honcho guy. Their story would be great. These two were such sweet, flirtatious characters. Crow was more forthcoming and seductive, while Denver was the homegrown cowboy just looking for someone to love. Both appealed to me as far better mates for Jim than Dak.
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OVERALL
This was a fantastic story, plot driven with enough sex to keep it interesting, enough fighting to leave me wondering and some awesome characters I want to see again.
The King/Wolf aspect of this series is a serious winner for me. Anything involving them will be fantastic, because the writing is consistent throughout, as though all these books were written as a series and other books, with other characters, were slotted into this world haphazardly, at a much later date. The cohesiveness of the King/Wolf storylines will make sure that, of all the books in this series, I'll be revisiting 1: The Wolfing Ways, 3: Hunters' Moon and 5: Love of the Wild again and often. The others in the series don't appeal to me, at all, in comparison.
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FAVOURITE QUOTE
Now, despite the use of “is” instead of “are”, this is my favourite quote and had me tearing up a little.
““You know how some things, like a consciousness, is more than the sun of its parts?”
Dak sounded puzzled. “Yes. Emergence.”
“Could you accept the possibility I can be ore than what you think you see?””
