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
Assassins Are People Too
Book – Assassins Are People Too (Assassins in Love #1)Author – S.C. Wynne
Star rating - ★★★★★
No. of Pages - 115
Movie Potential – ★★★★★
Ease of reading – very easy to read and follow.
Would I read it again – YES! Give me more!
** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK, BY THE AUTHOR, IN RETURN FOR AN HONEST REVIEW **
Reviewed for Divine Magazine
Nooooo! Cliffhanger alert! Cliffhanger alert!
Okay, so I literally just finished reading this and...what can I say? It was brilliant. Funny, quirky in a great way, intense but also sweet and sensual and...you get the picture.
Editing wise, there were a few niggled – backwards/missing quotation marks, full stops instead of commas and the Epilogue was like a brand new line on the last chapter, instead of on a new page. Oh, and it's 1st person, which I normally detest, but this one was brilliant and wonderful and I barely noticed.
Who cares?
Dillon and Marc (like that's his real name) are an incredible couple. They meet by circumstance, because they live in the same apartment building and both notice the other is hot. Natural. Normal. Then they're in the elevator one day (within the first page) and WHAM! BANG! SPLAT! Someone tries to kill Marc and it takes geeky Dillon to save him. There's this intense, hot, lingering sexual tension between them from the get go and it never fades.
Marc comes and goes. He kills and screws around with Dillon for a while, then things get heavy and even more intense. Arguments ensue, jealousy rears its ugly head and suddenly up is done and nothing is normal anymore.
I love both main characters and HATE with intense loathing Brendan. Dillon is this sweetheart, with fire and feistiness that I adore. Marc is a tough nut, who thinks himself closed off and incapable of emotion. But when they're together, they're dynamic and sexy and fun. Some of their conversations were hilarious and I really loved their sense of humour.
Overall, I could gush about this one all day, without ever knowing how to properly talk about it, without giving away spoilers. Which I absolutely don't want to do, because then you wouldn't read it and you should. You have to.
Assassins? Check ✓
Romance? Check-Check ✓
Danger? Triple Check ✓
What more do you want?
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Favourite Quote
Okay, I had A LOT of favourite quotes, so I'm going to include what I highlighted, as long as they don't give anything away. The first two are the fun, cheeky ones, but the second two are the ones that broke my heart.
“He looked like the sexy boss in the office who you fantasize about during his PowerPoint presentation – not the guy who puts a bullet between your eyes.”
“This dead guy on my shoulder was a good reminder of why I could never have a normal life with someone like the cute blond guy in 39D.”
““I'm just the supersmexy paid assassin.” I smirked.
He smiled, but there were little worry lines around his eyes. “And one day you'll just stop coming to see me. I won't know if you've retired or been killed.””
“He looked up, and his eyes were dark with pain. “It's not fair. You should be mine.””
