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
Trainwreck: Book Two
Book – Trainwreck Book 2Author – Michele Michael Rakes
Star rating - ★★★★☆
No. of Pages – 227
Cover – Good
POV – 3rd person, multiple person
Would I read it again – Yes.
Genre – Crime, Dark, Suspense
** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK, BY THE AUTHOR, IN RETURN FOR AN HONEST REVIEW **
Reviewed for Divine Magazine
Picking up exactly where Book 1 left off, I was so glad that this one picked up more on the MM aspect that it lacked in the first part. Knowing it's a five part series, I can assume that things won't be wrapped up until the last book, which is slightly frustrating.
On one hand, I really love the story. But I would never have gone into book 1 if I'd known it was part of a serial. It implied it was part of a series, but it wasn't until I was already hooked and had picked up book 2 that I knew the story would never be resolved until the end.
For me, this one picks up on the memories and flashbacks of events that were hinted at in book 1. Although these are important and the flashbacks often made me cry, I had to admit that it feels like the story is dragging out purposefully. So many times this book stopped to tell stories of the past, often twice from a different POV, that it just felt like overkill.
Sadly, I'm knocking a star off. Half for the serial aspect, which I've never been a fan of and which leaves me with a frustrating cliffhanger that I have to wait months if not a year to resolve. Another half half goes to the filled aspect of this story. Yes, these things are important, but book 1 could easily have fitted most of them, by eliminating the many scenes with Delia and the kidnapper, which were often just repeats of each other.
Overall, though I love the story and the characters, and I'm glad to finally see the MM aspect come to bear, I'm left feeling angry. Nothing happened here that wasn't already hinted at or known already, at least by the reader. Half the book was informative and the other half was flashbacks. I'll keep reading the rest of the series, but when it takes me one day and one sitting to read a book, I may have forgotten the story entirely by the time the next one comes around.
