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
From the Top (Infernalia Chronicles, #1)
** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK BY THE AUTHOR, IN RETURN FOR AN HONEST REVIEW **(This was a Beta Read)
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I knew I would love this book the minute I started reading it. The first line was a hook, then the follow up was fantastic. A world where Hell explodes onto Earth is a concept I'm familiar with, though it is rarely done justice. This story does it so well. The introduction to Baxa, who remains unnamed and mysterious until the last minute, is delicious. And so is he. Possibly the hottest lead male I've read for a while.
I will say though, that I really love Cira. It is so refreshing to read a strong, confident female who isn't afraid of herself. I've read a lot lately about how 'unrealistic' it is for females to end up in bed with the male MCs early into a story, but this one is done with such style. It's Cira's choice when and how she wants to act on their mutual attraction. From the first moment she sets eyes on him she knows what she wants. And this girl, unlike so many others, isn't afraid to take what she wants, when she wants it.
The concept is original and well done. The characters are well explored and nicely detailed for a novella. I could easily read book after book of these characters. R.A Sears has just become one of my favourite authors for this genre.
