Review: Perfect balance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
ON THIN ICE is a good MM romance which doesn't rely on the mate trope to develop the romance of the two shifter leads.Silas is the alpha of the North Carolina lion shifter pack vacationing in Alaska when an assassination attempt crashes the plane he's on. Wolf shifter Theo finds Silas who has amnesia and nurses him back to health. But can a dog and a cat ever have a relationship?Shifter romances almost always rely on the mate trope to bring the leads together. That this novella doesn't rely on that convention was rare and I really enjoyed that. Instead, the author has Silas and Theo be attracted first sexually, then to each other's personalities. Theo especially opens up to Silas and I enjoy a romance that offers this emotional connection. Silas has amnesia so shares less of himself initially but at the ending he's the emotionally vulnerable one and that offers great balance in the romance.The assassination plot offers the tension necessary as Silas has to first hide and then flush out the traitor. This novella was a very quick read for me and I think other readers will enjoy it as well.I should also mention that this novella doesn't take the easy ending I thought it might. It allows both Silas and Theo to be the characters they are and still show a commitment to the relationship. This was a perfect balance for me.ON THIN ICE is an enjoyable MM read for me that I recommend to other readers.Reviewed by J9for TheRomanceReviews.com