Soul Searchers by Reese Johnson

[reviews_and_ramblings]

I was curious to read this novella since somewhere else it was said that a reader was shocked by the sex in shift form inside it... so, since I'm naughty and curious, I was expecting something very odd and a boundaries pushing. But I realized that probably I read too much and of every shade of erotica, since I actually found this one quite mild mannered, and truth be told, I have read books with a lot more of shattered boundaries. Soul Searchers is a nice shapeshifter novella which mainly aspect for me is the relationship between Timber and Micah.

At the end of the XVIII century, Timber was the mulatto son of a landowner; thanks to the wealth of his father no one dared to question Timber right to be a gentleman and he went to the military academy. There he met Micah, a same age young man, but this is all they have in common. Where Timber is strong and daring, Micah is more fragile and in need of protection. Micah deeply loves Timber and he would do anything for him, even die. And this is the destiny Timber's father reserves to him, but Timber rescues him, an event that will be repeated time and again in the course of their relationship. That night Timber and Micah are turned into werewolves, and they choose to live alone. Centuries after, Timber is the Alpha leader of a werewolves pack made of various renegade, gays, lesbians and also people who are simple non judgmental. Only that the nearer werewolves pack is not content of their existence.

The following fight for leadership is not so important from my point of view, again what I found interesting is seeing how Timber and Micah in time turned in a "perfect" couple: Micah is not and will never be someone who is able to defend himself, and Timber assumes the role of protector for his mate. In an age of equal right, someone else would probably arrive to regret to have a so weak mate, but instead Timber cherishes Micah and never once I read or feel like he would have preferred something different for his life. The roles are clear, Timber is the strong pillar of their couple, and Micah is the love and heart.

The ending is maybe a bit too much sugary, but I'm not against a bit of sugar here and there.

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