Review: Under the Alaskan Ice

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When a small bush plane smashes through the ice at Falls Lake Lodge, it’s a chilling reminder of everything Megan Metzler has lost. Three years ago, Meg’s pilot husband died in a similar crash, a tragedy Meg and her young son, Chip, have struggled to move on from. Still, Meg does everything she can to assist when Commander Bryce Saylor arrives to investigate, even as working alongside the handsome pilot stirs up painful memories—and an attraction that catches them both off guard.

Bryce knows time is of the essence as he plunges into the frigid water in search of clues. But when vital evidence is destroyed, it soon becomes clear this downed plane was no accident. With someone tracking them from the woods, Meg and Bryce must race to unravel a mystery as indomitable as the Alaskan wilderness, or they might be the next victims to crash and burn…

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: December 2020

Mature content: nothing overly graphical

Review: From reading the synopsis and the reviews on Amazon, I expected a much more fast paced book. Instead, and other than the first plane crash scene and the fight at the caves right at the end, the rest seem to be a series of accidents landing each of the characters at the hospital for this or that. The thing is, given what had happened at first and the possibility of some serious foul-play being behind it, I felt most of the accidents could have been avoided if the persons involved had been more careful and, well, professional. 

As to the romance...it felt flat and uninteresting as well. It seems that Megan and Bryce are holding hands and planning a future together the very next day after they meet. There's some attraction there, yes, but I failed to see much more than that, unfortunately. 

So, while I did like the setting and I believe the book had some potential, I can't bring myself to really recommend it. 

Under the Alaskan Ice is book two in the Alaska Wild Novel series by Karen Harper, but it can be read as a stand-alone.

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