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Bride by Ali Hazelwood

49 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Look I'm a sucker for a

fated mates

shifter romance. Was it entirely cheesy? Yes. Was it extremely predictable? Yes. Did I enjoy every second of it? Absolutely!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, and Child abuse

vixenreader's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

It’s like if “Underworld” was a Rom-Com, with less leather and more peanut butter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Racism, Sexual content, War, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Animal death, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Police brutality, Alcohol, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Car accident, Kidnapping, Outing, and Racial slurs

Be aware that there is assassination attempts, allergy alerts, arranged marriages, political intrigue, and parental neglect/abuse.

booitsbam's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder and Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Medical content

percervall's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

While I started this out of morbid curiosity because everyone and their dog were talking about it on TikTok, I really, really enjoyed this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Murder, Death, War, Torture, Classism, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

rebakesl's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

kyriannaj's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Gore, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

trying_ceratops's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

3.5/5 spice. I always love Ali Hazelwood’s writing and this is no exception. I love the fantasy aspect she added and the arranged marriage trope is great. The relationship and the spice are well done and the building of the tension between the love interests are enjoyable. I didn’t guess the twist at the end but am very much hoping it means there will be future books with these same characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Abandonment

azrieldds's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

NO FUCKING WAY THAT SERENA IS KOEN'S MATE OMGGG
Ali Hazelwood you better give me a sequel to this or it's 🔦🔦🔦

But yeah been a minute since I read a book but aaaaa so happy!!!
I cried when

Lowe lied about Misery not being his mate
Super fucked up of him honestly

But yeah, I'll obviously continue reading books in the Aliverse, even if this is probably a different universe than her usual ones

I NEED THE KOEN AND SERENA BOOK ASAP 💳💥💳💥💳💥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm and Classism

ms_elchert's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Abandonment, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

crispynugget's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The beginning of this book had me invested. I enjoyed Misery’s humor and the interesting take on vampires and werewolves. My hopes were high, maybe I had even found a new favorite! But, the finale was a bust. The ending felt rushed, like the world ended up being too much for the author to handle. By the end of the book I was skimming to get to the end; I was so bored with the characters and their decisions. I was definitely disappointed and will not be reading the next one. If you hate information withholding in romance books you may want to avoid this book. 

SPOILERS beyond this point:

Here are three examples of events that took me right out of the story:

Lowe's special appendage is not the most intriguing to me personally, but maybe it went a bit overboard in the last major scene. The unwavering focus on this one thing caused the whole event to feel forced, boring, and cringe

Why is Misery so oblivious to everything around her like the fake interrogation scene or Lowe obviously not being tied up? How am I supposed to see her as a super smart hacker when she can’t solve these simple logic puzzles?

How did her father miraculously not noticed the half were was in fact shifting while she was imprisoned and being watched through surveillance? Oh she just hid in a corner the whole time? Cool, makes sense, no questions there. Additionally, all the good guys have super obvious communication w each other like Misery’s message to Ana. Please, let’s take this serious, this is a vampire-werewolf romance novel. Let’s not give it a bad rep

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, and Confinement