Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

79 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Infertility, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident

ahbee_p_'s review

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did, but I couldn't stop reading. 
I loved the characters and the chemistry between them. 
There were a few decent plot twists, and the world building was good.

Overall a great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Kidnapping, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

readsbymoonlight's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence and Cursing

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, and Confinement

britt33's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Self harm

mzquirk's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Cursing

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, War, Torture, and Murder

fairynanook's review

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This one shocked me in how much I liked it. 1, I don't normally read

Omegaverse

stuff. And 2, I don't really read much Vampire or Werewolf fiction.  But I generally like Hazelwood's STEM girls, and Misery, our main character in this book is a STEM girl, even if she is a vampire.  The writing style was really good, true to Hazelwood's typical style.  Quite a bit of spice, but again, has that

omegaverse spice

to it, which I don't normally engage with.  The mystery of it wasn't too difficult to figure out, but I enjoyed the journey a lot and there were some things that I was surprised by.  All in all, would definitely recommend.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Stalking, Outing, Hate crime, Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Self harm, Infertility, Grief, Cursing, Bullying, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Infidelity, War, and Car accident

amateur_bookworm's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted 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? No

4.25

My summary: Misery Lark is a vampyre and daughter of the head councilman, which is how she finds herself at the altar for an arranged marriage to a werewolf that she’s never met. Lowe Moreland is an Alpha werewolf willing to enter this marriage as a symbol of peace between their species after centuries of war and distrust. Misery, having been mostly estranged from her family and vampyres almost her entire life, had been living amongst the humans and trying to blend in—until her best friend disappears. With ulterior motives, she agrees to the marriage. As Lowe and Misery unexpectedly fall for each other, true love can’t be possible between species—right? 

My thoughts: 

I read this book in February 2024 and it was a five-star read for me then. It’s delightfully witty and that comes across well in the audiobook. I did overall really enjoy it, I just didn’t enjoy the audiobook *as much* as I enjoyed reading it. 

The story had a totally different vibe for me while listening to the audiobook than it gave me while reading the book. I’m not sure if it was because the female narrator that just didn’t sound the way I imagined Misery to sound. Or if the intonation of the narrator didn’t match how it sounded in my head while I read it. Either way, I’m rating here purely off of vibes and listening to it was just a bit off for me compared to how reading it made me feel. But either format you go with, I think this is still a great read or listen. 

If you enjoy contemporary romance then don’t let the vampire/werewolf aspect deter you from this one. I’m not big on any paranormal romances, but the love story here trumped that aspect and I think it was a fun twist on a forced marriage trope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

itskenzcarter's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book! I finished it in 24 hours. I literally couldn’t put it down. The story, the spice. All of it was great. I highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gore, Murder, and Death of parent

poppyhepburn's review

fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail