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cozyfantasyfaetay's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

My favorite Ali Hazelwood I've read. The darker theming fixed all my previous icks. Hot hot hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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amateur_bookworm's review

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funny 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? Yes

5.0

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, it becomes more and more difficult given the differences between their species.

My thoughts: Is there literally *anything* that Ali Hazelwood can’t write?! Queen of STEM romance? Check. Young adult? Bullseye. Fantasy/Paranormal? Nailed it. I almost skipped this one because the paranormal and werewolves and vampyres have never been my thing. But, this was everything I didn’t know I needed in my life. It was amazing. I loved it. Un-put-down-able. I absolutely love that the book is from Misery’s point of view but the headings at the beginning of the chapters are Lowe’s POV and the one or few sentences explain SO MUCH about his thoughts as we go. It’s delightfully witty throughout the entire book.. If you’re hesitating to read it in the slightest bit because of the paranormal themes, just go read it and thank me later. This is definitely one of, if not my absolute, favorite book by Ali Hazelwood.

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yekratsh24's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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soniajoy98's review

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funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

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aepompu's review against another edition

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emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

What does Ali Hazelwood put in her books?! Usually I don’t love single POV, but the way she wove in snippets of Lowe’s POV was genius, and the reader almost has an omniscient POV while still having certain important plot points obscured. It’s incredible.
I looooooved this book. I loved everything about it. I absolutely devoured it in less than 24 hours. My personal and professional life suffered because I could not put it down.
Also, thanks to Ali Hazelwood for finally writing knotting in a way that laypersons (and those who didn’t grow up on AO3 or Wattpad) can understand. I’ve read a few omegaverse books with knotting and always been a little confused, but this book managed to make it understandable and incredibly sexy.

Please, pretty please, read this book.

🌶️🌶️/5

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sophie19611's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the humor in this book. I liked that there was less of a miscommunication trope than Hazelwood’s books tend to have. I mean there was still some but usually that’s the entire plot of their relationship and in this one the conflict was more about the plot and familial conflict which I vastly preferred. More of an Us Against the World vibe.

Also oof this was my first dive into Were romance hahaha that was a TRIP

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georgiaisreading's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

Enjoyed this! Plot was somewhat basic in tropes but the banter and characters made it enjoyable and fun to read.

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ninahuynh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

Oh. My. God! That ending!!!! This is my first paranormal novel (aside from Frankenstein) and maybe I should dabble more cause, damn! I dig. There was one page I was confused on and some of the things Lowe say that I don't quite get inboard with. Overall, loved it. I want a sequel and get more into this world Hazelwood created.

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