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Bride by Ali Hazelwood

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kristanjenkins's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

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kyriannaj's review

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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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bbelitz's review

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

2.5

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ms_elchert's review

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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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bookameme's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

I Loved Misery 


Quote:📖
I have no friends on the left and only enemies on the right, so I ground myself and look straight ahead at my husband.

Thoughts:💡
Okay, I’ll be honest, I don’t know why I haven’t tried an Ali Hazelwood story sooner because she’s AMAZING! Seriously, this book was crazy good, I mean Berkley published it so I shouldn’t be surprised, but still! I loved it! 
Misery is such a sarcastic and self deprecating character with a propensity to bounce back from difficult things. She’s honestly inspiring and lovable. She’s basically the tall, dark, and snarky sidekick every girl falls in love with in a 20 something female body.
Lowe… is… well… the more typical male lead in a romance novel. Super tall, overly handsome, super buff and masculine, with a sweet side, who’s incredibly accomplished and wealthy with hidden talents and an impressive 🐓. And I want to make fun of this story because of it… but it’s just too good for that. I’ll allow for his All American (shifter) persona because Misery provides a hefty dose of morally gray. What can I say, I just love her. 🤷🏻‍♀️
The plot was seriously perfect. There were bits of mystery, political intrigue, found family, and romance. It was all really well balanced and pieced together to make a fascinating story. (I powered through this book in less than 24 hours.) If you haven’t pieced it together yet, I seriously love these characters. There were detailed back stories and motivations for everyone that inspired a wealth of emotions from sadness and heartbreak, to laughter and happiness, and even a bit of stimulating thrill. It was plot heavy but the latter half had a heafty dose of smut and even some knotting.
Narration for this one was a bit different. It’s technically a dual narration with both a male and female lead, but the male lead only read the chapter headers and epilogue which was fitting because they’re the only bits in the story that were from Lowe’s POV. Which I honestly don’t have a problem with because Thérèse is a wonderful narrator. I loved her voice and her storytelling capabilities were captivating. She had the perfect inflections for each moment and her volume and pace always remained steady. 
In short, I love this book and I can not recommend it enough!

Fun Bits:
⚜️ The Coolest FMC Ever
⚜️ An Adorably Precocious 3-13 Year Old
    (It’s too hard to guess ages) 
⚜️ Knotting!
⚜️ Found Family & Pack Dynamics
⚜️ Hilarious Banter

✨This is a standalone but the epilogue has a teaser/ cliffhanger that strongly suggests there will be more books in this world that focus on other couples.

Full Content Warning:⚠️
Violence, Blood, Gore, & Kidnapping 

Stats:📊
🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: 💙💙💙💙💙💙
Audio: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Narrators: 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
PNR: shifter vampire romance, arranged marriage, close proximity, enemies to lovers, found family, fated mates📕
Mostly First Person, Present Tense, FMC POV
(Chapter headers & epilogue are Third Person, Past Tense, MMC POV)
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allymurphy's review

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4.25

I was hesitant to pick this up but glad I gave it a chance. much better than I anticipated
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chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Ali Hazelwood never fails to write books I love! I went into this book a little unsure in comparison to her other books, considering this was her first into the paranormal but I loved it!

Misery is the daughter of a powerful vampyre, and after spending most of her life living amongst humans, she’s used to being an outcast. In the hopes of creating a peacekeeping alliance, Misery must marry Lowe, an Alpha Were. Thrown into a life she never expected, and the unexplainable disappearance of her best friend, Misery must learn to survive surrounded by enemies. 

I loved Misery and Lowe! As individual characters, they were brilliant, and as a couple they were adorable. Ana was the cutest thing ever, honestly I loved her. 

I had one minor annoyance in this book, and that was the weird sex scenes between Misery and Lowe, honestly, knotting was fucking cringey and weird and I’m going to leave it there. 

Overall, Ali Hazelwood is one of my favourite authors and I loved this one! 
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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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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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libellumartinae's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Alright, this book was honestly a balm after a lot of disappointing romance reads, although I can't help but believe that I am not made for cozy romances. In fact, what lacked according to me given the themes, was the fact that I'd have liked a bit more of angst and conflict between the characters (pls give me books where the characters have conflict).

Otherwise I loved the characters: Misery is a dumbass but my dumbass, while Lowe is goals. The worlbuilding is amazing and I love that Ali chose a more scientific explanation for fantastic creatures. I love her. I honestly honestly loved it and enjoyed it, although I didn't think that the main relationship was anything much and I could foresee so any plot-twists.
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