Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

382 reviews

barbarianmissy's review

informative lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Okie dokie. This book was odd. I didn’t dislike it but at the same time I don’t think it resonated with me. The story was fun and… interesting 😳, but the romance wasn’t romancing for me the way I think it was supposed to. 

I KNOW this is a vampire book BUT I’m weird about needles and IVs and stuff and since blood drinking was a big part of the romantic plot I was unfortunately literally heavily and embarrassingly gagging through a lot of their romantic scenes…. I wish this was a joke. 

The story itself was quite fun though! I really enjoy Ali Hazelwood’s humour and her incredibly intelligent writing style! It was a good palette cleanser book and a good wee mystery! 

FUN OVERALL BUT I GUESS IM NOT AS TEAM EDWARD AS I THOUGHT I WAS! DAMMIT ALL TO HELL!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

the_pink_pharmacist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.75

Good story, always love a strong heroine. The sexy time scene wasn’t super awkward, but I never really comfortable with all that anyhow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual content

alisonnobrega's review

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

lauren625's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Pregnancy

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Deadnaming, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gore

mishaps's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

hayzey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Blood, War, Violence, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Confinement

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Infertility, Bullying, Blood, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Infertility, Gaslighting, Incest, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Car accident, Animal death, and Abandonment

theycallmebookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad 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

4.25

Were there cringy moments in this book? Yes. Was Misery sarcasm a big highlight of the book? YES! Her banter with Lowe is both entertaining and hilarious at times. If I was a vampire, I totally would be Misery. A sarcastic with a bit of a hot mess. It was a bit predictable but you couldn’t help but love the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Bullying, Violence, Cursing, and Blood

thebookishowl4's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

sar_lion's review

funny mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

Good, fun read. This is my first Ali Hazelwood book and it likely won't be my last. I enjoyed the world building and characters. The romance was cute and I got the twists almost immediately, not a bad thing though in this case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit