Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

682 reviews

karinreadsalot's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Lots of spice and loveable characters

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tiffanne11's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny fast-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

I had read one Ali Hazelwood book before this and wrote her off as not an author for me. But after seeing people rave about this one and how it was so different from her other books, I decided to give it a try. And I am so glad that I did.
Misery is a vampire that has lived among humans (not always by choice) for most of her life. Lowe is a were, alpha of the pack. As a form of a treaty, the two are wed in an arranged marriage, but they each have their own motives.
This story is full of deception, surprises, and some mild spice scenes. I could not put this down, and lost sleep because of it.
Not only was the couple compelling, but the tensions from the conflicts between the species, as well as the thread of mystery, made it a non stop read for me.
Spice: 2/5 🌶️ (on page in some detail, not overly graphic)

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readbyjaimes's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous 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: Yes

Very fun! 🧛🏻‍♀️ 🪢 🐺

I really enjoyed this book, and I'm very happy that I did because I was expecting to lol. Lowe and Misery were so cute and I thought their relationship was really sweet. I will say that watching people review this book and be so baffled by the whole knot situation is fucking hilarious. Like please relax you guys it's not that big of a deal lmfao. I served my time on AO3, tumblr, and Wattpad so I knew full and well what I was getting into, but still quit with the pearl-clutching. This book would've gotten a higher rating from me if I didn't feel like the ending was sooooo rushed. Like the end felt like to was going in warp speed (or maybe I was just reading really fast ahha).

Overall, I really liked it and it made me wanna read more paranormal romances lol.

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elledanie's review against another edition

4.5

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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xandrav's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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ladykatka's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

For supposedly being a spicy and sexy book, nothing actually spicy or sexy happened until over halfway through. And not only that, there were only two real sex scenes so and the hottest part of the book was when?

isery was feeding off of Lowe

how that was spicy and sexy and a turn on more than the sex scenes is a little disappointing.

Also, it seems like vampires will orgasm for literally any reason, I was almost to the point of of a stiff breeze blew too hard past her, she was going to have an orgasm.

The other thing I learned is that apparently Weres like to stop mid passion to have a conversation which really kind of takes me out of it.

Also her inner monologue kept saying she wanted to punch someone so I kept waiting for her to actually punch someone. Fact that she never punched anybody is a little bit of a letdown.

Overall, this was an easy read but I wouldn't really call it all that spicy.

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sarahbeynon's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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jocie_paige's review against another edition

4.5

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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levesc17's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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: No

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welsh_witch's review against another edition

Well, it was okay. The dialogue was awkward at times, and the world building left some to be desired, but I did like the male lead. The ABO stuff was definitely there, and provided conflict, but there was a lot of other stuff going on (that wasn’t satisfyingly wrapped up for me—I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a sequel). My overall impression was lukewarm.

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