casey_larsen 's review for:

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

4.0

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I flatout refused to read Bride for quite some time just because it's very outside my usual romance realm and the whole omega-verse aspect made me fear that it'd be too many chilly peppers for my liking, as I'm definitely a fluff > smut girly. Much to my surprise, I liked Bride almost as much as I've liked the rest of Ali Hazelwood's titles.

In total, there were only 3 (maybe 4?) graphic sex scenes, which obviously weren't my favorite, but like the rest of Hazelwood's titles, also weren't meant to be the focus of the book. I really liked that Hazelwood's main character, Misery, was a computer science gal, so even though she was a vampire, she still fits within the STEM-inist universe Hazelwood has created. I also really liked that even though the main characters were vampyres and werewolves, it wasn't so fantastical that it became the absolute main focus. It was more like a classic power struggle between 3 groups and then a "forbidden" romance involving a person who happens to need blood to survive and a person who happens to be able to shift into a wolf.

Much like Hazelwood's other books, it kept me hooked and made me laugh with the main character's zingers sprinkled throughout. I also appreciated that this one didn't have the "copy and paste" feel Love on the Brain and The Love Hypothesis had. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed Bride and will continue to auto-buy Ali Hazelwood!