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A review by ashley_mrose530
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
3.75
I think this genre change finally pushed Hazelwood to come up with a different plot! Kind of. There was still the predictability of which trusted male character was going to betray them, but she did have me wondering which one it was going to be this time so that's a win. Also, that character wasn't the overall "bad guy" of the book which is another good thing, even though that guy was also kind of predictable. I'd say it's a win overall though.
I liked the romance in this one and the two main characters. I thought they had good chemistry, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the romance in Love, Theoretically. And I really didn't like that he straight out lied to her about her being his mate during the break up scene and his explanation for it was flimsy and didn't really make any sense. I can see not wanting to tell her right away because it's a huge thing and she wouldn't fully understand it and whatever, but when she figures it out and asks you about it and you lie to her face? Nah man. That's not okay.
Finally, the "knot" thing. That was just.... weird and frankly unnecessary. It felt like it was just a way to add more sex in at the end of the book which was also really weird. I had like a half hour of the audiobook left and I definitely wasn't expecting another spicy scene because that's not usual at all, but there it was. It didn't make sense to have it in the book at all. I've never heard of anything like it in werewolf lore before and if you wanted to show a scene where they grew together intimately, that could have easily been done by him giving her the mate bate which I have heard of before in the lore. The scene didn't even really convey intimacy in my opinion though, it just seemed weird. I really don't know how else to describe it.
Overall, this was a fairly enjoyable book and I really liked seeing Hazelwood break out of that plot mold she built in her contemporary romances.
I liked the romance in this one and the two main characters. I thought they had good chemistry, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the romance in Love, Theoretically. And I really didn't like that he straight out lied to her about
Finally, the "knot" thing. That was just.... weird and frankly unnecessary. It felt like it was just a way to add more sex in at the end of the book which was also really weird. I had like a half hour of the audiobook left and I definitely wasn't expecting another spicy scene because that's not usual at all, but there it was. It didn't make sense to have it in the book at all. I've never heard of anything like it in werewolf lore before and if you wanted to show a scene where they grew together intimately, that could have easily been done by him giving her the mate bate which I have heard of before in the lore. The scene didn't even really convey intimacy in my opinion though, it just seemed weird. I really don't know how else to describe it.
Overall, this was a fairly enjoyable book and I really liked seeing Hazelwood break out of that plot mold she built in her contemporary romances.