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A review by yas_sezer
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
3.75
3.75
“i would take anything she chose to give me - the tiniest fraction or her entire world. i would take her for a single night knowing that ill lose her by morning, and i would hold on to her and never let go. i would take her healthy, or sick, or tired, or angry, or strong, and it would be my fucking privilege. i would take her problems, her gifts, her moods, her passions, her jokes, her body - i would take every last thing, if she chose to give it to me”
this was a fun time, different to ali’s usual work, but as usual it was a quick easy read. doesn’t really count as fantasy in my mind, more just a romance where the main characters happen to be a werewolf and a vampire (vampyre coz why not).
i didn’t have high expectations going in, and coming fresh off a 5 star series, i needed a palette cleanser and this served its purpose
i really liked lowe our alpha werewolf mmc and how protective he was over her, how he treated her, and he really just felt like a MAN. he held everything together but was not afraid to let his emotions show with misery and with his sister ana which i always love. him being the leader that was down to earth and connected to those around him was a nice quality, i didn’t find him insufferable.
misery i actually liked, which surprised me. i was expecting there to be a whole lot of miscommunication again and be bored, but misery was actually a great communicator and i love her for it. she always spoke her mind and wasn’t afraid to ‘act up’ or make her wants and needs clear, especially to lowe, which i respected. i have found that i always enjoy stories more when our characters are like this compared to when they just self sabotage and keep everything to themselves. she was a fun time
i liked the relationship as well and enjoyed seeing the couple together. seeing them grow closer together through their forced marriage and seeing lowe struggling with his unwanted attraction to her was great, but im slightly annoyed that it took so long for misery to clock that she was the mate he was speaking of this entire time. but to be fair once she realised i liked that she was open about it and spoke to him. breath of fresh air. i always tend to get bored when the couples actually get together, but again i took it for what it was. also, this is spicier than her other books, and has lots of biting and sucking alongside other things so be warned if ur not into that (knot😭).
there were a few things that made me giggle or cringe (knot!! 🥲), but i just accepted it for what it was. i expected there to be a lot more lore that i’ve seen before in other werewolf stories, but she switched a few things up which i didn’t really mind. again, im not really thinking too critically when it comes to these books, i just want to enjoy my time and i did
side characters like ana, serena, and owen i actually liked. they had enough depth to them that i cared about them during the story, and im expecting the next book to be about serena and keon which should be fun. we didn’t really get to see much of keon but we know he’s a nice enough alpha uncle so why not
the conflict was actually pretty interesting for what it was. misery’s dad is such a disgusting character im sorry. you gave away your daughter when she was a child as a collateral, then you force her to get married to a were, you kidnap her friend, and you try to kill her, and that’s not even including the years worth of degrading and shaming 🥲 gross man, glad he’s fucked off hehe
i needed a palette cleanser and miss hazelwood gave that to me once again, would recommend for this purpose.
this was a fun time, different to ali’s usual work, but as usual it was a quick easy read. doesn’t really count as fantasy in my mind, more just a romance where the main characters happen to be a werewolf and a vampire (vampyre coz why not).
i didn’t have high expectations going in, and coming fresh off a 5 star series, i needed a palette cleanser and this served its purpose
i really liked lowe our alpha werewolf mmc and how protective he was over her, how he treated her, and he really just felt like a MAN. he held everything together but was not afraid to let his emotions show with misery and with his sister ana which i always love. him being the leader that was down to earth and connected to those around him was a nice quality, i didn’t find him insufferable.
misery i actually liked, which surprised me. i was expecting there to be a whole lot of miscommunication again and be bored, but misery was actually a great communicator and i love her for it. she always spoke her mind and wasn’t afraid to ‘act up’ or make her wants and needs clear, especially to lowe, which i respected. i have found that i always enjoy stories more when our characters are like this compared to when they just self sabotage and keep everything to themselves. she was a fun time
i liked the relationship as well and enjoyed seeing the couple together. seeing them grow closer together through their forced marriage and seeing lowe struggling with his unwanted attraction to her was great, but im slightly annoyed that it took so long for misery to clock that she was the mate he was speaking of this entire time. but to be fair once she realised i liked that she was open about it and spoke to him. breath of fresh air. i always tend to get bored when the couples actually get together, but again i took it for what it was. also, this is spicier than her other books, and has lots of biting and sucking alongside other things so be warned if ur not into that (knot😭).
there were a few things that made me giggle or cringe (knot!! 🥲), but i just accepted it for what it was. i expected there to be a lot more lore that i’ve seen before in other werewolf stories, but she switched a few things up which i didn’t really mind. again, im not really thinking too critically when it comes to these books, i just want to enjoy my time and i did
side characters like ana, serena, and owen i actually liked. they had enough depth to them that i cared about them during the story, and im expecting the next book to be about serena and keon which should be fun. we didn’t really get to see much of keon but we know he’s a nice enough alpha uncle so why not
the conflict was actually pretty interesting for what it was. misery’s dad is such a disgusting character im sorry. you gave away your daughter when she was a child as a collateral, then you force her to get married to a were, you kidnap her friend, and you try to kill her, and that’s not even including the years worth of degrading and shaming 🥲 gross man, glad he’s fucked off hehe
i needed a palette cleanser and miss hazelwood gave that to me once again, would recommend for this purpose.