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Bride by Ali Hazelwood

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madicastle's review

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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bmpicc's review

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

2.0

I love Hazelwood. I've read all her other books. Misery though did not hold up to the strong women and character development I've enjoyed in her other novels. The story itself had a few bright stops (Ana in particular), but overall it wasn't interesting to me.

I suppose I can make a bad joke here (I'm sure I will see in a minute when I scroll other reviews)... This was knot the book for me. 
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murve's review against another edition

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medium-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

4.5

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tiffanne11's review against another edition

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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

4.0

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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katharina90's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

A very Ali Hazelwood take on the omegaverse.

Cute but extremely predictable. The characters were likeable but pretty bland and immature, and the worldbuilding mostly fell flat for me. 
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ladykatka's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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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rmkg's review

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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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chelbelle122's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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sheriffrockyraccoon's review

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funny lighthearted relaxing 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

2.5

This book is definitely outside what I usually read and I found it incredibly stupid, but that’s part of its appeal. It’s a silly romance with heavy fanfic inspiration, a regular part of Hazelwood’s works. I would definitely recommend this read if you’re looking for something easy and lighthearted, there’s nothing new here but still an incredibly fun story!
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lisa_m's review

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

This was a fun book and I enjoyed reading it. I liked the romance and I loved the friendship between Misery and Serena. The Fantasy and Worldbuilding fell a bit flat to me and the plot twists were quite predictable. I like Alis writing style and because of that I had a great time but I do understand why people would not like this book.
That the protagonists are mates is so obvious from the moment they first meet but somehow our protagonist keeps being in denial. This leads to some funny moments but is also unrealistic because it is made SO obvious and pretty much hinted at by every character ever.

The story was fun and I liked the mystery aspect of it but the conclusion just happened so quickly I felt like a lot of things were just left unexplained. I wish we could have gone a bit more in depth about this. And it would have been fun if they found out about all this on their own and not through some villain monologue info dump at the end. If this book was longer and we got more worldbuilding and explanations I would have liked it more. But since this is first and foremost a romance and not a fantasy I do understand it.
I was worried about it being about Werwolfs because I'm not really a fan of those but the whole pack thing was quite sweet.
The knot thing however...? That was weird and I don't particularly feel like reading werewolf smut ever again.
(But if she writes a book about Serena and Koen I might...)

All in all if you like Ali Hazelwood and you're looking for a romance book you will probably like this one too. But if you're looking for a Werewolf and Vampire Fantasy book with a focus on  worldbuilding and conflicts, maybe this is not what you're looking for.
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