Bride

I really enjoyed this vampire and werewolf romance. It was in interesting premise that I had not read before, having the different species literally have different color eyes and blood. 🩸 It was a quick read for me and I was invested in the outcome.

3.5 ⭐️ I mostly enjoyed this book. Misery was a compelling character and the storyline was very interesting. There was a *lot* of spice in this book and some of it felt unnecessary. If you like a heavily smutty book you’ll enjoy this, but I found it to be overkill.

It’s been a little while since I got a whole weekend to read at home so when I was finally able to, I devoured this one. The multi-species world is an interesting one and I knew I was going to like the dynamic but didn’t realize how much. I thoroughly enjoyed the mystery that got mixed into this one and I got surprised with a lot of the outcomes. I loved Lowe and could see the feelings he had for Misery from a mile away but loved how she couldn’t. I was invested with how the weres and vamps operated and found it captivating to try and pick up on both of their species dynamics. Misery was an amazing character - she was tough and spunky and incredibly brave. I loved that she found herself more at home with humans and werewolves than she did her own species. It really is realistic to society and although sometimes it felt a little rushed, I loved the overall plot and loved the outcome even more.

I laughed. Like a lot. The humor in the book is eerily similar to how I speak in real life. I’m not sure what that says about me.
I could’ve done without the werewolf sexual biology lesson but now I know. So there’s that.
Overall, I enjoyed yet another Ali Hazelwood book.

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I love Ali Hazelwood. Especially her STEM romance books. They are everything I enjoy in a a romance book and check all of the boxes, even the ones I didn’t know I needed. And after finishing the last STEM romance I decided that I am going to read every single book that she writes. I love them that much. This was the first non-STEM one that I read, and I was a little bit nervous going in. I wasn’t sure what to expect. But I love paranormal romance and romantasy too.But I was hooked from the beginning, and this ended up being one of my favorite books I’ve read this year.

It was different than I expected. And it had some essential differences from the STEM romances as well. But if this is the direction her books are taking, I want more! The FMC is a rebellious stubborn vampire named Misery. And we get dropped into her story “in medias res”. And then the story progresses forward a bit, and then jumps back to fill us in. That can be a tricky narrative approach. And sometimes it just leaves us confused or uninvested. But Hazelwood does it well, and when the backstory was filled in bit by bit instead of thinking “I wish I’d known that earlier” I found myself going “ohhhhhh that makes sense now”. And there was a really well written a story at the middle of all this. A mystery even - don’t read many mystery books so you might disagree with my on that. You could have taken all the spice out of this book and the story that makes the foundation was still interesting and compelling. A missing friend mystery with a few twists and turns and unlikely alliances. Oh and werewolves. But then you sprink the spice across the top like delicious little werewolf sparkles, and it make this book a pure joy to read.

If you like slow burn, enemies to lovers, paranormal romance, found family, missing friend mystery, strong witty headstrong FMCs with agency, and werewolves. Like really like werewolves, then you’ll love this book. Personally I can’t wait to read more Ali Hazelwood and I hope she revisits some supernatural themes in future books!