Bride

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically and The Love Hypothesis.

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast--again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange--again...

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery's every movement that he doesn't trust her. If only he knew how right he was....

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what's hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory...alone with the wolf.

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Book club questions for Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.

What did you think of the voice of the narrator, Misery. Did you enjoy her dark humor and sarcasm?

How did you respond to the novel's balancing of romantic, mystery/thriller, and paranormal fantasy elements? Did one aspect work better than others for you?

Misery experiences prejudice from humans – both those who do and who don't know she's a vampyre – werewolves who hate vampyres, and even her own vampyre people. How did this shape her identity?

Misery has a very strained and dysfunctional relationship with her powerful vampyre father. How did his treatment of her, including using her as a political pawn, shape Misery's view of herself?

Lowe is portrayed as the classic brooding, stoic alpha male hero common in romances. Did you find his character a refreshing or tired take on this archetype?

Discuss the power dynamics and political tensions at play between the vampyres, werewolves, and humans. Did you feel you understood this world enough or would you have liked more world building?

The romance between Misery and Lowe develops slowly over the course of the book. At what point did you become invested in their relationship?

The book employs the classic romance trope of a marriage of convenience. Did you find Misery and Lowe’s forced proximity scenario believable or contrived? Did you pick up on any other romance tropes? What did you think of how Hazelwood executed them?

Discuss the relationship between Misery and her human foster sister, Serena and the theme of found family.

For those familiar with Ali Hazelwood's previous contemporary “STEMinist” romance novels, how did Bride depart from or stay true to her established strengths and quirks as an author?

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