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Bride by Ali Hazelwood

44 reviews

meg53's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my top reads this year! Absolutely loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

chanlo1994's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Addictive and sexy. Really liked the view of vampires being a unique species rather than undead humans - a nice world building twist!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse and Car accident

Poisoning, toxic parents/family

tguccione's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

stephanielee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

Misery is sometimes a likable character. She’s smart and loyal to her bff. She seems like a bad ass and then her insecurities come out as well as all of the things she should know but doesn’t. Sometimes she acts really naive for someone who lived the life she’s lived. 

(Him:)“I’m not sure I’d be willing to risk hurting you.”
(Her:) I wish I could see his face. “You can stop. If it hurts, if it doesn’t work.”
(Him:) “What if I can’t?” 
(Her:) “You will. I know you will.” 
(Him:) “Or I won’t be able to. Because I want it too much.”

I added what’s in the parentheses to help. But y’all. This isn’t sexy. This is the male main character saying he would SA the female MC even if he hurt her and she said stop. 

I also did not know this was a “knot” story. I’m not here to yuck your yum but it’s not for me. And the whole she’s a virgin crap? No thanks. 

The only thing that kept me reading was the rest of the storyline, which was good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Violence

stormeno's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, and Emotional abuse

Lowe x Misery: she marries him to form an alliance between the werewolves and vampires. Meanwhile, she's searching for her missing friend. She bonds with some of the wolves better than she did among humans or even other vampires. She gets closer to her new husband and

Misery thinks that he has a mate that isn't her, spoiler: she's his mate

looking forward to book 2

which is probably going to be about Serena and Koen

I just wish this book was longer, tbh

jcreads85's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, War, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mishaps's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

hayzey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

theycallmebookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense 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

4.25

Were there cringy moments in this book? Yes. Was Misery sarcasm a big highlight of the book? YES! Her banter with Lowe is both entertaining and hilarious at times. If I was a vampire, I totally would be Misery. A sarcastic with a bit of a hot mess. It was a bit predictable but you couldn’t help but love the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent