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Bride by Ali Hazelwood

4 reviews

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

indieandajean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

Bride is, in a word, sensational! Ali Hazelwood's grasp of character and world building is unmatched, and there is no denying her skill in Bride which does not suffer for being her first book in the paranormal romance space.

I had long since given up on vampire novels as a reader (being the right age at the right time for the vampire YA craze of the late 00's and early 10's made me avoid vampires for a time) but Bride doesn't really come across as a vampire novel and it doesn't rely on the paranormal to give depth to the plot. This novel is, at its core, amazing enemies to lovers content with just the right amount of spice.

Lowe is magnetic and Hazelwood's decision to include his perspective in snippets at the start of each chapter not only added to his like-ability, but was a fresh take on the two POV romance. Misery is easy to feel a kinship with and her snappy one-liners and intelligence makes her a fun character to read.

I would highly recommend Bride to Hazelwood fans, and also to those who read paranormal romance.

Thank you to Edelweiss and Berkley for the e-ARC of Bride by Ali Hazelwood in exchange for an honest review!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Confinement

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Violence, Murder, Death, Infertility, Ableism, Bullying, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Classism

kristynpittman's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I've always been a huge Ali H fan, but she has TRULY outdone herself with this one. I am begging on my knees for her to ditch the romcoms and exclusively write paranormal romances.

Bride is the vampire/werewolf marriage of convenience romance we've been craving. Misery agrees to be married off to the Alpha of the Southwest pack. But what no one knows is her true motivation. She teams up with some unlikely allies to solve a mystery that ends up a tangled web of politics and deceit that's decades in the making. 

Romantic suspense aside, let's talk about the omegaverse of it all. When I first heard this story was a little 'knotty', I was nervous! BUT Ali Hazelwood worked her magic and left us with just the right amount of wolfyness and less of the A/B/O dynamics that can quickly bog down a more contemporary story like this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gore

Minor: Confinement