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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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death, and Death of parent
intensej's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Thank you to Edelweiss for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Misery Lark is the daughter of a powerful Vampyre councilman. She grew up as the Vampyre collateral and was sent to live in the human world for several years. The Vampyres have upheld an alliance with humans, and her presence as a collateral was meant to ensure that each side did not start a war. Since the Vampyres are allied with the humans, the nearby Weres are outnumbered. Misery's father pushes her to marry Lowe Moreland, Alpha of the Weres. Misery is trying to find out what happened to her human foster sister that disappeared, and she only agrees to marry Lowe because she believes he has the answers about her best friend's disappearance. Misery cannot understand Lowe's strange behavior around her. She tries to make the best of her situation, but there are assassination attempts and pack fighting that threaten her future.
I loved this book and basically finished it in one sitting. It had the perfect amount of angst, worldbuilding, a marriage of convenience trope, and smut. The sex scenes were super spicy, so fair warning to readers. Hazelwood purposefully used the word "knot" in her dedication instead of "not," so I thought to myself, "Is the werewolf character going to have a penis knot? No way." But Ali Hazelwood went ALL IN on the penis knot trope, and it was magnificent. The ending of this book sets up a future book involving other characters. I cannot wait to start reading the next book set in this universe. (A sequel has not been announced yet, but I am hoping there is confirmation soon!) I thought that the spelling of vampyre with a "y" instead of an "i" was distracting, but I quickly got over it. I thought that some of the miscommunication and denial between Misery and Lowe went on for a bit too long, but the payoff in the end was worth it. Hazelwood manages to do something original and new with vampires and werewolves. In this world, weres that are lucky enough to meet their mate will know immediately by sight and smell. Hazelwood basically has written an alpha/omega fanfiction with vampires and werewolves, and I am here for it. Fans of Patricia Briggs and Anne Bishop will love this book.
Content: graphic sex
Misery Lark is the daughter of a powerful Vampyre councilman. She grew up as the Vampyre collateral and was sent to live in the human world for several years. The Vampyres have upheld an alliance with humans, and her presence as a collateral was meant to ensure that each side did not start a war. Since the Vampyres are allied with the humans, the nearby Weres are outnumbered. Misery's father pushes her to marry Lowe Moreland, Alpha of the Weres. Misery is trying to find out what happened to her human foster sister that disappeared, and she only agrees to marry Lowe because she believes he has the answers about her best friend's disappearance. Misery cannot understand Lowe's strange behavior around her. She tries to make the best of her situation, but there are assassination attempts and pack fighting that threaten her future.
I loved this book and basically finished it in one sitting. It had the perfect amount of angst, worldbuilding, a marriage of convenience trope, and smut. The sex scenes were super spicy, so fair warning to readers. Hazelwood purposefully used the word "knot" in her dedication instead of "not," so I thought to myself, "Is the werewolf character going to have a penis knot? No way." But Ali Hazelwood went ALL IN on the penis knot trope, and it was magnificent. The ending of this book sets up a future book involving other characters. I cannot wait to start reading the next book set in this universe. (A sequel has not been announced yet, but I am hoping there is confirmation soon!) I thought that the spelling of vampyre with a "y" instead of an "i" was distracting, but I quickly got over it. I thought that some of the miscommunication and denial between Misery and Lowe went on for a bit too long, but the payoff in the end was worth it. Hazelwood manages to do something original and new with vampires and werewolves. In this world, weres that are lucky enough to meet their mate will know immediately by sight and smell. Hazelwood basically has written an alpha/omega fanfiction with vampires and werewolves, and I am here for it. Fans of Patricia Briggs and Anne Bishop will love this book.
Content: graphic sex
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death
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
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gore
Minor: Confinement
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