About the Book

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.

Review

Bride completely blew me away. Admittedly, when I saw so much praise for this book, I was slightly worried. I didn’t want to go in with high expectations and be disappointed. On the other hand, I also saw almost the same amount of people not being able to finish this book because they felt it was “silly.” I was conflicted. This book isn’t some groundbreaking masterpiece, but it’s my first five-star read of the year.

I have zero complaints about this one. When I think about my experience while reading this book, all I can think about is how much fun I had and how I was utterly sucked in.

The plot of Bride is very simple. It’s a modern-day vampire and werewolf story. Like most in this genre, the vampire (or vampyres) and werewolf don’t get along. Each of group has their own designated area in North America and doesn’t mix. They also don’t mix with humans unless necessary. Our female lead, Misery, has lived amongst humans for years. She’s never felt like she belonged with the vampyres and certainly doesn’t belong with the human. However, she’s willing to mold herself to fit. Misery was a heartbreaking character. From a young age, she’s been a pawn of her father’s, and the poor girl is just trying to find her own. The only person she truly has is her best friend ---Serene. Her best friend is the reason that she agrees to marry Lowe.

I want to personally thank Ali Hazelwood for giving readers tiny peeps into Lowe’s mind. For all of the chapters before Misery’s POV begins, there’s a paragraph or a sentence of what he’s thinking. I am forever in debt to Ali. Lowe is a character who is powerful, dangerous, and dedicated to his pack. He also loves his little sister—Ana. What I loved about his character is that he wasn’t a typically grumpy male lead. He’s also very empathetic.

Final Thoughts

Bride is currently my favorite book of the year. I will proudly shout that from the skies. I enjoyed this book. Misery had such a wonderful, dry sense of humor, and I found her charming. And Lowe is also incredible in his own right. I could read a thousand books about them. Bride has a fantastic cast of supporting characters, too. Ana, Lowe’s little sister, deserves her shoutout. I mentioned earlier that I had no complaints about this book, and I’m going to change that and say that my only complaint is that there was not enough Ana.

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