Bride

By: Ali Hazelwood

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer, Will Damron

#1 Indie Next Pick!
A Hall of Fame LibraryReads pick!
One of People’s Best Books to Read in February

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.

I loved this!

5/5 ⭐️’s
2/5 🌶️’s
5/5 🎧’s

This is my first Ali Hazelwood and I absolutely devoured it in one day! It was amazingggggg. I listened to the audiobook as I read the book.

I don’t normally read contemporary romcom’s, but this did feel like a paranormal romcom and I genuinely was kicking my feet at all of it 😍🫡

Tropes:
- paranormal romance
- enemies to lovers
- fated mates
- vamps, werewolves, and humans
- knots 👀

“Some nights, when he’s walking past her door, he has to whisper to himself: “Keep going.”” 😭😭😭

“This war of ours, the one between the Vampyres and the Weres, began several centuries ago with brutal escalations of violence, culminated amid flowing torrents of varicolored blood, and ended in a whimper of buttercream cake on the day I met my husband for the first time. Which, as it happens, was also the day of our wedding.”

“You’re not a problem, Misery. You’re a privilege.” Omg 😭😭😭

Yeah the vibes were all there for me when reading this. I totally recommend!!!

love love love

✅ marriage of convenience
✅ vampires & werewolves
✅ slow burn
✅ smexy time
✅ banter


honestly this was so fun. I loved Misery's sense of humor and wit. Urban Fantasy setting with some political intriuge with a dash of who dun it!

Unique & Entertaining

It’s kind of like a rated R Scooby Doo. The “dramedy” is so unique, I literally laughed out loud. It’s pretty spicy, also in a unique way. The love story is great and there’s a little Scooby Doo mystery that is entertaining.

Solid read

I was a bit annoyed at the FMC at the beginning, but was completely into the story as the book progressed. It was a fun read!

Not bad. Not great.

How many times does Lowe say misery’s name?……..far too many times. Haha make a drinking game of it and you’ll be sloshed fast.

It’s a sweet book but nothing amazing.

2.5/5 spice level. Just a few scenes. Not too descriptive.
Dual narration. But pretty much just the female author do both parts for 95% of the book

Fairly predictable plot.