Tuesday Review: Bride by Ali Hazelwood

#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 started reading Ali Hazelwood's STEM romances because I work in STEM.  It was amazing to finally see accurate representation of science based positions portrayed in books.  Though I've loved all of her STEM romances, I JUMPED, and I mean, literally jumped, at the chance for the ARC of Bride because this scientist is a PNR obsessed super fan.  While many will notice how different this book is from the rest of her popular romance books, I have to say I loved it.  You get a great romance plot with nuisances of politics, world history, and plenty of mystery and suspense to keep you enthralled in the story. 

This enemies to lover/forbidden romance is exactly what I wanted to find when I received the ARC of this book. The combination of a vampire bride and a werewolf is a new concept to me in the world of PNR, and that is VERY refreshing. If I were to look back at all of the PNR books I've read over the years, I can't say that I have read one about that combo, and that is saying something considering I've probably read thousands of PNR books in the last twenty plus years. 

I hope this isn't the last PNR Hazelwood writes because I honestly want more.