#misery lark x lowe moreland

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Lowe really went

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Books I've Read in 2024: Bride by Ali Hazelwood

"You don’t know anything about what it’s like to find your other half, I would take anything she chose to give me—the tiniest fraction or her entire world. I would take her for a single night knowing that I’ll lose her by morning, and I would hold on to her and never let go. I would take her healthy, or sick, or tired, or angry, or strong, and it would be my fucking privilege. I would take her problems, her gifts, her moods, her passions, her jokes, her body—I would take every last thing, if she chose to give it to me."

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Misery Lark and her ✨husband✨ Lowe Moreland

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misery lark and ✨her husband✨lowe moreland from BRIDE by Ali hazelwood

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Finally got to read "Bride" by Ali Hazelwood and I loved it!!! 😀 It's my favorite of hers so far, with "Check & Mate" being 2nd, and I'm very happy to see she is writing a sequel about Serena which she confirmed on Instagram a couple weeks ago. I love paranormal romance in general and this had a great mystery attached too, and I loved the world building with the vampires, werewolves, and humans all living in our world and there being wars between them in the past but they're trying to make alliances and live in peace. I loved Misery, Lowe, and the other characters, and Misery & Lowe's falling in love after their arranged marriage. I know Ali's based a lot of her books off of various ships from movies and shows, and like "Check & Mate" they actually reminded me of Haladriel the most. It felt like a Haladriel fic, even if it was set in the first age or modern day as like Misery, Galadriel was outcasted from the elves even though her father and brother were elven royalty and having the blonde/silver hair and pointy ears like Misery. Then like Lowe, Sauron at one point was Lord of the Werewolves, took over his pack from the old leaders, and could turn into wolf himself and the "Rings of Power" show version has intense green eyes. And of course, the relationship between Haladriel too being so similar and falling for each other even though they shouldn't, and not to mention the hybrid children being like the hybrid children in the LOTR books of the Maiar, elves, and men. So of course, I loved this book, and I can't wait to read the sequel.

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bride by ali hazelwood: four-star review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

synopsis:

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.

if ali hazelwood has no fans, consider me deceased because i am an ali hazelwood enthusiast first and human second. quote me.

so when i heard ali was coming out with a new book and it wasn't STEM or academia centred? honestly, i was SO excited. when i heard it was a paranormal (tick!) marriage of convenience (double tick!) between an alpha and a vampyre (tickticktick!!!!!!) i knew, going into this book, i'd like it. what can i say, i'm a simple gal and i'm satisfied with the way ali writes her characters. aka, snarky - ish independent female is used to doing everything on her own, meets a six foot nine HUGE man who has been pining over her from the beginning. oops, this was supposed to be no spoiler territory. oh well.

okay, quick list of reasons and tropes of the book if you want the tl;dr

marriage of convenience

forbidden romance (their species are enemies! AH!)

he falls first AND falls harder

first person (thank you, ali) and fem perspective

paranormal (werewolf x vampyre)

touch her and you die

grumpy x mild sunshine

spice: 🌶️ (mild)

okay, continuing with my yapping, here's a more in depth review of what i loved and what i didn't love as much.

i loved misery and lowe and their interactions. i thought they were SO sweet together, except ali totally did them dirty with the names. really??? MISERY and LOWE????????????? the book was mostly in misery's perspective but we got snippets of lowe; my fav quotes were all from him. okay, quick rundown of good things:

as per usual, the sex is sexing and it is hot

the grovelling from lowe??? the PINING??? the PAIN???? UGH, ALI

misery is a smart, independent cookie whose backstory is so delicate and painful. i love her so much as a character

minor plot twists! i thought these were delightful

fast pacing. i gobbled this in one sitting

funny in that signature ali hazelwood way

things i think could have been better:

the book didn't focus much on lowe as much as i would've liked it to

the premise of their conflict was kinda........ just a little stupid. it wasn't really believable and i found myself frustrated with the characters

overall, LOVED it but couldn't bring myself to give it 5 stars. in my opinion, love, theoretically was a MILLION times better than this. i may be biased, because that's my favourite thing ali has ever written.

loved bride just as much as i did? try love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

need more paranormal romances! try a hunger like no other by kresley cole

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Once again, fictional men setting unrealistic expectations

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Love when Misery and Lowe sarcastically refer to each other as "husband" and "wife" and other pet names!

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There's nothing I like more then fictional men being tormented and in pure absolute agony

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Lowe is insane for this!

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Laughing at this while thinking back to the earlier scene (below) because Misery really does genuinely take it as a compliment lol

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Look at Mr serious, Lowe making a joke lol

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He was going to say my mate!! But I will absolutely take Lowe saying my wife instead!!

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Misery and Lowe from Bride