Bride

By:

Ali Hazelwood

Spice Scale

Number of books

2 Published

KU

❌

Audiobook

✅

Series Status

Complete

Interconnected

Overall Rating

Coming Soon

Bride and Mate by Ali Hazelwood forms a connected paranormal romance duology set in a modern world of tense alliances between Vampyres, Weres, and humans, beginning with Bride where Misery "Misery" Lark, daughter of a powerful Vampyre councilor, enters a politically arranged marriage to werewolf alpha Lowe Morelli to broker peace between their warring factions after centuries of conflict. Living as collateral in Lowe's pack, Misery—haunted by her best friend Serena's disappearance—uncovers hybrid secrets, Loyalist plots, and forbidden chemistry with her stoic groom, blending slow-burn tension, political intrigue, and spicy encounters amid threats to his young sister Ana. Mate shifts to Serena Paris, the rare human-were hybrid struggling with her identity and inability to shift, who becomes entangled with celibate alpha Koen as bait against vampiric experiments, navigating heats, pack politics, mating bonds, and rebellion in a tale of primal desire, found family, and interspecies unity.

Jamie’s review

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Wow wow wow. I was KNOT prepared. I had heard you either love or hate this book so I was skeptical. When I tell you I could not focus on anything else… I wish it was longer, I wish there was 15 books. The writing is SO good and SO funny. I just loved Misery, Ana, and Lowe. ❤️

Werewolves ✔️ Vampires ✔️ Forced proximity ✔️ Enemies to lovers ✔️ Solved mystery ✔️ Found family ✔️ SPICE ✔️

The weird thing that I was knot prepared for was a no for me… I didn’t like it. Also, Lowe was too green flag and I can’t stand the whole “I know what’s best for you so I’ll be the self righteous martyr for eternity” bit. Neither qualm deterred me from obsessively loving this book. Cannot wait for book 2.

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Yessssss that feeling when a book is exactly as good as you hoped it would be! I am such an Ali Hazelwood fangirl. This is the sequel to Bride and follows Misery's best friend Serena.

I FLEW through this. The banter, the spice, the "asshole to everyone but her" trope, it's all top tier and I loved it so much.

Serena is an anomaly, she's half human, half werewolf (sorry I'm such a weird, Mom 😆) and that puts a target on her back in her wolf eat wolf world. Koen is the pack leader of the Northwest pack (shoutout PNW 🌲) and tasked with protecting her.

I've been reading lots of wolf books lately, I guess I'm a wolf girl now 🐺

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Werewolves ✔️ Vampires ✔️ Forced proximity ✔️ Enemies to lovers ✔️ Solved mystery ✔️ Found family ✔️ SPICE ✔️

MATE——————————————-

Yessssss that feeling when a book is exactly as good as you hoped it would be! I am such an Ali Hazelwood fangirl. This is the sequel to Bride and follows Misery's best friend Serena.

I FLEW through this. The banter, the spice, the "asshole to everyone but her" trope, it's all top tier and I loved it so much.

I've been reading lots of wolf books lately, I guess I'm a wolf girl now 🐺

Erica’s review

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Jamie read this right before me and made me nervous about the smut portion, but I could care less about the semi strange, (and KNOT necessary – yes, pun intended), werewolf sex details because I absolutely loved everything else. I was originally excited that it was a stand alone but then was so so sad that it was a stand alone. This book will have you truly laughing out loud with the witty banter and hilarious FMC Misery, obsessed with the broody hotness of Lowe and rooting for it all to work out for them.

I will say, I wish it wasn’t asssss slow of a burn but that’s just me. I know it can be a hard balance with a stand alone…(Mate is the 2nd book but will follow different characters). And, I was slightly annoyed with the 1st steamy scene. Like, if I’m waiting until 70% of the book being over – can we not be rushed? IYKYK…trying to not spoil it. But honestly – we LOVE Ali over at BasicBookish and Bride is always one of our top recs from the both of us. It’s delish.

MATE——————————————-

ALI DELIVERS AGAIN! I was a teeny bit scared because I just loved Bride so so much but ugh…so good I'm still thinking about it 2 days later and wishing there was more. Write more in this series PLEASE?! I truly didn't think I'd love these characters as much and came in with a cynical vibe. WRONG. Oh. So. Wrong. This had me even more in the freaking feels than Bride. That knot (pun also intended) in my stomach so many times forbidden love trope it had me in the trenches with them and I loved it every step of the way!

There was a little plot piece I didn't love and didn't think was necessary and kind of messy but meh…really who cares when the rest of the book is so delishhhhh! If you like Bride - don't skip Mate. If you haven't read either - immediately put on your TBR!

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