Bride

Puntuación: 10.00 / 10.00

Un omegaverse heterosexual de wattpad 2016.

Es una lectura ligera y dinámica, con una narración ágil e ingeniosa. Una comedia romántica y paranormal.

El tema general es un clásico de matrimonio arreglado, con todas las características propias de un omegaverse. Desde la información sobre los compañeros, hasta la marca y el nudo. Todo está muy bien pensado e investigado, tanto la lógica del mundo como sus reglas y las situaciones problemáticas que llevan lentamente al desenlace. La idea principal se sostiene, se complejiza y se enriquece a medida que avanza el libro.

Los personajes gozan de una notada personalidad, incluso los que tienen poca relevancia. Cada uno está escrito con un fin que cumple. show more Especialmente los protagonistas, cuya forma de pensar se ve reflejada en sus acciones y emociones. Hay coherencia, y eso es algo que valoro mucho. Son personajes que me hicieron reír, enojarme, sorprenderme y emocionarme en cada una de sus escenas. Lo cual me encanta. Soy particularmente fan de Misery, puesto que amo que diga las cosas de forma directa y honesta. Lowe también, pero si me molestó bastante que no le preguntara a Misery sobre sus sentimientos. Como si su destino fuera ser un mártir y nada pudiera cambiarlo. No me gustó la forma en que sobrellevó esa parte de su relación, pero entiendo de donde viene y por qué actúa como lo hace. Me gusta que no sea perfecto.

La relación entre los protagonistas es, principalmente, divertida. Si bien pueden rozar la dependencia emocional, equilibran esa intensidad con comentarios casuales y relajados que son igualmente memorables. Tienen una química excelente. A lo sumo fomentarán el consumismo de omegaverse y dejarán una vara alta de estándares con su historia, pero nada grave.

Durante la lectura me sentí absorbida. Estaba obsesionada con querer saber más y ver como se desenvolvia todo. Podía intentar predecir por dónde iría la historia, pero muchas veces me encontré con giros en la trama que me tomaron por sorpresa. Me encantó.

Algunos de los momentos que destaqué fueron:
• La descripción del Nido. (Las ventanas siendo un lujo que denota poder). Y el comentario de Lowe al final trayendo de vuelta este dato.
• La idea de que los latidos del corazón son como huellas dactilares.
• Los cambios de tipografía para denotar sorpresa y entendimiento. (Ah, Ah).
• La angustia que sintió Lowe al momento de entender que Misery pensaba que él ya tenía una compañera y era Gabi.
• El "papi" al final del discurso de Owen.
• La primera vez que intentaron matar a Misery en territorio de los licantropos y Misery se ponga irónica al contar lo que sucedió.
• El reencuentro de Owen, Misery, Gabi y Lowe.

Y el sin fin de momentos y comentarios románticos. No puedo escribirlos todos, me dolería la mano. Pero se hacen una idea de cuales son.

Por último, antes de leer el libro yo hice un salto de fe y lo compré. Movida por el impulso, las ganas de gastar plata, y la buena recomendación de mi mamá.
Lo leí, y lo recomendé antes de que pudiera terminarlo.
Estoy feliz de haber hecho esa compra.
Fue una buena corazonada.

Lógicamente, es de mis mejores lecturas. show less

I HATED this but I am also NOT the audience for this. I had to read this for my vampire book club and I can't believe I actually finished it. It reads as fanfiction somehow published and bound in paper, with all the Joss Whedon dialogue, obviously-female-written male love interests, and snarky self-insert main characters you could imagine.

Everything, down to the cartoon cover, to the cringey teen-dialogue, to the horrific "alpha" sex scenes were a fever dream made especially for young women with some form of arrested development. Like it has to be. I truly do not understand this. The novel feels like it's a wet-dream for single women in their 20s and 30s who still act 15. There is no other reason to write a character as so juvenile, so show more virginal, and so, so annoying than as some sort of mirror to the readers you are wishing to capture. Is this truly what gets the girls going???

On one hand, I get it: Romance novels work as fantasy for women. Unfortunately, as a woman myself with an almost pathological aversion for dominant men, every scene of these two characters sexually interacting felt like pulling my teeth—and nails—and eyeballs out at once. Maybe if this was about a vampire dominatrix finally finding her little were-slave-boy I could look past the rest, but alas, I got a werewolf locking a vampire's virgin pussy to his knotty wolf-cock to drip cum instead.

I'm gonna kill myself. show less

Well, damn, that was hot. Very excellent smut, and a totally new take on vampires-werewolves-humans -- I like the world building. I love the snark. Misery is just such a deeply funny person, in constantly terrible circumstances, with a huge heart under guard. It's a fated mate story, so if that's not your bag, steer clear, but I love how it also feels like a realistic falling in love story as well. I mean, realistic in emotional terms. Also, I love the goofy kid Ana, the equally snarky Serena, the kindness that comes from unexpected places, and well, yep, just all of it. Great characters.

Advanced Reader's Copy provided by Edelweiss.

I am never one to say "this is a book I would take zero criticism for" but listen I f&%king loved this book. I even did full immersive with listening to the audio while I read along and made annotations and my own personal little comments in my book and I just went full heart and soul into this book.
I had Twilight, Crave, Star-Crossed and even Vampire Academy vibes in here mixed with a whole lot of new.
I have tried to read other books by Ali Hazelwood and DNF'd them but this one, I have to say this should be her forte because I am struggling with words to describe how much I am now obsessed with Misery and Lowe and Ana. It has the cheesiness I love in fluff romance, it has the growling male that has you imagining the wildest things show more 😜🥰. It takes a while for them to get to the spice but oh man, when they get there with the exception of some cringy words it was spice 0 to 100. I'm not even into books (normally) with spice, but Ali, Ms. Ma'am ... ooh wee!!
This is definitely making my top 5 of this year!!!
I base my favorite reads on how books make me feel and this book had me on all kinds of feels.
Fully 5 star rating, hands down.
Note: my reasoning for the comparison is mainly because when I read about Vampires, werewolves and humans those are my go to books.
Trust and believe me this book isn't hyped up enough. My opinion and I will not debate it with anyone!! I had way too much fun reading this. show less

Okay well I loved it.

For this being my very first Vampire x werewolf fantasy romance read I am so Shocked I enjoyed it so much. Ali has been 50/50 for me lately. I either love it or it’s just ok. But this was surely great! The slow burn was perfect. I really liked Lowe. He was giving “touch her and die” vibes ❤️

4 / 5

this may or may not come as a surprise to you dearest gentle reader… but i did in fact enjoy this book. it’s a vampire / werewolf arranged marriage. it’s the ultimate fanfiction. it’s ALI HAZELWOOD. i knew i had to read it… and i’m glad i did.

to start with its flaws: it’s obviously insane to write something like this. a paranormal smut spectacular? nobody asked for it. but ALI HAZELWOOD did what she had to DO! the world building is (obviously) shoddy and doesn’t always line up, but that’s not why we’re here. y’all know why we’re here.

yes, it edges into furry territory. yes, its plot is wholly unsatisfying. but miss HAZELWOOD didn’t write this one for the PLOT. she wrote this for weird little freaks like show more me, and i’m glad she did.

misery is fine as a main character, if a little annoyingly dense. lowe is. fine i’ll say it. he’s sexy. he’s the alpha (which, yeah, the wolf shit is weird. but once you lean into it…). the side characters are just okay. the ONLY reason this is getting 4 stars is because i was genuinely impressed that this author went from THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS and its ilk to this… insanity.

i don’t know man. i’m simultaneously embarrassed that i enjoyed this and proud to let my lil freak flag fly. ALI HAZELWOOD… i see you, girl. i see you clearly now. show less

Misery Lark is not only the daughter of a Vampyre leader, but is being given to the Weres for a marriage of convenience to their Alpha, Lowe Moreland. Misery's reasons for agreeing to this arrangement have more to do with the search for her friend, Serena than to develop an alliance with the Weres. However there is more between Misery and Lowe than this uneasy truce, but the lack of trust between their cultures may make it impossible for them to explore their growing relationship.

Bride is filled with political intrigue, interspecies romance, supernatural abilities, and long-kept secrets, making this relatively short paranormal novel a bit hard to follow at times. However, the majority of the book is a fun, escapist ride into an show more alternate world. The characters are likable and relatable. Misery has such a satirical view of the world that comes out mostly through her dialogue, while Lowe is a fairly typical alpha hero. The plot is well developed and includes elements from a cute child, who has suffered tragedy to widespread governmental corruption, leading to a very satisfying conclusion. Overall, Bride is an unexpectedly enjoyable paranormal read from a primarily contemporary romance author. show less