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Average rating3.8
I really wanted this book to live up to the hype, but I honestly struggled to finish the book. I felt there was a lack of character development and description. I think Misery might have had blonde hair? All I remember is that the vamps had purple eyes and blood. I also thought there were some contradictions throughout the book. This supposed rivalry between vamps and weres; the wolves were basically the top of the food chain and the vamps were at the bottom as they had nothing going for them. The vamps were pretty much just weak humans with a taste for blood. So to me it was strange how a big bad wolf was scared of a vamp who could only bare their fangs. It had promise, and hopefully (with how this book ended) if there is a second book the author will do a better job with creating characters.
4.5
what the hell this was so good?? ali hazelwood has really done it. my fave by her that i've read so far!
I LOVE Ali Hazelwood and her books, but this book just wasn't for me and it's my least favorite of hers. I didn't feel connected with the characters, I didn't feel the connection between them. Maybe it's me, maybe it's them, who knows π
But the knotting thing was just... NOPE. Knot for me. I haven't read anything like this before and I definitely wasn't expecting it, but I cringed so hard when they were doing stuff and the descriptions were just... not it. I was really excited for a fantasy book of Ali's, but this one just didn't live up to my expectations.
It was nostalgic to all the werewolves books I used to read. I loved it. Misery was fun, sassy, and just wanted to find her missing sister. So good.
My new comfort book π
The short review: This books is my 2024 FAVE. (And yes I have read SJM's HOFAS....)(Honestly this should say alot xD)
The longer review:
The book dedication was a great start to an awesome adeventure. The story was very sweet and funny, but not cringey. The author knew how to combine every good thing about werewolf& vampire books and merge it together. It truly reminded me of the feeling you got after scrolling for hours on wattpad and somehow be lucky enough to find a rare pearl.
I do hope the author continues the series.
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TLDR: Book lacked real fantasy elements and the spice was nonexistent. FMC is a bag of bricks and miscommunication/misunderstanding is the whole plot. MMC is there and kinda boring. Not a real alpha-hole.
Review:
This book was bad. Like really bad. The FMC is a vampyre (so they say), but there is nothing about her being a vampire except she drinks out of blood bags and occasionally her husband. We know the vampires can "thrall" aka mind control folks, but that's it. That's all we know. Oh they sleep during the day. These have to be the most boring vampires I've read in years. Even Twilight's vampires had something. These vampires - I feel are humans in disguise. Even Misery says the humans are stronger than them. LAME! The whole point of being a different species is getting some perks. Just boo! Also, is Misery digesting this peanut butter? Just a side thought since they don't eat human foods? No explanation there. Why don't they eat it besides they're better than everyone else? Does it hurt them or could they eat it? No clue.
The werewolves (which I'm pretty sure are just supposed to be called shifters, since werewolves and shifters are typically two different things, but they still go by weres here???) do what they do. I don't really have any major complaints about them. The humans were humans.
I kept forgetting about Ms. Paris. I can't even remember her first name now. I know the cat's name! Sparkles! Misery's bestie was forgettable and I felt nothing for her sadly. She just wasn't written well. That cat had more to substance than she did.
Lowe was not really the typical alpha-hole. He was an architect and gave everything up for his pack. He was an adoring brother. He's BIG. Like Big. Big shoes, (size 14), big hands, tall, big body, big dick. Everything about him is big, and you won't forget it. The whole book. We got it. He's big damn. He doesn't think they will work together, blah, blah, blah. The other wolves/shifters I've seen will go for their mates no matter what. At least making it known. This was just not the behavior we typically see, and it was lacking honestly. Sorry. There really wasn't anything that stuck out about him. He was just there. Sorry.
Misery is dumb as a bag of bricks. She was so dumb the entire time. She's a computer wiz. She doesn't care about people (a big reason for her and bestie's fight), but she latches on to Ana immediately and runs into the sun for her? Not sure how we got there. She took forever to figure out she was Lowe's mate. I can forgive her for hearing it at the wedding, but as time went on she just never put it together. It was right there. I hate misunderstanding tropes. That was literally the plot here the entire time. That and not knowing anything. She didn't know anything. The sex was randomly put in and just boring. It was boring.
Seeing into this world was non-existent. She was a horrible first person character to follow. She said she spent no time with the vampyres but we kept getting these paragraphs about what they do. She is so stagnant and boring. She doesn't make any real efforts to learn anything about the vampyres or the weres. She hates how she was the collateral, but instead of doing anything she just whines about it sits in her misery. Her brother was making some moves at the end of the book and Misery could care less. No helping him stop the collateral stuff or even helping to shape the people even when she noted how stressed he was. It's disappointing. She wanted to know about were culture and their "words", but only talked to Lowe. If everyone was so nice to her go out and ask them. Like? Duh... Anyways, this is something I wish I could get my time back on. This is a double skip for me. I won't be picking up another Ali Hazelwood book. This was my first & last.
Nadat ik Riley Marie's lovende recensie van dit boek in haar vlog zag, werd ik behoorlijk nieuwsgierig. Ik heb eerder het debuut en de STEMinist novelles van Ali Hazelwood met wisselend succes gelezen, dus toen deze paranormale roman van haar werd aangekondigd, was ik wel een beetje nieuwsgierig, maar niet overdreven. Riley hypete me echter op, waardoor ik besloot deze als e-boek op te pakken, voor een luchtiger tussendoortje.
Het bleek behoorlijk meeslepend.
De schrijfstijl was even wennen, maar wist me vervolgens wel mee te nemen, samen met het mysterie dat vanaf het begin aanwezig was. Uiteindelijk heb ik dit boek in één dag uitgelezen, het dreef me om verder te lezen, terwijl het tegelijkertijd niet zo interessant was. Het leek een beetje op een realityshow, waarbij je gewoon niet weg kunt kijken, maar aan het eind er niet echt veel over kunt zeggen.
De wereldopbouw is spaarzaam, de karakters niet zo ontwikkeld en het plot behoorlijk smoezelig (knoop dat goed in je oren), maar al met al eigenlijk wat ik ervan had gewild: hersenloos vermaak.
imagine u fuck a dude and he has to stay inside you for 30 mins after cumming bc hes got wolf anatomy and a knot
I've heard such good things about this book and I've like Ali Hazelwood's writing before but this was next level for me, I love fantasy and paranormal romance and her writing so what her previous books have lacked for me was made up in this book. I blazed through this and could not put it down, I was attached to the characters the whole time. The only wish I had is that we got more of Lowe's POV but that is not enough to make me upset with the book at all.
I liked this way more than I thought I would. There were a few very obvious parts of the mystery, and some of the smut was a little too technical for my taste, but I enjoyed it overall.
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The book was mostly enjoyable, I laughed a few times, the spice was good, blood drinking scenes were hot but I absolutely HATE the whole trope where a character purposely hurts the other cause they don't feel like they deserve the relationship. That happened here and it honestly ruined the whole relationship for me. Misery deserves better.
I LOVED this book.
It was a quick read, but so interesting, detailed and oh so good. The tension between Misery and Lowe was incredible, the tension between the vampires, werewolves, and humans was great, and the plot was super good!
I loved Misery as our FMC, and really felt for her and everything she has gone through in her life. She didn't deserve any of it and still continued to sacrifice over and over. To feel as though you don't belong anywhere? I cannot imagine, and I loved seeing her persevere regardless. She held her own in werewolf territory, and all while continuing to try and find her sister and staying under the radar.
Lowe can take me as his mate anytime... he is sexy, smart, a good man, and a great leader. I loved him going back and forth with Misery, wanting her and wanting to trust her, trying to protect his sister and his people, all while dealing with his new role as alpha.
Then we have the spice, the spice tension, and knotting??? 10/10 spice for me. It was so good and there was so much build up, I loved it!
I loved this book so much, I did not want it to finish. I truly hope Ali Hazelwood continues to write more in this universe, because there are at least 2 other couples' stories I would love to read!
Wow, this gets 5 βοΈ as I couldn't put it down! I heard about this book on YouTube and they mentioned that one part (IYKYK) that had me SO curious as they made it sound horrible but honestly.. it really isn't that bad. IDK π€·π»ββοΈ I've read raunchier monster romances before. I had zero clue what this book was about and I've never read a book by Ali but I'm 100% glad I read this! I also loved the FMC's sarcastic banter. Other than being a vamp, I feel like she's so relatable. It's been awhile since I've read a book I couldn't put down
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sex scenes were cringe but the romance was... actually sweet? holy shit it wasnt COMPLETE lust over love it felt like there was actual love in it even tho lowe LOWE LMFAO was obsessed with her immediately
all the mates and alpha shit was cringe too sorry i just cant stand it
i still dont know what knotting is and i dont know if i want to know
My first TikTok-sensation, Wattpad-type book. And I'm not happy. The story itself was not bad at all. An arranged marriage between a vampire and a werewolf - Fun! I loved the sassy dialogues, the oh-so-predictable character traits of the leads, it was all good and easy to read. But then towards the end, for some bizarre reason, the author decided to turn this into a steamy, awfully spicy, vomit-inducing tale. Too graphic. Far too graphic and disgusting for my taste. This book would have been rated much higher if it weren't for those last chapters.
i cant believe i decided to read an omegaverse book and? didn't hate it? as much as i expected?