Bride (Bride, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 07, 2024 Katyana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pnr, shapeshifters, marriage-of-convenience

Honestly, I just adored this from beginning to end.

To be fair, I had a little bit of a blip at the 80% mark, with the third act breakup. (view spoiler) Honestly, I just adored this from beginning to end.

To be fair, I had a little bit of a blip at the 80% mark, with the third act breakup. (view spoiler)

What ended up being the saving grace, here, was that A) this didn't last very long, and B) she didn't just pretend it didn't happen. Later, when they are talking, he tells her she can always be honest with him, and she's like can I, though? I mean, it doesn't feel like it, when you drag out my most vulnerable places in order to push me away.

Had she swept it under the rug just to be with him, I would have liked this book less. But they talked about it, and I feel like as this ended, they were a unit - a strong partnership who wouldn't pull bullshit like that anymore.

Really lovely book that I could barely put down. I'm hoping we get a follow up with Serena and Koen. ...more

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Jun 07, 2024 Susan rated it it was amazing

I LOVED this book so much. I was needing another 5 star book and after I finished Gothikana I didn't think I would find another 5 star for awhile but I can't stop talking about this book to anyone who will listen to me ramble about it.

I loved Misery and Lowe right away. She is the Vampyre and he is the Were and they have been forced to marry. Misery has spent her life being given away as collateral by her father. First as a child to the human world and then by marrying into the Were territory wh ...more

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Nov 27, 2024 Mandy Beyers rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, booksta-buddy-reads

An interesting take on vampires and werewolves - Misery has basically spent her life as just a pawn in her vampire father's search for power. First, she spent years in the human world, and now she is ordered to marry the Werewolf leader. After never fitting in anywhere, she starts to make a home for herself. As the two married people begin to feel for each other, politics and danger both push them together and pull them apart. I really liked Misery's loyalty to her best friend and the lengths sh ...more

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Feb 19, 2024 Samantha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook-library, werewolves, 2024

Well, this was a slow start that became compulsively readable. I didn't have much hope for the heroine at first and the narration was difficult to follow in the initial chapters. However, a little patience was definitely rewarded as the layers were slowly peeled back. The only thing I would have appreciated would have been a little more depth in the sociopolitical history and workings between the different species.
I truly hope this will be a series. ...more

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Sep 10, 2025 Roshio rated it really liked it

Fun fun fun it hearkens to the old paranormal romance novels but with the element of a marriage of convenience done right and cute protagonists. Fact of the matter is Ali never misses with romance.

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