Last year, one of my most surprising obsessions was Ali Hazelwood’s Bride, the star-crossed lovers story of a Vampyre woman, Misery, and a Werewolf Alpha, Lowe. I was pretty sure that I would like it, but it grabbed me in a way I hadn’t thought I would encounter again. I read it multiple times and enjoyed it every time. I was delighted to realize that there would be another book featuring Misery's best friend, Serena.
Hazelwood set the scene in the first book, where Serena is revealed to be a human-werewolf hybrid. She has had a traumatic childhood, some years of it sharing the life of Misery, the vampyre girl sent to live with the humans as a hostage for good behaviour, known as the Collateral. Serena's an orphan with no memory of her family of origin and no indication that she has Werewolf abilities.
Koen, on the other hand, is the former guardian/big brother of Lowe and the Alpha of the Northwest, a position which requires celibacy. As this book progresses we learn the reason for this odd restriction and watch as Koen and Serena try to navigate it. Both of them must deal with their pasts if they are to survive and find equilibrium. A bit predictable, but this a romance novel so you know that a HEA is inevitable.
Don't get me wrong, I loved this book, but maybe just slightly less than Bride. The humour is still right on point for me, but there's a little less of it (or at least it felt that way—I didn't do a statistical analysis). I'm still very glad that I bought Mate and I have no doubt that I will reread both books numerous times in the future.
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