Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

29 reviews

jessofawesome1321's review

...I understand, this is probably not what people are reading it for. That reason was spot on. The actual plot was lacking, mostly just there to fill in scenes between smut. Little to zero character description beyond 'surtain body parts'. Surprizingly had descent vampire lore I wish was explored more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse and Confinement

probablytoolate's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kelliechale's review

the main character was honestly insufferable. Almost 200 pages into the book and there was next to no plot development. The third male love interest was intolerable, and the "sex" scenes between many of the characters were barely consensual despite repeated insistence of them being consensual, even though it was stated that the FMC could not give actual consent or be an active and willing participant due to the nature of her partners. Overall, it was poorly written and repetitive and made very little progress towards this main plot point they kept alluding to despite being almost halfway through the book. I know many people thoroughly enjoyed this book, but I just don't think it's for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny and Rape

Minor: Confinement

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm a sucker for vampires, haha, and this book didn't disappoint. Also, as someone who read the deal with a demon series first, I loved seeing some crossovers. I love how much the guys want to protect and care for Mina in their own ways, and how she uses their knowledge to grow her own strength and abilities. 

When I realized there was a pregnancy trope I was a little concerned as I normally don't enjoy it, but I shouldn't have doubted that Katee would do it well. 

If you want a good enemies to lovers/reunited lovers trope and you love reverse harem then I'd absolutely give this book a read. Heads up that, as should be expected, it is very spicy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Torture and Violence

I'll admit I got behind on reviews and probably missed some content warnings.

sleepylit's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed this book more than I anticipated. I found the characters very lovable and relatable. The plot was something I would expect from a heavy spicy romance but I was just as invested in the plot as I was in the smut. I just enjoy Katee Robert as an author and I really like how she write women. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

chloenrogers's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

A really enjoyable read. Very simple and sometimes a bit too straightforward, but still fun regardless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ameliagb's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was like a big, embarrassing, fanfiction of every piece of vampire media that's ever been popular in mainstream culture. It was a spicy novel Frankenstein-ed to death with plot devices from other vampire books and movies. I can't say that I did not enjoy it in, it was certainly spicy and that is definitely one thing that I can say that this author writes well. The rest of it... the characters and plot specifically? Lazy. Everything that happened aside form the spice was conveniently wedged in to justify every fantastical thought the author dreamed up. I understand that it's a fantasy and there is a measure of suspended disbelief required but if an author is going to set a book like this in the real world, they should attempt to make it at least a little bit realistic. The main character was nothing special, typical erotica protagonist archetype. Questionable parentage, daughters of a prominent figure, unidentified powers, ends up being more important than everyone thought, etc. Also everything that went wrong she blamed on herself and that felt gross to me. Overall, it was.... fun and the writing was baseline fine. Nothing special and not life changing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ifoundcallie's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I wouldn’t say this book was life-changing, by any means…but the characters were fun and the smut was good. Solid read if you’re looking for a blush-worthy vampire romance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Abandonment

three men attempt to drug the main character so they can all SA her behind a bar. She ends up taking them down, and they all end up dying within the chapter. It is never mentioned again.

mhairi_reads's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes: Reverse harem, MMMF, Forced proximity,
POV: Single - Mina

Unfortunately I did not enjoy this one 😔. Essentially this whole book was just page after page of vampire smut. Essentially this was 80% smut 20% plot at best. But if Katee Robert knows one thing it is definitely writing some good smut.

A paranormal reverse harem romance combining all three novellas in the Bloodline Vampire series. This in turn lead to quite a bit of repetition when we moved through the three acts.

Mina is a dhampir, meaning she is half human, half vampire with no magic of her own. She is a complete disgrace to her Father and as such she is sent away by her to live with Malachi Zion, a bloodline vampire, and produce an heir to his slowly dwindling bloodline.

Shortly after Wolf and Rylan, two more bloodline vampires enter the mix and Mina becomes their everything. Their new mission is to take down Mina’s power hungry Father, impregnate her and crown her the Queen.

This novel is steamy don’t get me wrong. Robert knows how to write some awesome smutty scenes but that is all it really was for me. The little plot that was woven through this felt wayyy too farfetched for me and I just couldn’t get passed that. I found myself skimming paragraphs and that isn’t something I normally do.

⚠️ Content Warnings: Dubious consent, blood play, breeding, abusive parent (Father), patricide, pregnancy, blood, gore, murder, explicit sex, vomiting (cause pregnancy), discussions about abortion, attempted sexual assault, attempted drugging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Misogyny, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy