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Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

53 reviews

bzliz's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

If you are looking for a super spicy MMMF vampire/supernatural story with the absolute thinnest possible plot stringing together explicit sex scenes then this is the book for you! 

I cannot in good conscience give this higher than 2 stars because the closest we get to a plot across 500-ish pages is:

Mina’s father hates her and gives her to a sexy vampire stuck in his house as a blood source and sex toy. Two other sexy vampires show up. She breaks the ward on the house with a powerful orgasm to allow them all to leave because she’s actually part seraph. They’re on the run and bonded together. Her father captures the vampires. She meets a monster hunter who makes a deal with a demon to free them. She gets pregnant and kills her father, making her the new leader of their vampire clan.

But it is very sexy and sometimes that’s all you need. Serious content warnings (see below) although I think anyone with these triggers can read the summary and know this isn’t for them. 

Content warnings:
Blood, Gore, Injury Detail

Three of the characters are vampires so this is self explanatory. They fight, the share blood, etc.

Murder

Mina brings 3 men to the vampires for them to feed on after their escape from her father, Mina murders her father

Pregnancy

The trio and Mina are actively trying to get her pregnant so she can become her father’s heir, she does become pregnant but there’s no graphic birth scenes

Rape

This is mostly dubious consent at the beginning, there’s a scene where Mina goes to a bar looking for people to feed the 3 vampires and some men drug her drink in an attempt to sexually assault her but she only pretends to be drugged and knocks them out to bring them to the vampires

Sexual Content

Duh

Violence

See: blood, gore, injury detail & murder

Vomit

morning sickness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, and Violence

thelostartofsecretkeeping's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual content, Death, and Gore

sammo324's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Child abuse

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

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

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

zeravos's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

Slow plot development, mostly smut, fast but happy ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Child abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

kdramafoodie's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Torture, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit

kyladotme's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

This book is all sex. Plot is formed around the sex. Sex by page 3. Not super intriguing story but enough to keep you reading inbetween all the graphic sex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content

aburbage's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.25

Very smut heavy content, BEWARE 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Gore, and Sexual content

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Spicy. Spicy. Spicy. 🌶️ A tale of broody, sexy vampires, silly seraphim, and their undying bond with one another. Romantic and sexy at the same time. Thoroughly enjoyed this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, War, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Torture, Vomit, Drug abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

micaelamariem's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Ableism, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Torture, Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit