Reviews with content warning for Rape - Court of the Vampire Queen

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Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

7 reviews

bookstorie's review

fast-paced

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

0.5

I first saw this book in-person at Books-a-Million. I happened upon the collector's edition, which has beautiful inside cover art, two-toned painted edges, even a little silk bookmark. I saw that it was also available on Kindle Unlimited and decided to grab it. I'm a BAM member, and their membership has some nice perks. It was the largest of the books I bought so I decided to start with it. I was excited when I heard about how spicy it was, which it definitely is.

Friend, I have problems with booktok. I have problems with books that rely on poorly written sex scenes to push along an even more poorly written plot. I realized towards the end of the book that this is the compilation of a trilogy, which makes sense as the farther into the book we got, the more plot we got as well. The first 40% of the book is nothing but sex, and not even good sex. One character goes from being a virgin to having anal sex with some lube and a prayer. No ma'am, that is not how the human sphincter works.

I don't know. Am I too old for this? I don't find this to be "dark romance," I find it to be published fanfiction. There was so much sex that it lost its spark. It isn't sexy if it's happening literally every other paragraph! We have literally two to three pages worth of sex, with one or two paragraphs of dialogue to continue the plot, then right back to the same sex they just had. It isn’t even new or exciting stuff. If I had to read about her “folds” one more time… ugh.

Blah. Blaaaahhhh. The time I wasted on this book... I should've just DNF'd.

I'm ready for people to disagree and that's okay!

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annareyn's review

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funny fast-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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libbyajt's review

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dark fast-paced

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

1.5

Dubious consent does not cover it- this book, especially at the beginning, had full blown sexual assault. I was not a fan. It's also really clear that the author took 3 mini books and shoved them together without editing anything? There was lots of points throughout the second and third sections where the narration would review what just happened...in the same book.

Just bad writing. Honestly I'm shocked, I usually love Robert books but this was a huge miss for me. And I am a vampire girly! Welp- they can't all be winners.

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seizethecarp's review

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Non-consensual sex, multiple plot shark jumping within the first 30 pages alongside a forced pregnancy trope. No thank you.

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kelliechale's review

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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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bzliz's review

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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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cassie12_21's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.75

Lots of editing errors. The 🌶 was pretty good, lots of it, detailed, ⚔️, I personaly like more emotion though.

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