Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Court of the Vampire Queen

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Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

18 reviews

jf723's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

Sexy, smutty, spicy. I personally loved this book, but I went into it with the expectation of spice for the sake of spice. The plot exists, it's not horrible, but it is obviously there to facilitate the sex scenes. If you're looking for a slightly dark why choose with steamy sex this is the book for you.

Don't ignore the author's content/trigger warnings.

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bookstorie's review

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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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rainxox's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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amaurer's review

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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

3.0

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marleyreads's review

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dark medium-paced

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

1.5

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awalsh1212001's review

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emotional tense slow-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

2.75

I didn't hate it, didn't absolutely love it, but it was semi likeable, there were good moments and kinda boring and repetitive moments too.

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katerinovaaa's review

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slow-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

5.0

Seeing so many terrible reviews breaks my heart. I absolutely love this book. Is it all smut? YES. Is it well-written (smut)? YES. Is there plot?...yes. And I actually liked the plot a lot.

https://www.kateerobert.com/court-of-the-vampire-queen

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batmayne_reads's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Mina, a dhampir, is sent by her father to marry and be impregnated by a bloodline vampire, after coming (literally) to an understanding, Malachi and Mina work together to over throw her father in this delicious spicy vampire story

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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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jessofawesome1321's review

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...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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