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Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

10 reviews

mizzrayne's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!! **Warning!!: This book is not for everyone. Detailed, violent, non-stop sex, Polyam, BDSM Fetishes, MMMF, and possibly a few more triggers** That being said, this was one of the best books I have read this year. I couldn't help but fall in love with Malachi and Wolf. The way Malachi fell for Mina was beautiful! He wanted to make sure she was safe and taken care of. Wolf, I mean I don't know what to say... give me a punk shapeshifter with a violent streak any day. Add a mohawk and I'm putty. This will DEF be a book I will re-read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

mondays's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

ameliagm'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

karouty's review

dark emotional tense 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

4.75

Not a five star read because it didn't feel like it. Bu waw... Katee Robert you are my goddess >< SMUT NON STOP!!! I swear, every freaking chapter, only in the end did it calm down but waw! So... if you want a book with more plot and less sex, this isn't for you. But if you want non stop smut scenes and reverse harem then I totally recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

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

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

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

mattiedancer's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Writing: 3.5⭐️/5 

The many grammar/spelling errors in this book did take me out of the writing. I’m not sure it’s actually not good writing, so much as it needed a bit more love during editing. Overall, it was more than enjoyable on a writing level. 

Characters: 4.5⭐️/5

The characters were shockingly well-developed. Each love interest really felt like they had their own personality, motives, characteristics, and goals. Despite all characters ending up more or less obsessed with our main character, each still felt like their own person, which is honestly quite a feat in and of itself. 

Plot: 3⭐️/5 

Okay, so the non-sex plot of this book was a really intriguing idea. I love the vampires, the seraphs, and the history between the two. I would have loved for this to be much more fleshed out in detail because, while the potential was there, I don’t think we got quite enough of it. 

The sex plot was about as contrived as it needed to be to make sense, though I did appreciate the attention to detail in order to make basically everything in this world sexy as hell. 

Post-Reading Rating:  3.75⭐️/5

Again, I really liked the overarching story. 

Who Should Read This? 

• Someone looking for spicy sex scenes
• Those who like fantasy erotica

CW: Pregnancy, blurred consent, violence, blood, gore

Final Rating: 3.5⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism and Abortion