Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

20 reviews

featheredhope's review

dark 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? Yes

3.25

A fast read if you like a low key dark romance. Between the acts, information is recapped frequently which did get bothersome, but was easy to skim past since each act is basically its own novel. The spicy scenes are good, just wish the plot was a little less rushed at the end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

booksandteatime's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

bergha1998's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Mina is sent by her father to be a blood donor & maybe baby mama to an important vampire. Except Malachi is nothing like her abusive father & him + his friends want to find a away for both Malachi & Mina to be free. 

Dark Monster Romance, MMMF, Blood Kink, 4 1/2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Torture, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

justabruja's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual assault

caseymac's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

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

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

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

smhawks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, and Domestic abuse

booksareoxygen'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I picked this one up for one of the book clubs I’m in, and it was a rollercoaster. This group is based on the premise that we find the most absurd spicy novels to read and talk about, and each of us is reading a different one at any given time. This one sets up another series, that I will also be reading as it releases - iykyk. But! Back to the book at hand. One (supposed) disappointing child of a vampire warlord + one angst vampire bound to their castle = the beginnings of a whirlwind adventure. For those who enjoy a spicer read with a plot this is for you! 3.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse and Violence

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

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