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Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

6 reviews

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: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Sexism

Spoiler

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.

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

tiannakelly's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, and Blood

kelsiejankowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Torture, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion

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

Moderate: Abandonment and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion and Ableism

nursemeghanreads's review

dark fast-paced

2.0

Thanks to NetGalley, Katee Robert, and Sourcebooks Casablanca for this ARC. Court of the Vampire Queen will be out September 6th, 2022.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Tropes: Reverse harem (MFMM), monster romance, vampires, forced proximity, pleasurable bites, sword crossing, breeding
Thoughts: This book legitimately opens with the MC getting eaten out on the floor of some derelict house, so if that sounds up your alley this books is for you. I was excited to pick this book up because I enjoyed Katee’s Dark Olympus series. What I didn’t realize was this was an older work that is boing republished into one bind up. I realize now that I don’t vibe well with her older works. Thats not to say this book isn’t good it just isn’t my cup of tea. I would suggest this book to the BookTok girlies for sure and anyone who enjoys tons of on page sex. 

Please check TW!! There are too many to list in this review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, and Gore