Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

77 reviews

kelliechale's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny and Rape

Minor: Confinement

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

I'm a sucker for vampires, haha, and this book didn't disappoint. Also, as someone who read the deal with a demon series first, I loved seeing some crossovers. I love how much the guys want to protect and care for Mina in their own ways, and how she uses their knowledge to grow her own strength and abilities. 

When I realized there was a pregnancy trope I was a little concerned as I normally don't enjoy it, but I shouldn't have doubted that Katee would do it well. 

If you want a good enemies to lovers/reunited lovers trope and you love reverse harem then I'd absolutely give this book a read. Heads up that, as should be expected, it is very spicy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Torture and Violence

I'll admit I got behind on reviews and probably missed some content warnings.

featheredhope's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

booksandteatime's review against another edition

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

tinaclayton's review against another edition

tense 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

Interesting, I had fun reading this, but the smut is not so I gravitate towards. Glad I gave it a try though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

taylasfootnotes's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity, Torture, and Violence

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

littlecozyreaderr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

This book definitely picked up as it went along. I started the book very underwhelmed, especially as a long time Katee Robert stan. The first novella is all smut no plot and I wasn’t feeling it but luckily the plot picks up in the other two novellas and it ended up being pretty good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

nightmare_nini's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy