kelliechale's review against another edition
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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.Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny and Rape
Minor: Confinement
mhairi_reads's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Confinement, Murder, Abandonment, and Body horror
Minor: Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Eating disorder
kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
- 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
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
mollysbooklist's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy
Minor: Abortion and Fire/Fire injury