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Court of the Vampire Queen: A spicy polyam MMMF romance by Katee Robert

16 reviews

llams's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Murder, Vomit, Blood, and Cursing

kelliechale's review against another edition

Spoiler

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

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

Moderate: Violence and Torture

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

csaphira's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual content, and Cursing

whitneyonline's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Gore, Pregnancy, and Vomit

sleepylit's review against another edition

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

mondays's review against another edition

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: Blood, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Cursing

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

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed this book more than I anticipated. I found the characters very lovable and relatable. The plot was something I would expect from a heavy spicy romance but I was just as invested in the plot as I was in the smut. I just enjoy Katee Robert as an author and I really like how she write women. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

blackcatreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

Stats
Writing: 4/10
Plot: 5/10
Characters: 7/10
World-Building: 5/10

I want to start this review by saying that, while is book is objectively not good, I loved it anyway. I was hooked from the very beginning, and I just wanted to keep reading. 

The writing itself is not great. There are tons of grammatical and spelling errors that would take me out of the story. Some of the lines of the characters are so cringe I would get secondhand embarrassment. 

I will say the plot is minimal at best. If you took out the spice and left only the plot, the book would maybe be 100 pages. I don't think it was a well rounded plot either. The whole plot centered around Mina getting pregnant to declare herself her father's heir and then kill him, but I felt like her father was killed too easily. It just felt like an anti-climactic ending. 

I can't say I loved all the characters. I felt like Mina was a bit annoying and was constantly a damsel in distress. There were hints of times where she would show a backbone but then she would immediately revert back to damsel in distress when a man was around. I did love Wolf, Rylan, and Malachi. I thought they were such fun characters but we did only get surface level views of them.

This is a semi-low fantasy, but I don't feel like the world was very developed. I don't understand how the magic system works at all. I still am not sure how you get a bloodline vampire. I feel like none of that is explained. Also, out of the whole world, why is the compound in Montana? And how was Mina being tracked? A lot of these things are just holes in the world. 

That being said, the spice was fantastic. I loved it. It's the whole reason I kept reading. It's a vampire romance, so there is obviously a lot of blood and sharp objects involved, but there is also a pretty heavy breed kink element to this book. So, if that is a hard pass for you, then this probably isn't the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

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.