REVIEW: Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert
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Published: 6th September, 2022
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 496
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spice, vampires + other paranormal creatures, 2, 3 & 4 people fun times, no plot just 🌶️ up until the last few chapters, things are a little rough but nothing too wild.
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4 out of 5 stars
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written in the beginning of the book:
dubious consent, blood play, patricide, pregnancy, blood, gore, murder, explicit sex, vomiting (caused by pregnancy), discussions about abortion, abusive parent (father, historical, off-page), attempted sexual assault (alluded to, non-graphic), attempted drugging.
✿ blurb ✿
All Mina ever wanted was to escape her father's control. Half human, half vampire, she lived eternally torn between two worlds, never fully experiencing the pleasures of either—until her father chose her as the pawn in his latest political move, gifting her to the darkly powerful and dangerously seductive Malachi Zion.
Malachi is not a vampire to be trifled with. He rules with an iron fist and has a reputation for the darkest of sins. But the longer Mina spends with him, the more she realizes he's not the monster she first thought—and as fear bleeds into lust, then trust, then something more, Malachi opens Mina up to a world she never knew could be hers for the taking: including the love of Malachi's two closest friends and companions.
Now surrounded by all three men, the center of their shockingly seductive world, Mina may finally have the power to face down her father and take back the life—and crown—that by all rights should be hers.
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN.
✿ my review ✿
This book is almost pure smut but that's okay and probably my favourite thing about this book.
It follows a half vampire woman Mina who has been sent by her ruling vampire father to another powerful vampire Malachi who has been imprisoned in his own home.
Mina expects to be either killed or used to make babies but unexpectedly neither of those things happen. As two people in captivity together, they become comrades and then cUmrades.
Then Malachi's long-time, powerful vampire friends and lovers Wolf and Rylan enter the picture along the way. They join to help release Mina and Malachi from their prisons. They also lend a helping hand with releasing few other things as well, either one-on-one, or all together, they aren't that picky!
For reasons within the plot (and potentially a spoiler), they all end up connected to Mina and unable to be away from her for extended periods of time. Otherwise there are consequences. I'm sure you can guess which kind 😏
They hatch a plan for all of them to overthrow Mina's cruel father and carry out that plan with A LOT of interruptions and distractions and messes to clean up 😂
This book was really so fun. If you like spice and paranormal elements, I think you'll really enjoy it!
The only negative thing I have to say about this is that towards the end of the book it was only plot. I do like plot but it felt like the entire book had a certain vibe with plot & spice mixed together. The end felt like a very different note. And although I appreciated that the story was wrapped up, it would have been nice to maybe include one last spicy scene at the end. It was like the whole book was one genre, then the ending was pure fantasy no spice and it was a bit jarring.
Overall though it was a fun read and makes me want to check out more from this author!
