Court of the Vampire Queen

Bloodline Vampires #1-3

by Katee Robert

Three Powerfully Alluring Vampire Men
And One Queen to Rule Them All

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.

NOTE: Court of the Vampire Queen combines all three books in the Bloodline Vampires series.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Vampires, Paranormal, Dark Romance, Smut, Romantasy

498 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 6, 2022

About the author

Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of spicy romance. Entertainment Weekly calls her writing “unspeakably hot.” Her books have sold over two million copies. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, children, a cat who thinks he’s a dog, and two Great Danes who think they’re lap dogs.

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Reviews

[Sarah R · Rating 1 out of 5]

Is this the worst book I’ve read this year - very possible. I have this issue of not reading synopsis’s before starting books, cool it’s a vampire book nice 🧛🏻‍♂️Oh cool arrangement, BUT WHATS NOT COOL! Reading about MAGIC SPERM WTF. Or making her cum so hard that she breaks a magic bond - 🫠🫠🫠
OR that she needs to get pregnant to overthrow her evil father, no biggie. BUT WHAT IS A BIGGIE is all the sex and I mean every single page someone is getting dicked down.

I read this on a flight - had no choice I was trapped.

This book has me questioning every life choice,

[myo ⋆｡˚ ❀ * · Rating 4 out of 5]

technically a reread which i reread for… reasons MIND UR BUSINESS

[Ayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ this book was utterly, monumentally, monstrously, hideously, colossally and stupendously insane. absolutely fucking WILD! i read this for one purpose and one purpose only…you can fill in the blanks. i don’t regret shit..i think..i mean..ugh idk. it’s not bad maybe i’m just not the target audience here

[emy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The interesting thing about this is that it wasn’t just smut with no plot, it was smut with a « plot » that revolves entirely around the smut

[Starre 🇵🇸 🍉 · Rating 3 out of 5]

let’s be real no one cares one bit about the plot this was vampire smut and that’s all that matters.

[PamG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert is an exceptionally steamy reverse harem paranormal romance. Mina has desired freedom from her father’s control and mistreatment for years. She’s half human and half vampire and doesn’t fit into either world. At twenty-five, he gives her to Malachi Zion in a political move. Malachi has been starved for blood for years and their first meeting doesn’t go well. Fear, lust, and distrust start their relationship. However, Malachi’s two closest friends, Wolf and Rylan join them soon and she becomes the center of their world. Can they take down her father and get Mina the life and crown she deserves?

All four main characters are dynamic with flaws and strengths that are tested as the story unfolds. As a result, their outlooks and attitudes change and grow, which also affects the relationships between the four.

This is an extremely steamy novel with many detailed hot scenes. However, there is a plot that is woven into the story; especially in the last half of the book. While I would have liked it to be a greater part of the first half, there needed to be time for the three male vampires to get acquainted with and develop relationships with Mina and renew their friendships of old. This appears to have been originally written as three novellas that are combined into this novel. That results in some repetitive information at the beginning of Acts 2 and 3.

Katee Robert isn’t afraid to tackle controversial topics that include, but aren’t limited to, having multiple partners and considering whether or not having or keeping a child was suitable for the situation in which the four main characters found themselves involved. In addition to this, she weaves in themes of desire, attraction, facing one’s enemies, trust, love, choices, control, family relationships and complexities, power, freedom, fear, and much more.

Overall, this story is one of finding love that works for the individuals and fighting for freedom. There are moral questions, friendships, challenges, issues around relationships, and much more. The author delivers a steamy, explicit, and spicy narrative that tackles some deeper themes if one reads it in its entirety.

SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca provided a complimentary physical copy of this novel. This is my honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way. The publication date is currently set for September 6, 2022.

[Abigail · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hideously written

I was genuinely worried for her health and safety it can’t be good to have this much sex and you can’t convince me she didn’t have a raging uti and yeast infection for the whole book

[Whitney Atkinson]

DNF at 70ish percent

i mean.... i read a LOT of porn with no plot. but this genuinely had no plot. the entire book is formatted as 1. sex scene 2. the orgasm from the sex scene unlocks some new ~power~ or ~discovery~ 3. repeat

by the end when it tried to make a plot out of all that and now the characters have to go and solve something, i just wasnt invested in any of the characters because there's literally zero scenes to get to know them or even have a single conversation that isn't sexual. which im not complaining about. if you're gonna make your book 90% porn, make it 90% porn. but dont try and throw some plot in at the end with no precursor.

long story short, i'm kinda shocked this is from katee robert because it felt like a whole level lower than her usual writing ability but i also think kathryn moon just has my heart in the fantasy smut category and no one else can compare

[Brandi Pennington · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much penis, not enough plot.

[Emmyreads444 · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book was giving everything that needed to GAVE.

[Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m about 63% in and I can’t do it anymore. There’s a warning in the beginning that’s it’s a very spicy book, but there’s a spicy scene EVERY. CHAPTER. Starting from chapter 1. No plot, no chemistry, no vibes, no explanation. I think I hate Mina more than Poppy from FBAA and that’s saying something.

Thanks anyway, Netgalley!

[Inés Molina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two words : 𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒖𝒕
The whole book was spicy as heck. It started from the first chapter and became a threesome then a foursome. It was quite enjoyable if you don't mind the smut, which i don't lol. I wouldn't have been able to choose between Malachi, Wolf and Rylan. There was so much smut, i can't remember the plot.

[h o l l i s · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was willing to look past the fact that of the three instalments of this bind up, Acts I and II were basically 85% sex. Barely any plot to be seen or detected. I was willing to accept that. But then, not two chapters into Act III, something that was stated outright in the final chapter of the part before is suddenly.. not a thing. Okay. Tiny bit of double-take side eye. But then a few chapters later, two pages apart, a thing was said and then contradicted. Again. Eye twitch.

Listen, I know this is an ARC, but these stories existed before this bind up. Maybe there was no editing done beforehand but you're telling me no editing was done before this republish? Not great. Also, before anyone yells at me, this bothered me to such an extent I held off on this review until after release and checked out the repackaged version via KU. And those errors are still there. Sigh. So much for my hope it would get caught before release..

But anyway, what's this story about? Vampires, dhampirs, and more, oh my. It's about an unwanted woman, destined to be a pawn or a sacrifice, finding there's more to her than anyone thought. And falling into the laps of not one, not two, but three vampires, and the bond -- mystical and otherwise -- that connects them. That's more or less the be all end all of the plot, though. The rest is just sex sex sex.

While Act III, unlike the two that came before, had more plot.. it wasn't the kind that did much with the story that came before it. There are a lot of bits we never learn about, parts we're apparently just supposed to go along with, and other minor irritants. All the sex aside, it did feel like the early parts had more time given to them, despite the lack of character development of backstory. Whereas the final was just kind of rushed along. Which kind of applies to the whole storyline, really. Everything happens really fast (granted, these are all novella length, so yeah, everything being fast makes sense, I guess) but I also mean timeline-wise. In the sense that no time at all passes. Also, only one of the three men has any real personality. And unfortunately that lack of character applies to our lead, too.

This could've been good. Maybe not great but decent. But overall, errors aside, it just misses the mark. I wish the author would've taken the opportunity to tidy things up while also fleshing everything out a bit before repackaging this. Alas..

But if you're looking for a relentlessly spicy/zesty/insert euphemism for much sex-y time, with a bit of magic and blood and mayhem mixed in, this might be for you. Also if you've had any experience with the author before, I'm sure you know exactly what you're in for.

** I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you!) in exchange for an honest review. **

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This review can also be found at A Take From Two Cities.

[Esme N · Rating 1 out of 5]

“My life has been hell since I was old enough to realize my position within the vampire colony my father rules.”

Half human, half vampire, Mina has always lived as a pawn in her father’s political games. Now she has been sent as a gift to the notoriously dangerous vampire Malachi Zion, but what Mina’s father couldn’t have predicted is the trust and love she would build with Malachi and his two closest friends.

Oh brother…

The opening line of this book is “I don’t want to be here” and SAME GIRL SAME.

This book didn’t pretend to have any kind of plot. That kind of writing only works if the author is an expert at creating and reveling in atmosphere. I’m not saying Katee Robert isn’t capable of this, but she rather destroyed any hope of the gothic mansion setting carrying her plotless novel when she had the main character send a vampire named Wolf with a blonde mohawk to buy plan B.

Something else that maybe could’ve bolstered the frankly lazy character development would’ve been an engaging enemies-to-lovers dynamic. This was yet another fumble as the “enemies” explicitly vocalized their willingness to die for each other in chapter 8.

Y’all thought that the strong magic-wielding woman losing her powers at the end was the worst trope? Try the “woman needs the magical semεn of three possessive men to unlock her powers” trope. Honestly fighting for my life.

Finally, this book underwent seemingly NO editing when it was collected from being three novellas (how it was originally published) to a book. Between parts 1 and 2 and 3 they reintroduce the (one dimensional) characters and (limited) plot, giving us a full on recap of events that took place not in a separate volume, but literally three pages prior. Agony.

You couldn’t pay me to read this again.

Playlist of the Vampire Queen:
- Vampire // Lupin
- Sacrilege // Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- All Goes Wrong // Chase & Status

Evidence I wasn’t lying about the magical sem*n:
“We do that by boosting Mina’s power with our blood and then making her come so hard, it overrides the blocks in her mind.”

[Kendal Jester · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book was like 90% sex and most of the sex scenes were trash sooooooo

[Cas · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m gonna be honest.

I need plot and in this it’s like 5% plot and that’s not enough in my opinion.

I didn’t vibe with it tbh - it just wasn’t for me. I didn’t connect with the characters and I didn’t feel like there was enough plot for me to even try to connect with them.

I like smut, and I love multiple partners. But damn, I just needed more than smut.

So, yeah.

The best part of this book was the lovely ladies I have been buddy reading it with. Seeing their reactions makes it worth it.

[Юля Проліт · Rating 2 out of 5]

Так, я поставила цій книзі дві зірочки, але мені було так весело й захопливо її читати, що вона заслуговує й на пʼять.

[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Katee Robert could write literally anything and I would read it at this point. Neon Gods really locked me in and now I think I'll just continue to insta-buy her work because WOW.

Court of the Vampire Queen was a pleasant surprise and H O L Y was it a surprise. THE SPICE IN IT? We really hit the ground running. We have a story beyond the smut as our main characters are trying to free themselves from being victims to Mina's father, all while trying to manage this very passionate connection they share between the four of them.

I've never read a reverse harem before and I'm glad I waited for Katee to be my first. I liked all of our characters and I liked them even better together.

Overall this was just enjoyable and exciting and the drama was on point. I also am obsessed with the cover.

Thank you Edelweiss+ and Sourcebooks for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

[amal · Rating 2 out of 5]

If I had known what this book was like I never would’ve read it

[M Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Smut, Smut, Smut, alittle bit of plot, smut, a little fight, and then the end. 🤣🌶🌶🌶🌶

[Lizzie S · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

As other reviewers have said, this book had almost no plot. There was an orgasm in the opening scene and sex was the thread that tied the whole book together. I would say this was 70% smut and 30% plot. Luckily, Katee Robert is DAMN GOOD at writing smut.

Mina is the powerless daughter of a powerful vampire lord. The book opens with her sent as a blood sacrifice to a vampire named Malachi, who she is to serve in whatever way he wants. Predictably, they fall in love, and she also meets two of his close friends. The four of them form a relationship and go about trying to overthrow her father.

This book seems to have originally been three novellas that the author smushed together - in each section of the book she reintroduces the characters and key details. There was also a lot of plot continuity issues in this book. Information was shared to one character and then the character would not know the information several chapters later. Aspects of the character's powers also sometimes changed suddenly without explanation.

If I was rating this book just on the plot, it would probably be a 2 star read, as the plot was predictable, inconsistent, and bare bones. If I was rating this book just on the smut, it would deserve a solid 4 stars. I'm compromising and giving Court of the Vampire Queen a 3 star review. Without the continuity issues and repetition of re-stating key facts needlessly in the same book, it might have been higher. This book had some potential and was an enjoyable read but didn't quite hit the mark.

[marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

hear me out.. most of this was fun

[Heather myfriendsdontread · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely worth reading if you want over 400 pages of non stop vampire smut! We’re taking back to back scenes and a whole lot of fang-banging.

There is technically a plot thrown in there, but definitely don’t read it for that!

This is a steamy reverse harem / why choose book from the 3 novellas by Katee Robert: Sacrifice, Hier, Queen.

I think it would actually be better to read them separately as novellas and take your time rather than reading them back in this book.

It got boring towards the end because there wasn’t anything of substance and I didn’t truly connect or love any of the characters.

But if I read them as novellas that wouldn’t have bothered me. And I probably would have given them all 5 ⭐️

Other than that, it gave me sexy vampires so I enjoyed it.

[Georgia Stuart · Rating 1 out of 5]

1★

DNF at 46%.

this is absolutely the worst book I've ever read. I wanted to try and finish it but I just physically cannot.

[Iryna V. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Якщо ви шукаєте історію про 🧛‍♂️🧛🏻‍♂️🧛🏼‍♂️🙍‍♀️, в якій 20% сюжету (або і менше) з мінімальним розкриттям світоустрою, персонажів і їх передісторії, а все решту 🔞🌶 ( хтиві сцени почнуться швидше ніж ви дізнаєтесь ім'я головної героїні) — ви її знайшли 😀.

Ставлю 3 ⭐️. Не маю нічого проти еротики, але якщо враховувати, що книжка має 500 ст, думаю можна було хоча б не так поверхнево описати персонажів і їх  взаємини 🤷‍♀️,часами здавалося, що я читаю фанфік не найкращої якості. 

[Bookgrrl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let’s cut to the chase, shall we? This is vampire smut. You know it, I know it, Katee knows it. And it is great smutty smutty smut! Is there a plot? Yes, there is, and it’s good. But the sexy times are what we’re all here for, and Katee does it so well! For being over 400 pages it’s a quick read and I was thoroughly entertained!

FYI this was previously published as three novellas—Sacrifice, Heir, and Queen.

Thank you to NetGalley for this advanced reader copy. All opinions are my own.

[Valkyrie ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how every series is interconnected. Getting to read about Azazel from A Deal With A Demon series was great, and I can’t wait to see what happens with Grace.

Overall this was a very enjoyable and smut-filled read, I wish we had seen more backstory and relationship development between the three men and her.

[Nicole Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not to yuck anyone's yum but WTFFFFF

I've never been into it, but This was the book to make me officially hate smut. I'm a smut-hater. It's not for me, and I don't think it ever will be. I'm sorry if u like it but it is my enemy. I swear on my life it was like 70% sex scenes. I knew it was supposed to be spicy, or whatever booktok calls it, but this was sooo silly omfg. For the first like 300 pages of the book, probably 250 of it was sex. And then the final 100 pages was actual plot. If that's something you enjoy, go for it.

But the PLOT was so ridiculous too. This is a reverse harem story which....okay, sure, whatever. There's the main girl who doesn't have much of a personality (like she had no goals or ambitions! She didn't like or do anything besides be rude or bang the whole book. give her a hobby!), and then the 3 men.

The reason why I initially read this book was because of the dedication, which was something about how it's for the girls who like Dimitri Belekov (Vampire Academy), Spike (buffy) and Damon (Vampire Diaries). I like those men, I was intrigued. Well, you find out, it IS for the girlies who like them because the main love interests ARE them. Like in looks and personality, the only thing that she changed about them was the circumstances they were put in, that they're a lil gay for each other (yes, they also bang each other as well as her), and their names. But the names even are following the same pattern. Like Malachi is Dimitri, Wolf is Spike, and Rylan is Damon. So obvious.

I don't know if they were likeable because of how she wrote them or if it was literally because she just STOLE other characters. Like no kind of originality at all. It felt like she just wanted to write about having sex with all of them and made it into novel form.

The last 100 pages were so funny because she spent the first 300 pages only having them bang each other and then suddenly her evil father steals them and we're supposed to care about this vampire society ?? The plot was def just an afterthought, she like tried to condense every single piece of plot in a short period of time. Omfg.

I know this is the author's style, okay. NOW. I know she is classically a smut writer, and I should've done my research before reading this. But honestly I don't think anything could've prepared me for this shit.

[Kat valentine ( Katsbookcornerreads) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Court of the Vampire Queen was fabulous!!!!! I don't read a lot of reverse harems because after a while all the fucking and sucking with barely any storyline gets on my nerves but this one was full of emotional depth and a true oneness for all involved. Mina has been sent to Malachi Zion basically as a sacrifice to be feed on and impregnated so her father Cornelius one of the most powerful vampires can gain more power but what happens will change not only her life but her three lovers life's as well. Because while Cornelius saw her as a nothing half breed vampire with no magic she will become more powerful and more dangerous then him.
I loved this book so much!!!! The characters were so amazing! Mina might have come to Malachi as a sacrifice but her strength and courage and scrappy attitude was magnificent!! I love how Katee Robert wrote a woman who had basically been treated like shit for years and made her still strong enough to take on not only one vamp but three of the most powerful bloodline vamps! That took lady balls!!!! Each of her vamps were quite different. First theirs Malachi who is my personal favorite! The way he handled Mina from the beginning was awesome. I think he fell in love with her from the beginning. Then their is Wolf and like the name he is wild and a little unhinged at times but even he falls for Mina. Last is the cold and aloof Rylan and because of his past with Malachi see's Mina as a unwanted part of their coupling but in time he can't even fight the pull of her drawl. With three very powerful vamps each having a power to command Fire,Blood and Shape shifting its no wonder our little dhampir has a big surprise for daddy dearest, because once he finds out what his " unless halfbreed" has become and see's her coming it will be late for him! This is vampire erotica at its best! Yes theirs blood and lots, lots of sex but it is a MMMF read. In closing I want to say their was another character who has my attention as well Azazel !!! He is a demon who makes deals and he is so intriguing!!! I love his shadows and his whole vibe its so bad ass! He's a total prick but he did help Mina. I can't wait to hear more about him!!! I love a sexy bad boy so much!! Until next time Luv's💕💋

[Haley Jean]

dnf at page 170
look, im all for a smuttttyyyyyy vampire book... but Katee Robert tried to add in a plot that was absolutely RIDICULOUS.

you're telling me she needs an earth shattering orgasm in order to break this random spell and the only way that is possible is by her being double penetrated?!?!! NFJEHDSNKF BE SO SERIOUS. and i hatedddd the emphasis on her being a virgin/virginity in general. ew. no thanks. 😭