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Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert
3.0

Characters:
Mina is a magic-less vampire-human hybrid sold by her father to Malachi to satisfy his hunger. I flip back in forth in liking her as much as her emotions and thoughts flip back and forth. Part two (~30%) is where her character got a lot better for me. Malachi is a boring self-flagellating vampire trapped in a house by Mina's father. Wolf is cocky and manipulative but he is open about that. He is cruel, impulsive, and immature at times. Rylan is an older vampire who is mean as fuck. He dislikes and even hates Mina but fate has bonded them together.

Plot:
Mina is sent by her father to fulfill Malachi's needs as he is trapped there by her father through a blood ward. The end of Part One is where the character's and plot finally got interesting to me outside of the smut. Part two is where the characters dynamics started to get more interesting and complicated as well and I began to like Mina a lot more. I didn't realize there was a Katee Robert universe going on and that this was the same Azazel until an embarrassing long time into the book. It made me more excited to read the rest of the 'Deal with a Demon' series. The pacing of the third part felt very slow. Her father as a major villain felt hallow as a lot of confrontations and conflict happened off screen which annoyed me a lot.

Secret Sauce:
There were a lot of intimate scenes in this book were better than any of the plot or "romance" elements. I've haven't read any multi-partner romance before so I was very interested in the differing dynamics and this story delivered. The magic was also very interesting and I wanted more from this world.

Rating: I give this book a 3/5