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A review by l1ndz7
Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
4.25
You know I feel like I’ve only seen the UK version of this cover and if you haven’t seen it it’s bright pink. Seeing that color gave me the wrong impression of this book. I thought it was going to be a cozy witchy tale and it is to a certain extent..but it’s also deliciously dark.
We follow four POVs of witches:
Niamh - one of the most powerful witches in the story who is a healer and sentient. She is no longer apart of HMRC (Her Majesty’s Royal Coven)
Elle - a healer who is also not a part of HMRC actively. She has a witch daughter named Holly and a non-magical or mundane husband and son named Jez and Milo
Leonie - she left HMRC to create her own more inclusive coven called Dispora that mostly includes minorities. She has a witchy gf named Chinara
Helena - current High Priestess of HMRC who has a daughter named Snow who is an elemental witch
There is a premonition that the Leviathan will rise and extinguish the witches and warlocks of the UK. When a really powerful child is found after a magical incident at their school in Scotland happens, Helena has the child named Theo locked up thinking this child is how the Leviathan will rise. What happens next you won’t see coming.
The ending shocked me and I’m really not sure if I care to continue the series because of the direction the book is going in. TBD
We follow four POVs of witches:
Niamh - one of the most powerful witches in the story who is a healer and sentient. She is no longer apart of HMRC (Her Majesty’s Royal Coven)
Elle - a healer who is also not a part of HMRC actively. She has a witch daughter named Holly and a non-magical or mundane husband and son named Jez and Milo
Leonie - she left HMRC to create her own more inclusive coven called Dispora that mostly includes minorities. She has a witchy gf named Chinara
Helena - current High Priestess of HMRC who has a daughter named Snow who is an elemental witch
There is a premonition that the Leviathan will rise and extinguish the witches and warlocks of the UK. When a really powerful child is found after a magical incident at their school in Scotland happens, Helena has the child named Theo locked up thinking this child is how the Leviathan will rise. What happens next you won’t see coming.
The ending shocked me and I’m really not sure if I care to continue the series because of the direction the book is going in. TBD
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Death and Violence