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“Both history and future are fictions. Only the present is real.”

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

December 27, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

From the official plot description: At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls–Helena, Leonie, Niamh, and Elle–took the oath to join Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches ·
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Ahhh, shut up I just love this, okay?

The Shadow Cabinet (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #2) by Juno Dawson

November 18, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Been putting off this review since July, because sometimes you just like a book too much. I am right about this! Also I’m just really impressed by this book, and I wanted to make sure I did it justice, which is just way too much pressure for a book review. Can’t handle that, procrastination is the solution. It’s so rare for a second book in a series to get better, but this one does. It continued with everything I loved from the first book, got […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, narfna, the shadow cabinet, trans author

narfna's CBR15 Review No:130 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, narfna, the shadow cabinet, trans author ·
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Witches, found family, and a big FU to transphobes.

Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1) by Juno Dawson

December 4, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a lot more emotionally fraught than I expected it to be. And that ending 😩 I was hopeful going in to this that Juno Dawson’s first adult book, and first fantasy book would be good, because that premise sounded like so much fun. And while I was rewarded with a quality book that I really enjoyed reading, it really wasn’t all shits and giggles. Come for the 90s nostalgia, female friendships, a cool take on contemporary witches, and then leave heartbroken by the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, British, british fantasy, contemporary fantasy, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, narfna, queer fantasy, Trans rights

narfna's CBR14 Review No:206 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, British, british fantasy, contemporary fantasy, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, narfna, queer fantasy, Trans rights ·
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