Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

50 reviews

bookhoe1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Blood

amberinpieces's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cursing, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Outing, Child abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Animal death, Classism, Grief, Car accident, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I think this is my favourite book of 2023 so far. I loved the premise and luckily the execution really lived up to my hopes for it. I found the structure and bureaucracy of the magic system so interesting and I became very attached to some of the characters. Juno Dawson also does a great job mixing urban fantasy and contemporary social justice issues. I listened to the audiobook which was brilliantly narrated by Nicola Coughlan. I sometimes don't feel like I'm as invested in stories I listen to rather than read with my eyes but I was so absorbed in this. The different character POV chapters felt so distinct because Coughlan's accents were great. Although I usually hate

a cliff-hanger ending

I can respect it and I'll definitely be picking up the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death, Grief, Animal death, Mental illness, Outing, Transphobia, Violence, and War

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Child death, Gaslighting, Transphobia, Alcohol, Homophobia, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Cursing, War, Misogyny, Racism, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Grief, Death, Confinement, Suicide, Animal death, Violence, Murder, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Medical content, Fatphobia, Colonisation, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Outing

Minor: Gore, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Outing, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident

marleywrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Omg! This book was slow to start but by the end I was pulling my hair out it was so good. So many new questions popped up in the last few chapters. I will definitely be reading the sequel!

I gave it 4 stars because I loved some of the characters and hated others, which shows it was good writing. There was a lot of tension and I loved the world building. I want to know more about the witches’ history. 

I didn’t give it 5 stars because the pacing at the beginning took some getting used to. It was a bit slow to start. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Murder

annelihghh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Outing, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, War, Bullying, Gore, Alcohol, Animal death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

elementaldragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. It has very hard conversations, and please check the content warnings before reading.

It was quite slow to start, but got me very invested in the characters. Most of the characters, I adored with one major expection. You'll know exactly who if you read it. Then, once the action picked up, it didn't stop and boy does it end on a cliff- hanger. I am going to need book two as soon as it comes out next year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Transphobia

abominablesnowaro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, Outing, and Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Violence, War, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Blood, and Body shaming

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Murder, Outing, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Car accident, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and War