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Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

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zluke's review

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

A quick, enjoyable read, but a few things let it down for me.

The transphobia was a bit heavy-handed and clumsy in places, as were some of the discussions of racism. While the message was good, it came across as overly preachy at times. I also think it's a shame that we never get to see from Theo's point of view and rather it's all told through the perspectives of the other witches.

Theo, a trans girl, mainly being talked and gossiped about by cis people felt voyeuristic and off to me. It didn't give her much of her own agency.

Theo and Leonie are probably the most interesting characters and I would have liked more time getting to know them. Hopefully in the next book we will.

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vampire_burrito's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

i enjoyed this while reading it, but on reflection wasn't a huge fan of the writing style and i absolutely hated

the outing. Like if someone tells you that a person the two of you know if queer/trans AND THEN GOES TELLS YOU NOT TO TELL ANYONE ELSE you simply do not go and tell all of your friends in a very public place

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thewoodlandbookshelf's review

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adventurous dark 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

4.25

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zed_dog's review

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In a world of patriarchy (this one; it's this world), witchcraft is an arena where women are considered superior. When the UK witch community faces change, five childhood friends, who have grown (perhaps irreconcilably) far apart, end up placing themselves at the epicenter of the tension. CW transphobia, major TERFism, str8 sex

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bethsreading's review against another edition

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dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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annelihghh's review

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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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shannon_readsbooks's review

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challenging medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

I’m marking this as read because I DNF’d it at about 85%. I know the author is trans and that she can speak to her and the experience of being trans in general, however she is also white. There is well written representation of a Black witch as one of the POVs, but I DNF’d because it made me very uncomfortable that she had one of the

transphobic main characters describe Trans Aboriginal Australian witches as “balding gorillas in floral dresses”

and that just felt really yucky to me. I know the character is supposed to be The Bad Guy but a white author using that wording felt wrong potentially bordering on racist. Disappointed, I was very excited to read a book by a trans author and with such good rep.

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