A review by th18
Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Heres a few points I noted down whilst reading:
  • Fast pace and seemed more YA than anything, too many modern references for me personally but each to their own. 
  •  This also felt like the second book of the series at the start there was just so much unexplained things thrown in.
  •  Whilst the book did deal with modern topics such as race and trans rights, I wish it also talked a bit about harmful beauty standards due to Elle literally hiding her true self from her husband. 
  •  I feel like the amount of swear words was also unnneeded.
  •  I love the idea of queer witches and empowered modern women but I feel like the talk about adulthood was very bleak
  •  The writing and worldbuilding also felt quite underdeveloped which was disappointing 
  •  Finally the use of the d slur was completely unneeded
 Although I've only mentioned the negatives, I did have an okay time reading this and it was quite engaging but it could definitely have been better. 
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