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Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

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

4.75

Many thanks to HarperCollins UK Audio and Juno Dawson for the advanced audio copy of Her Majesty’s Royal Coven via NetGalley, in return for my honest and unbiased review. Quick note: I don’t recap plots in my reviews, as it’s easy enough to read the book’s synopsis and blurbs, I purely focus on my feelings & opinions of how the books makes me feel. 

If you’re looking for something light-hearted and flippant, this ain’t it! This book is deep, political, and heavy hitting. I’m not normally a fan of low/urban fantasy but I was very much gripped by this narrative and the narrator absolutely sealed the deal for me. There is obviously no accent/dialect that Nicola Coughlan can’t do. 

When it comes to people politics, this book covers A LOT. At times it felt like Dawson was perhaps being a bit over-ambitious in trying to force too many issues into one book. However, in the end it was all balanced well, and the issues were raised for a reason and not just for clout. 

The book does end on an absolute cliff-hanger, so be warned. 

Note: this is very much an adult book, with graphic discussions of abuse, violence, sex and a LOT of swearing!  

Spice: 3/5 

Trigger warnings: Ableism, Abusive relationship, Animal abuse/death, Blood/Gore, Cheating, Child abuse, Death, Death of a family member, Drugs, Homophobia, Misgendering, Misogyny, Murder, PTSD, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence 

Rating: 

Story: 4.5/5 

Audio: 5/5 

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