Her Majesty’s Royal Coven: The magical SUNDAY TIMES number 1 bestseller and spellbinding start to a new fantasy series: Book 1 (HMRC)

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Her Majesty’s Royal Coven: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, Book 1 Her Majesty’s Royal Coven: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, Book 1

But what Dawson does brilliantly is show that as children we are so sure that life will work out the way we want, we have blinders on to life, rose tinted glasses that make everything seem possible. It’s the first time I’ve read anything by Juno and I’m thrilled to discover her writing…am very much looking forward to HMRC 2 … oh and the ending of book 1! Her Majesty's Royal Coven was an absolute blinder of a book, it starts off slowly luring you in, giving you plenty of history for both the world and the characters and then takes off with a bang. I can't talk much about their journey, but they play a pivotal part in the plot and my heart absolutely bled for them reading this story. Her Majesty’s Royal Coven is a fast paced, well crafted page turner in which we get introduced to five friends who are witches - and ceremonially accorded their status when they’re tweens.Against the backdrop of this epic fantasy world Dawson takes a razor-sharp but nuanced look at the political and social landscape of the UK, broaching everything from power structures and discrimination to feminism and transphobia.

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven | Juno Dawson | 9780008478506 Her Majesty’s Royal Coven | Juno Dawson | 9780008478506

The premise doesn't really give away much of the story, which makes it so much more shocking and entertaining whilst reading, but does make it incredibly hard to talk about without giving away any spoilers. So when Helena asks Niamh to look after Theo (with budding magical - at times uncontrollable - traits) all goes well until Helena discovers unsettling prophecies which will bring about the apocalypse and means the witches are forced to act. She's the Switzerland of the group, always trying to keep the peace and keep together her friend's who have slowly drifted apart. She really showed the intricacies of family, how you can love someone and hate them at the same time, and I loved reading all the interactions between our four MC's.They live and work among us they look just like us but they are witches, members of Her Majesty’s Royal Coven a secret organisation protecting us from the dark creatures of nature. Still recovering from the last war Niamh, Elle and Leonie lead their own lives, separate from the Coven, but Helena is quick to draw them back in when trouble rears it's head.

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven: The magical SUNDAY TIMES number 1 Her Majesty’s Royal Coven: The magical SUNDAY TIMES number 1

Partially my fault because I had it in my head this was a stand alone, but I also just can't believe she went there. This is a book you never want to end, you want to stay in the world of magic and witchcraft that Juno Dawson has created forever. We see the people we grew up with become unrecognisable, put things into motion, dangerous things, because their way of life is threatened. Helena is the new leader of the HMRC and has set views on who should be allowed to join the coven, views that get tested and questioned throughout the novel. Though there is plenty of romance in this book, both straight and queer, the main relationships Dawson showcases is that of family, both through blood and circumstance.A big theme in this book is what it means to be a woman, is it biology that makes you one, or can you choose to become one at will. When our characters joined the Coven, they became sisters, linked in a way that is difficult to destroy. I would say that the story started off a little slowly, I wasn't 100% sure where it was going until about 40% of the way through, but once it get's going it absolutely takes flight and I found the last 50% so hard to put down. The world of the covens may be immersive, the social commentary highly pertinent and the combination of demons and domesticity deliciously enticing, but it is the relationships between the women, in all their gnarly complexity, that form the real meat of the novel: the messy, tender, fierce realities of friendships honed over a quarter of a century. Fast forward 20 or so years , Helena is head of the English coven, Niamh is a vet, Ellie a nurse, Leonie has formed her own coven and Ciara?