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Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
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If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background: healers in the trenches; Suffragettes; Bletchley Park oracles; land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis? We have a gift. We are stronger than Mundanes, plain and simple.
At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls--Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle--took the oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. Elle is trying to pretend she's a normal housewife, and Niamh has become a country vet, using her powers to heal sick animals. In what Helena perceives as the deepest betrayal, Leonie has defected to start her own more inclusive and intersectional coven, Diaspora. And now Helena has a bigger problem. A young warlock of extraordinary capabilities has been captured by authorities and seems to threaten the very existence of HMRC. With conflicting beliefs over the best course of action, the four friends must decide where their loyalties lie: with preserving tradition, or doing what is right.
Mod opinion: I've read it and if you want a british witch story this one is fun :)
#her majestys royal coven#juno dawson#polls#trans lit#trans literature#trans books#lgbt lit#lgbt literature#lgbt books#trans woman#own voices#fantasy
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I think what is stopping me from finishing HMRC by Juno Dawson (I'm going to finish it obvi) is that I keep thinking of it as a witch book. It's not a witch book though, there's not a lot of world building and magic and action for a good majority of the book. Just like an enchantment of Ravens isn't a fae book, it's a romance. I have to start thinking of HMRC as a political book with witches as a metaphor and I'm starting to enjoy it a lot more that way. (To me though I only enjoy like three characters and the rest annoy me, but other than that it's really good)
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Book Releases I’m excited for in 2024
Last year I delved into so many new authors and genres that I never would have before. I also read some longtime-favourites, who I will always get heart-eyes over. As a mood reader, I’ve never been all that phased about pre-orders and new releases however, the past year has really revitalised my love for reading. I find myself keep checking on publication dates out of fear that they’ve been…
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#2024#All That&039;s Left in the World#Books#Deborah Harkness#Dream Harbour Series#Erik J. Brown#Harper L Woods#Her Majestys Royal Coven#Juno Dawson#Laurie Gilmore#Queen B#The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore
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The great gatsby was really good, and im already a third of the way into Mexican Gothic (won with the aid of discord polls), and im really really into it
So its time to know what I'll read next!
#booklr#anti booktok#poll#my next read#book time#books#booktok#the locked tomb#the unwanted guest#the mysterious study of doctor sex#as yet unsent#we are legion#we are bob#bright young women#spin#her majestys royal coven#rendezvous with rama
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OHMYGODS IVE JUST FINISHED HER MAJESTYS ROYAL COVEN BY JUNO DAWSON AND I NEED TO GE THE SECOND BOOK
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO NIMAH AND THEO NOW…
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A Stunning Adult Fantasy Featuring the Spice Girls
I’m not lying, there are references to the Spice Girls, and if anything that should make you add Her Majesty’s Royal Coven to your tbr lists ASAP. Juno Dawson is a mastermind for creating this funny, relatable British modern low fantasy and I am here for it.
I don’t see many of these kinds of fantasy books making waves in the market. These books meaning fantasy books with mature characters (in…
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#her majestys royal coven#juno dawson#HMRC#adult fiction#adult fantasy#witches#modern day witches#adult low fantasy reads#adult fantasy books#contemporary adult ficiton#book review
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Transfem Book Recs for International Women's Day
Happy International Women's Day! Here are some transfem book recommendations for you:
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Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier
Joy, to the World by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Just Happy To Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
Me and My Dysphoria Monster by Laura Kate Dale and Hui Qing Ang
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes
Fake It by Lily Seabrooke
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Fierce Femmes And Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor
Into the Gray by Margaret Killjoy
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante
#light from uncommon stars#cheer up: love and pompoms#joy to the world#a lady for a duke#tell me i'm worthless#just happy to be here#me and my dysphoria monster#pet#for the love of april french#fake it#detransition baby#fierce femmes and notorious liars#princess of the pomegranate moon#her majesty’s royal coven#the ojja-wojja#galaxy: the prettiest star#into the gray#little blue encyclopedia (for vivian)#transfem#trans books#queer books#transfem books#transfeminine books#trans book of the day#bookblr#booklr
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Top 10 of 2023 ✨
These were the reads that wouldn’t leave my head, that I loved the most, that I can’t stop thinking about even at the end of the year. What were yours?
#booklr#book photography#book picture#top 10#top 10 books#the foxglove king#delicious monsters#her majesty’s royal coven#divine rivals#fourth wing#happy place#weyward#house of roots and ruin#emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries#you again#bookworm#bibliophile#fiction#fantasy#romance#book community#book aesthetic#book lover#book nerd#my photos#mine
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happy trans day of visibility, i wanna share my favourite books i read for the trans rights readathon!
fiction:
fierce femmes and notorious liars: a dangerous trans girl's confabulous memoir by kai cheng thom (magical realism YA - a dark, humorous and surreal subversion of the "trans memoir" genre; trans MC+author)
a lady for a duke by alexis hall (cute historical regency romance; trans MC+genderqueer author)
the brides at high hill by nghi vo (fifth novella in the exquisite singing hills cycle; nonbinary MC; comes out may 7th!)
the salt grows heavy by cassandra khaw (weird (<-complimentary) and gory gothic horror novella about a killer mermaid and a plague doctor; nonbinary love interest+author)
nonfiction:
none of the above: reflections on life outside the binary by travis alabanza
readme.txt: a memoir by chelsea manning
#tdov#trans rights readathon#books#.txt#i'll be real there's a whole bunch of books i didnt get to so i might just keep going lmfao#i rly wanna read the devourers +her majesty's royal coven+the undetectables#and reread a psalm for the wild-built in polish#(i will definitely be normal abt reading a book i loved using nonbinary pronouns for the MC in my native language. for sure.)
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Character, book, and author names under the cut
Quinn Saint Nicholas- The Tarot Sequence by KD Edwards
Kade Bronson- Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire
Leonie Jackman- Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
Seregil í Korit Solun Meringil Bôkthersa- Luck in the shadows/the nightrunner series by Lynn Fleweling
#Quinn Saint Nicholas#the last sun#tls#the hanged man#thm#the hourglass throne#tht#The Tarot Sequence#KD Edwards#Kade Bronson#Wayward Children#Wayward Children Series#Seanan McGuire#Leonie Jackman#Her Majesty's Royal Coven#hmrc#Juno Dawson#Seregil í Korit Solun Meringil Bôkthersa#Luck in the shadows#seregil i korit#alec of kerry#the nightrunner series#Lynn Fleweling#lgbt books#polls#queer book character tournament 2.0
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read in 2023: witches
The Golden Frog Games
The Feast Makers
The Poisons We Drink
The Day Death Stopped
Every Gift a Curse
In The House of Transcendence
The Ojja-Wojja
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven & The Shadow Cabinet
Witch Hat Atelier
#read in 2023#the golden frog games#her majesty's royal coven#The Day Death Stopped#In The House of Transcendence
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Love your witch fic! Who are your favourite witches? 🪄🍂
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Bonnie Bennet - deserves better, is stunning
Diana Bishop
Marie Laveau!
Also, the witches in Juno Dawson's Her Majesty's Royal Coven!
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Spoilers for her majesty's royal coven:
Helena gets mad at snow for spying on her aunt's when she literally asked snow to spy on them?
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books read in 2023: her majesty's royal coven
four childhood best friends splinter in adulthood in the face of a great evil coming for their two covens- a traditional, bureaucratic coven and a more intersectional and inclusive coven. tackles aspects of transphobia & racism in the uk, to varying degrees of success imo. be sure to check trigger warnings
#her majesty’s royal coven#bookedit#books#witchy girls#i liked this book a lot! but i think it didn't nail the discussion of racism tho it tried a lot and i did like the Black characters#juno dawson is a trans author tho and the discussion of trans witches is great#definitely gonna read the next one#photoshop hard
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At the time of counting, and with the added Book Hater Discord votes, phantom of the opera won and I did not enjoy it. Maybe this isn't the year for classics.
This however, means picking a new book to read!
#anti booktok#booklr#poll#my next read#kaikeyi#the last a novel#the priory of the orange tree#my real children#her majestys royal coven#stories of your life and others#tpotot#hmrc#soylao
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Gosh, this series is good! The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson is the second in a series that started with Her Majesty's Royal Coven. At it begins (spoiler for the first book ahead), Ciara Kelly is trying to stay incognito as she takes over the body of the soon-to-be High Preistess of HMRC. Meanwhile, Leonie sets out to save her brother from the claws of escaped fugitive Hale, and personal dramas shake and curl in the small town where young Theo nurses a new body and huge magical potential. It's all about to get a whole lot worse.
The last thing I expected following the first book was to genuinely start rooting for Ciara. Talk about a good anti-hero! If the enemy of book one was transphobia, the enemy of this book is virulent toxic masculinity and patriarchy (what a surprise, right?). The novel swerves from humor to horror to dreadful suspense to emotional twists and turns by the pound. It's bold, dramatic, and impossible to put down, and just like the first, it ends with some pretty impossible feeling twists that will leave you reeling (I already have some theories, and am very, very interested in when 3rd book Human Rites is going to come out. Dawson's world continues to be rich, fascinating, and devastating.
Content warnings for g-slur, violence, misogyny, suicide, domestic abuse/violence, emotional abuse, addiction, sexual violence.
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