“Superbandalmostunbearablycharming,HerMajesty’sRoyalCoven...expertlylaunchesanexcitingnewtrilogy.--TheNewYorkTimesBookReviewTalkaboutagutpunchofanovel....Aprovocativeexplorationofintersectionalfeminism,loyalty,genderandtransphobia[that]invitesreadersintoanintricatelywovenwebofmagic,friendshipandpower.--TheNerdDailyADiscoveryofWitchesmeetsTheCraftinthisepicfantasyaboutagroupofchildhoodfriendswhoarealsowitches.Ifyoulookhardenoughatoldphotographs,we’rethereinthebackground:healersinthetrenches;Suffragettes;BletchleyParkoracles;landgirlsandresistancefighters.Whyisitwehelpintimesofcrisis?Wehaveagift.WearestrongerthanMundanes,plainandsimple.Atthedawnoftheiradolescence,ontheeveofthesummersolstice,fouryounggirls--Helena,Leonie,NiamhandElle--tooktheoathtojoinHerMajesty’sRoyalCoven,establishedbyQueenElizabethIasacovertgovernmentdepartment.Now,decadeslater,thewitchcommunityisstillreelingfromacivilwarandHelenaisthereigningHighPriestessoftheorganization.YetHelenaistheonlyoneofherfriendgroupstillenmeshedinthestalebureaucracyofHMRC.Elleistryingtopretendshe’sanormalhousewife,andNiamhhasbecomeacountryvet,usingherpowerstohealsickanimals.InwhatHelenaperceivesasthedeepestbetrayal,Leoniehasdefectedtostartherownmoreinclusiveandintersectionalcoven,Diaspora.AndnowHelenahasabiggerproblem.AyoungwarlockofextraordinarycapabilitieshasbeencapturedbyauthoritiesandseemstothreatentheveryexistenceofHMRC.Withconflictingbeliefsoverthebestcourseofaction,thefourfriendsmustdecidewheretheirloyaltieslie:withpreservingtradition,ordoingwhatisright.JunoDawsonexploresgenderandthecorruptingnatureofpowerinadelightfulandprovocativestoryofmagicandmatriarchy,friendshipandfeminism.Dealingwithalltheaspectsofcontemporarywomanhood,aswellasbeingphenomenallypowerfulwitches,Niamh,Helena,LeonieandEllemayhavegrownapartbuttheywillalwaysbeboundbythesisterhoodofthecoven.
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