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Book in Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series: #3
With Her Majesty’s Royal Coven in shambles and the fate of the world hanging in the balance, the sisterhood of friends and witches must find a new way of putting together the pieces if (wo)mankind is to stand a chance, in this final chapter to Juno’s “irresistible” series (Lana Harper)
Niamh, Ciara, Leonie, Elle and Theo. Five very different witches with one thing in common: they were unwittingly chosen by the dangerously charming Lucifer, the demon king of desire, to fulfil a dark prophecy: Satanis will rise and the daughters of Gaia will fall.
The coven is reunited—but broken. Niamh is back from the dead…but she hasn’t come back alone. Elle mourns a son she never had. Ciara languishes in a prison for witches, and Leonie reels from a very unexpected surprise.
Meanwhile, Lucifer offers fledgling witch Theo a deal: if she helps him, her coven—her family—will be spared. But the magic he asks for will take her out of London—out of time, entirely.
The final confrontation between good and evil in the spectacular conclusion to the saga of Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.
CW: death, violence, transphobia
Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Review
This book is a satisfying end to this trilogy globally. We start with a complex situation where everything is going downhill, and we see as we read every piece of the puzzle being put back together.
The characters were so interesting to read as they are humans with demons, and to see them accept or overcome them was so true to reality. They are just millennials, with all the references coming with it, who want to make a change for the world and sometimes struggle to do it, but grow while doing it. The thing is that there is an imbalance in the povs we follow, whether it be the four Hebden Girls or the other characters. However, there is a character that I learned to like in this book, contrary to the previous book, Senait. I would like to have a book just about her and her adventures.
This book feels enough without being enough. I think I would have liked two books and not only one, as there are a lot of important moments that are rushed, and there is a lot to wrap up. Some events are slow to come and end too quickly. There is a part that I struggle with with as it can be complex to understand how it works and what the characters will learn from that, but also I always find this method to be an easy way to explain elements that we need to have to understand the end (Also spoiler: I’m not a time travel girly). The fact that we follow a lot of viewpoint doesn’t help this feeling as we easily change of settings or part of the story for only some pages.
Overall, the book wraps up the series really well. However, as there is a ton to tie up, which makes some of the plot sometimes difficult to follow.
Regarding the series, I’m sad to have finished it, and I think that’s why I would have liked to have two books instead of one. I liked to be back with this eclectic group that, as the books are published, is becoming larger, even if you have a core of four millennials who fight for their beliefs with comprehension, communication and love. I can’t recommend it enough!
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for sending me a digital review copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
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