Juno Dawson's Her Majesty's Royal Coven
So this was a mostly very fun read, set in a world much like our own but with witches (and warlocks), some of whom are part of the government. The story here is set in England, about a group of women who were all inducted as witches together when they were girls, and now one is the head of the titular governmental coven, one has started her own, more inclusive coven (she's a black lesbian), one is a country vet, trying to stay out of things after a witch civil war, and one is a mother of two hiding her witchiness from her husband, but then her daughter starts showing powers. Ugh there is a lot of backstory in this. Anyway, the plot kicks off when a young trans girl with super witch powers is discovered, and the head government witch turns out to be a terf and also thinks the poor kid is going to bring about the apocalypse. So everyone has to team up to fight the transphobic authorities! I will say I enjoyed reading this a lot, I really liked the (nice) characters and their friendships, but I found parts of the ending to be somewhat upsetting (as intended). This is the first of a trilogy and you gotta have a cliffhanger, but that one sank my stomach. A-/B+.
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