Juno Dawson

The follow-up to the sensational #1 Sunday Times bestseller Her Majesty's Royal Coven There's something rotten at the heart of government...

The Shadow Cabinet

Ellie 

It was not unreasonable, she felt, to want boys to find her appealing but for them not to seek to subjugate her. 

better than the first! the ending goes crazy

fris🐝

 I jumped on this one right after I finished « witch’s heart » by Genevieve Gornichec, one of my favourite reading in December 2023. In search for more witches stories I presume… ben oui. 

Good page turning book!I think I prefer this one to the 1st part 🤔 (that I enjoyed). I like the fact that the writer made me feel through good dialogues, inner thoughts and without using the « I » narrative form, that the characters got their own personalities, mental struggles and patterns. They have a voice, a body. Each. They speak/think their own way, which (in my experience !) is not always the case in Fantasy novels when the story is more prevalent than the characters. Here and there we find some references to British culture, like when the writer mentions Prodigy video clip to describe a place visited by Leonie: that speaks so much in just few words about the place and Leonie ´s points de reference !! I do like the dynamic it gives to the narrative, bravo!

Noone (talking about the witches) is only good or bad in this book, nuances and shades of grey show their face. It’s maybe a typical advantage feature of arriving 2d?

That makes me like Ciara more than Niamh.

And aahhh …? A damn good twist, you got me! 

All in all, a Good urban witch story and under-control-pace, good chapter structure for each witch’s part of the story and complex character development. Not easy to surprise the reader in a very populated such as this one.

 thing though: I could stop after this one, for me, as is, this story could be a duology. Which is somewhat good as (selfishly) I would have to hold my breath for the nb3 («Human rites ») to be published sometime in the future. We will see..

Barbara

 I jumped on this one right after I finished « witch’s heart » by Genevieve Gornichec, one of my favourite reading in December 2023. In search for more witches stories I presume… ben oui. 

Good page turning book!I think I prefer this one to the 1st part 🤔 (that I enjoyed). I like the fact that the writer made me feel through good dialogues, inner thoughts and without using the « I » narrative form, that the characters got their own personalities, mental struggles and patterns. They have a voice, a body. Each. They speak/think their own way, which (in my experience !) is not always the case in Fantasy novels when the story is more prevalent than the characters. Here and there we find some references to British culture, like when the writer mentions Prodigy video clip to describe a place visited by Leonie: that speaks so much in just few words about the place and Leonie ´s points de reference !! I do like the dynamic it gives to the narrative, bravo!

Noone (talking about the witches) is only good or bad in this book, nuances and shades of grey show their face. It’s maybe a typical advantage feature of arriving 2d?

That makes me like Ciara more than Niamh.

And aahhh …? A damn good twist, you got me! 

All in all, a Good urban witch story and under-control-pace, good chapter structure for each witch’s part of the story and complex character development. Not easy to surprise the reader in a very populated such as this one.

One thing though: I could stop after this one, for me, as is, this story could be a duology. Which is somewhat good as (selfishly) I would have to hold my breath for the nb3 («Human rites ») to be published sometime in the future. We will see..

This second book is packed full of twists and a more in depth look at the surviving characters from the first book.

Ciara (pronounced Kyra), is pretending to be Niamh (pronounced Neeve). Dabney is still missing.

This book introduces witch hunters (and killers), and was one of the best and scariest plot lines of the book as it mirrors real life sentiments of some men towards women.

The book really rounds out more of the characters which I loved.

The broad LGBTQ+ representation is beautiful and so important. As well as Bipoc women. So much happens in this book, that I’m still processing and I cannot wait for the third installment.

This book is definitely more scary than the first, but even better.

I listened to the audio version as I loved Nicola (Bridgerton and Derry Girls) reading book one. She is a truly fantastic narrator giving different inflections and accents to the characters.

Suzanne

This second book is packed full of twists and a more in depth look at the surviving characters from the first book.

Ciara (pronounced Kyra), is pretending to be Niamh (pronounced Neeve). Dabney is still missing.

This book introduces witch hunters (and killers), and was one of the best and scariest plot lines of the book as it mirrors real life sentiments of some men towards women.

The book really rounds out more of the characters which I loved.

The broad LGBTQ+ representation is beautiful and so important. As well as Bipoc women. So much happens in this book, that I’m still processing and I cannot wait for the third installment.

This book is definitely more scary than the first, but even better.

I listened to the audio version as I loved Nicola (Bridgerton and Derry Girls) reading book one. She is a truly fantastic narrator giving different inflections and accents to the characters.

The Shadow Cabinet

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