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“Both history and future are fictions. Only the present is real.”

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

December 27, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

From the official plot description: 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. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR15, demons, feminism, friendship, her majesty's royal coven, juno dawson, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, transphobia, witches ·
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Cozy Fantasy(?) Reviews

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

December 11, 2023 by Tracy Leave a Comment

In The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Mika Moon is a 31-year-old witch who, like other witches around the world, hides who she is. Every 3 months she meets up with other witches in Great Britain for a few hours, but aside from that, they have little to no contact with each other. But Mika loves magic so much and wants to share it with a community so badly that she creates videos in which she performs magic. She doesn’t expect any viewers to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cozy fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones, Sangu Mandanna, witches

Tracy's CBR15 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cozy fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones, Sangu Mandanna, witches ·
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Magical foodie middle grade~

Just a Pinch of Magic by Alechia Dow

December 6, 2023 by LB Leave a Comment

Gosh. This was such a delightful book, full of yummy food, new friendships, and so much magic! I keep wanting to read Alechia Dow’s books because the themes are always exactly my jam, but I struggle with scifi, so when I saw she had a contemporary fantasy middle grade coming out, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it! Wini is from a family of Food Enchanters, but the small town she lives in all seems to hate her because her mother cast a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Alechia Dow, enchanters, food magic, friendship, just a pinch of magic, magic, middle grade, queer, queer norm, recipes included, witches

LB's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction · Tags: Alechia Dow, enchanters, food magic, friendship, just a pinch of magic, magic, middle grade, queer, queer norm, recipes included, witches ·
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Getting it mostly right in the end

Kooky volume 3 by Miriam Bonastre Tur

December 3, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Volume 3 of Hooky shows us what the kids can really do when they start to free themselves from the adults and start building the world they want to see. There’s a three year time skip at the start and due to a probably natural death, it’s time for some big decisions, like does Monica really want to marry William like she’s said for a good chunk of the story up to now? Or maybe has her heart shifted? Dorian has been missing the entire […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novel, Hooky, Miriam Bonastre Tur, WebToon, witches

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:87 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novel, Hooky, Miriam Bonastre Tur, WebToon, witches ·
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The witch and werewolf go to school and some other things…but it’s not a romance

The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova

November 27, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Where do witches go to school? Well if you are the kids in this book, and are a special kind of witch called a Weirn, you go to the school the humans do. Only at night, after everyone has left and magic makes it morph into a school for the magical creatures. All the usual suspects are there in Svetlana Chmakova’s graphic novel, The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods, the mean girl (who used to be a friend and has […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: cousins, family, monsters, paranormal, school, siblings, Svetlana Chmakova, werewolves, witches

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:832 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: cousins, family, monsters, paranormal, school, siblings, Svetlana Chmakova, werewolves, witches ·
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Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by BROM

November 12, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit is awoken in the darkness of the wood, fed by blood and the prayers of the wild spirits name him Father and Slayer. They lure a clumsy farmer into a cave to feed him to the spirit, making young Abitha a widow. Abitha already doesn’t fit into the Puritan community with her outspoken ways and questioning of the rules. Having grown up in London, Abitha was sold by her drunken father and married off to a stranger, who thankfully turns […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: 17th Century America, Brom, CBR15, historical fiction, horror, magic, Malin, nature spirits, Outland book club, paranormal fantasy, persecution, Puritans, Racism, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, witches

Malin's CBR15 Review No:67 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery · Tags: 17th Century America, Brom, CBR15, historical fiction, horror, magic, Malin, nature spirits, Outland book club, paranormal fantasy, persecution, Puritans, Racism, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, witches ·
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