Human Rites
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4.6 • 15 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE COVEN IS BACK in HUMAN RITES, the spectacular, hotly anticipated conclusion to Juno Dawson’s SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN series.
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.
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.
But Lucifer has deadly offer for fledgling witch Theo: help him and her coven – her family – will be spared as the rest of humanity perishes in a hellish new reality. Save the ones she loves? Or save the world? The choice is hers…
The final confrontation between good and evil is about to commence in the spectacular conclusion to the insatiable Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.
Readers are spellbound by HMRC:
'Juno Dawson is at the top of her game in this vibrant and meticulous take on witchcraft. Her characteristic wit and grit shine through’ Samantha Shannon
‘I fell in love with her coven’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘A breath of fresh air’ Joanne Harris
‘Utterly compelling’ Louise O’Neill
‘I devoured this’ Lindsey Kelk
‘Thrilling and hair-raising’ Russell T Davies
‘Beautiful, moving and witty’ Cecelia Ahern
‘Compulsively readable and touching – I loved it’ Marian Keyes
About the author
Juno Dawson is a bestselling novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and a columnist for Attitude Magazine.
Juno’s books include the global bestsellers, THIS BOOK IS GAY and CLEAN. She won the 2020 YA Book Prize for MEAT MARKET. She also writes for television and has multiple shows in development both in the UK and US. An occasional actress and model, Juno appeared in the BBC’s I MAY DESTROY YOU (2020) and HOLBY CITY (2021) and was the face of Jecca Cosmetics Play Pots campaign.
Her journalism has appeared in Glamour, The Pool, Dazed and the Guardian. She has appeared on Pointless Celebrities, BBC Women’s Hour, Front Row, ITV News, Channel 5 News, This Morning and Newsnight.
Juno lives in Brighton. She is a part of the queer cabaret collective known as CLUB SILENCIO. In 2014, Juno became a School Role Model for the charity STONEWALL.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Girl power goes toe-to-toe against demonic forces in Dawson's explosive finale to the HMRC trilogy (after The Shadow Cabinet), which finds its expansive cast of magical women at crossroads as they struggle to accept the extent to which Satanis, in his attempts to return to the physical plane, has shaped the course of their lives. Young witch Theo brings her adopted guardian, HMRC High Priestess Niamh, back to life in a forbidden necromantic ritual, inadvertently also summoning an unwanted stowaway from the afterlife. Lesbian activist Leonie carries an impossible secret after her visit to the island sanctuary of Aeaea, and Niamh's pariah twin, Ciara, is haunted by the (literal) demons of her past. Meanwhile, healer Elle, still reeling from the revelation that her teenage son was a satanic illusion, reckons with newfound power. As the stakes rise to world-shattering levels, Dawson leans more heavily into cinematic action scenes than soap opera intrigue, but still finds space for her trademark interpersonal drama, delivering satisfying bombshells and heartbreaking twists while bringing complex plot and character arcs in for a smooth landing. This binge-worthy and well-executed series closer cements HMRC's place in the pantheon of queer feminist urban fantasy.
