Book Review: The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson (Her Majesty's Royal Coven book 2)

I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this series - Her Majesty's Royal Coven. The basic premise is that there is a secretive cabal of witches which run a shadow government organisation. There's skulduggery, slattern-ish behaviour, and sexy scandals.

And lots of violence and death. And a big dollop of modern-misogyny to make it particularly zeitgeisty.

It is delightful in its playfulness with language. It relishes in its tropes:

She had finally become the thing he feared. The thing she feared she’d been all along. The Wicked Witch of West Yorkshire.

The plot twists are done well, and I didn't even mind the set-up to the inevitable threequel.

I think my only complaint is... well...

SPOILERS

The way Dabney, the big bad, is killed is particularly disappointing. He's built up into an invincible god and then he's literally dispatched with a flick of the wrist.

It's a breezy and fun book - well worth checking out.