Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin books for an early release copy.

Venture into the historical prequel of Juno Dawson world of Her majesty’s Royal Coven or how I really felt about this novella, the world within a world so to speak. Juno Dawson is a fantastic writer but as I’m reading this, I’m wondering was this a story that really needed to be told.

So this isn’t really story of Anne Boleyn but the coven she left behind and the mystery that enthralled them on who betrayed Anne. I did want more of a story about Anne but it’s probably better to go past that and not tell a story that has already been retold excessively. This tale is of powerful, strong women minimized down to that of a love triangle. To say that I was disappointed would be an understatement . 

I’m happy this was just a novella , as there wasn’t enough story there for a full novel. It really left me wanting to return to the original story and how the author is going to finally tie up those loose ends and cliff hangers from book 1 and 2. This was fine but nothing too rememberable. Even though this is a historical novella, the language bounces from modern to historic, so if that can throw you off, reader beware. I begrudgingly give this three stars because it is written well and those more into historical romantasy may love it but alas, I am not that girl