I really enjoyed Mooncakes, the concept of the whole story was wonderfully written. The art was beautiful and complimented the story well.

Mooncakes follows 2 teenagers, Nova a hard of hearing Witch and Tam a non-binary Werewolf. We are brought into their relationship of child hood friends to lovers, acceptance of love/ family/ appearance no matter what form it takes. A cute all-rounder that wants you needing more with every page turn.

The character development throughout the whole story grows from start to finish. The imagery throughout is pleasing to the eye and draws you in with the minor details on every panel, subtly introduced but continued from the very first panel to the very last.

Highly recommended read for the end of 2019 and for years to come afterwards.

This wasn't like the most though provoking piece of literature or anything, but it wasn't trying to be. It was cute and fluffy and wonderfully magical.

Some of the magic was a bit hard fo understand because of the way it was laid out, and it was very quick moving and not all that flushed out in parts but I still really enjoyed this and reccomend licking it up if ita something that sounds up your alley.

I loved the diversity and how much rep there was, and it was a fun little read to get into the spooky spirit.

This was such a cute story. I loved the art work so much. It was the perfect thing to read going into fall. I can't wait to be able to buy the physical copy and see the whole thing in color.

This was very cute!! The main character is an apprentice witch living with her grandmothers (that's right, older lgbtqa+ representation!) who'll have to solve a paranormal mystery involving a demon and an old crush who's back in town. I loved the way this story had so much representation, from the main character's hearing-aid, to her fat science-nerd best-friend to her nonbinary love interest... and so on! Like the introduction says so well, this isn't a story about that, but the representation is just part of who the characters are.
The witch/werewolf love story was adorable and super soft, the whole book having such a nice feel of people supporting one another.
The art was nice, though it still felt a bit rough, but it also added to a sweet atmosphere with the soft colours.
The plot was a little bit easy but had an old-school feel like it was from an old Buffy or Sabrina episode, which I loved to watch, so: nice.

The representation is this book was so amazing! I can't wait to see if there is more to come in the future.

I don't remember ever reading a comic with such a sweet, beautiful art and story! Really, the graphics in this one are stunning, the colouring happens to just match my taste exactly. The illustrations are incredibly gorgeous and every page is an absolute heartfelt work of art. How do you even make a picture so quietly adorable and sweet that you feel things just looking at it? It's magic, truly.

There’s not a lot of world building but honestly the comic doesn’t need it. All of the character designs were lovely, and as far as I can tell. This was also a tale of friendship and family, of adventures long gone, but present days being filled with good memories with a touch of spooky.

This story is a sweet fall paranormal romance. I appreciated the representation. However, I found the plot lacking. I would have appreciated more of a back story between the two main characters. We learn that they are rekindling a romance after being apart, but since we don't get much of their back story, it seems like instalove. I never really got into the storyline and some of the details were difficult to follow. Overall, it's an okay story that will probably appeal to readers looking for gender-inclusive stories.

one of the best graphic novels ive read this year. I love the art style and the story was easy to follow. a very quick read that pulled me out of my reading slump and I want more

I received an advanced readers copy from NetGalley in exchange for my free and honest review.

Nova is a witch who is hard of hearing who's best friend from childhood is a white werewolf named Tam. When Tam comes back in to Nova's life they bring love, and trouble along for the ride.

As you might have noticed Tam is non-binary preferring to use they/them pronouns. I bring this up only because I want to applaud it being done so well. Every character handles it with grace and embraces Tam and the person they are and it's really great to see.

Speaking of characters my favorites were Nova's Grandma's those two feisty ladies stole the show every time they are in the panel. They support Nova and Tam, teasing as grandma's do, but showering them both with love and support.

If you like a story about magic and LGBTQ love you will enjoy this story I guarantee it.

This is such a great manga!! Within the first few pages it gave me a Harry Potter vibe ! This will be an amazing series and I hope one day it will be transformed into an anime series! I will highly recommend this manga to anyone having Harry Potter , or even book withdrawal! I appreciate that this isn’t like your typical Japanese manga, it has a western feel to it which is great for anyone starting out with the manga world!!

This is such an adorable graphic novel that's just so full of heart and warm feels *heart eyes*

~All the casual diversity~

Nova, the main character is Chinese-American, queer and lives with her badass and super sweet grandmothers who are a couple. And they're a family of witches! Tam is Nova's non-binary Chinese-American werewolf crush from her childhood and ahhh they're just super adorable and cute. Nova also has a hearing disability so wears hearing aids and I love how the book totally acknowledges the trouble she has with them.

~Modern witchiness and magic~

Witches always seem to be a thing of epic fantasies so I was just super excited about seeing them in the modern world alongside all the technology and the conundrum of regular life. Nova's grandmothers run a bookshop that also sells witchcraft books, there are books that bite, archdemons, spell inventing, cute spirits in the forest and aslkgfllghkkk it's all just so cute!

~Female friendships and Supportive family relationships~

Nova and Tatyana have such a CUTE friendship. I love how Tat is a total science geek and keeps pretend-hating magic just to annoy Nova. I also love how she teases Nova and Tam, is totally supportive of Nova's feelings and thoughts and just AHHH <3
Also Nova has something of a big family and they are all just super supportive. Like every other family, they have their issues but all the family members are so full of love for each other.

~Adorable Illustrations~

The illustrations totally take the cake <3 I especially loved the cute spirits! The panels with them were so colourful and made me want to step right into the page.

Overall, a cute graphic novel that I didn't know I needed with witches, werewolves and a diverse cast

Overall, this graphic novel was fantastic. I definitely have no complaints. The characters were well thought out and the relationships in the story were adorable. I really loved the LGBTQ representation. It was done in a way that didn't make it the focus of the story. The author was able to make it just apart of the characters' lives.
The artwork was also amazing.
I can't wait to read more from this author in the future.

This was so adorable. The artstyle was really great and I really loved the relationship between Nova and Tam! I love the best friends to lovers trope so this was perfect for me! I also loved the queer rep and the nonbinary and the hearing aids representation! It was so wholesome and fun. I would recommend this to everyone who wants to have a sweet good time!

Mooncakes is a brand-new graphic novel being released October 15th. With it’s soft-spooky vibes, wonderfully diverse characters and atmospheric artwork; Mooncakes is the perfect Halloween read and, allow me to tell you why I cannot recommend it enough.

Mooncakes is told from the POV of Nova; a witch in training who lives with her grandmothers and secretly still misses her childhood best friend, and Tam; a werewolf on the run, who decides to return to the one place they were happiest. You can all see were this is going right? Yep. Childhood best friends reunited, and yes, the sparks fly!

It was glorious and so very sweet.

In addition to the romance Mooncakes explores a multitude of relationships. Including: Nova’s bond with her family and specifically her grandmothers, Tam’s relationship with their mother and stepfather, and Nova’s connection to her magic. I would like to point out how much I adored Nova’s unique way of controlling her magic. Due to being hard of hearing and wearing a hearing aid, Nova teaches herself new spells and tricks by combining the hearing aid with her magic.

The representation had my heart soaring. Our cast of characters are all Chinese- American. Everyone is also queer. Upon returning Tam comes out to Nova and her family as non-binary; Nova’s grandmothers are happily married and the main romance throughout is f/enby. Furthermore, we also have some lovely scenes like the one below with Nova’s badass grandmothers.

The artwork and illustrations were stunning. The tone was dark and gave a perfect fall setting. It’s valid that the fall setting could also be from, you know – the witches and werewolves, but we’ll go with what I said.

Overall: I highly recommend this graphic novel. I did have one or two issues with the plot and pacing towards the end but so much made up for them. Considering Halloween is just around the corner I feel this is the perfect read; especially if you need something light and spooky after all the heavy horror reads.

I was surprised with Mooncakes and the diversity it has. Mooncakes is a about a hard-to-hear girl, Nova, who lives with her grandmas and they are all witches. The other character, Tam, is a non-binary werewolf that returns to fight off a demon. The story between the characters is so adorable and loved it. I really liked how both Nova and Tam are trying to figure out who they are as individuals. The atmosphere and setting of the story gave me so many fall, witchy vibes. Let’s not forget the illustrations, they are amazing!
The only downside was the sudden love story. I wish it had not happened so suddenly. I believe it would have been better to have seen the characters grow more as individuals and then perhaps see how each fits into their lives.
If you love cutesy and magic filled stories, this one's for you!
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It has everything that I adore in books. Family, friendship, magic, and love. This is my first time reading about a non binary character also a character that’s hard of hearing so that was exciting. The family and best friend were absolute gems and super supportive. The art style was super cute and the color scheme went well with the story. Overall a great read to start the fall and I can’t wait to get a finished copy in October!

This is the cutest book I've read as of late. The artwork alone was adorable but the storyline puts it over the top. The worldbuilding puts you in the story, and the images really pull you beside the characters. I can't help but love this story.

Nova is a teenage witch living with her two grandmothers in a world where magic tacitly exists. When her childhood friend and love, Tam, a werewolf, comes back into her life, she gets wrapped up in a quest to defeat a demon alongside Tam.

This was a quick and cute read but needed a bit more world-building to truly get a 5 star rating. I found myself wanting more in terms of plot and motivations of the antagonist(s) in order to truly understand. I did, however, really love the representation in this graphic novel. Nova is hearing impaired and wears hearing aids, she lives with her gay grandmas, and is in love with Tam whose pronouns have shifted from she/her to they/them in the time that they have been apart. This gave me major Sabrina the Teenage Witch vibes and was equally as cute.

Mooncakes is about a Nova, a queer, hard of hearing witch living with her two grandmothers, and her long-lost childhood friend Tam, who is a nonbinary werewolf, coming into her life because of a horse demon in the region, and having to defeat said demon. Overall, this was a very cute story, and I loved that while the characters were queer and disabled and Asian and it was canonical and mentioned, but it wasn't the focus of the story. I loved the elements just being part of life. However, this is a story about magic, and I felt that a lot of the explanations involving magic were extremely lacking, to the point that I couldn't follow the story. For example, when Nova and Tam were doing the two witches seeing each other's minds thing, I didn't understand anything that happened there, and how it lead to them knowing that Tam would be able to defeat the demon with their wolf magic in the very next chapter. This was near the middle of the story, so the rest of the story I was still confused and not sure whether to trust that the characters' powers were actually what they said they were. The illustrations are beautiful and cute, but the story overall was just fine.

This was a gorgeous story of witchcraft, magic and love that shows us that anything is possible! That love comes in all forms! That not everyone/thingis just good or bad, that sometimes you have to see the whole picture to understand.
A story I would recommend to everyone! I don't want to say too much and ruin the story for you, so please just read it!