I just want everyone to read this! It was so cute and queer and diverse and basically, I need everyone and their grandmother to read this!
We have a protagonist who wears hearing aids (and it's totally normal!!) and a nonbinary love interest who prefers they/them pronouns, we have a supportive family and did I mention there are werewolves? Witches? Magic!?
I cannot recommend this graphic novel enough! The art was so stunning and don't even get me started on the story and the characters. I just want five hundred more of these graphic novels, thanks.

I received this for review purposes via Netgalley.

This was a quick read, I really enjoyed the artwork, it was really fun and pretty though for the last third of the book it was in black and white instead of color which I didn’t like but maybe that was due to it being an arc?
The story was good but it felt like there was a lot of lead up for a ending that felt rushed and a bit flat.
I would read more from this author tho.

Read the arc on netgalley!

"Sometimes, I think we need space. A chance to go out on our own, find our own way."

This graphic novel was so damn pure and cute and magical and I loved it!

The story follows a young witch named Nova who lives with her two grandmothers and their adorable cat. She's still dealing with the loss of her parents and unsure on what she wants to do with her life. Tam, a non-binary werewolf comes back into Nova's life when they are tracking down and attempting to get rid of a demon that appeared in their town, and Nova stumbles across Tam in their wolf form, attempting to get rid of the demon. They knew each other when they were younger but they really form a connection when they find each other again.

Their relationship was so pure and adorable. I loved the fact that they were constantly supporting each other with everything and that they were always there for each other, no matter what was happening. Their first kiss was one of the most adorable first kiss scenes I've read.

The family and friendship in this were amazing. Nova's grandmothers were so supportive of her and Tam and were always there to help them with any issue that happened. They never looked down on them for needing help, they just wanted to do whatever they could to help them. Nova's best friend, Tat was also a hilarious add on to the story! I loved that she was skeptic about the witches' magic and how it all worked but she was supportive of Nova at the same time.

I loved the diversity and rep in this graphic novel. Nova and Tam are both Chinese-American. Nova is hard-of-hearing and uses hearing aids. I think this might be the only book I've read with a character who is hard of hearing and I'm really glad that those who are like Nova have this representation to see and connect to! Tam is non-binary and again, more representation that I am so glad that those like Tam will be able to see themselves in them and connect to this story.

I loved all of the magical elements in this graphic novel, from the witches' magic, to all of the cute magical spirits and creatures included.

This was just the purest graphic novel and I am so glad that I had a chance to read it early.

Side note: I loved all of the puns So Much.

5/5

Well what can I say about mooncakes which is a graphic novel about two girls nova who is a with with hearing problems and tam who is a werewolf. Tam returns to her hometown and their love for each other is rekindle. There is another story weaved into the novel of evil demon like horses in the wood what reasons are they there and what do they want and who brought them there. I also love the relationship between nova and her grandparents who have looked after nova after her parents had passed even though her dead parents do visit her as ghosts. I think the artwork is stunning and suits the story and would love to read more from Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker as I think they are very talented. Therefore I am giving them 5 stars for such an entertaining read which took me a day to read

I really enjoyed the representation in this graphic novel. Both main characters, Nova and Tam are Chinese American. Nova is a witch who is hard of hearing, and Tam is a non-binary werewolf who uses they/them pronouns. This is a romance and Tam's identity wasn't addressed more than an interaction with them correcting a character on their pronouns. I would've liked to see that addressed a little more from Tam because they hadn't seen Nova in quite some time and there was a lot of catching up to do. But, I also respect that Tam's identity wasn't fully expanded on because it's nice to just see a non-binary character in love.

In general, I absolutely loved the illustrations, they were stunning! Especially the magic scenes, they blew me away! There was a lot of attention to detail in all of the right moments and the addition of the black cats were a plus for me! I would've liked more depth to the story because it felt sort of rushed. I felt like the authors just wanted to write a romance, if so they should've just stuck to that.

This genuinely was one of the sweetest graphic novels I've read in a while! It tackles morality, individual growth, family and so much more in such a short amount of time. I read it in less than an hour and honestly, would recommend this to everyone. It's super short and sweet, but really packs a punch. Also my heart is so here for the queer romance in this, and the witchy, whimsical vibes are everything! The perfect read for it's October release date!! <3

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via netgalley.

Love is love is love is love! #Mooncakes

This book is a LGBT+ dream come true! I love how Tam corrects Nana when calling her 'she' & tells her how she goes by they/them & no one even bats an eye. The acceptance in this book is beautiful! The love this family shares is inspiring, especially the love they give. At one point Novas mother gets mad about her not leaving home but I agree with the Nana's thats what they all decided would be best & I think it was best at the time, they helped raise a wonderful, caring, strong & brave young woman! I'm obsessed with Nova & her entire family! I especially like her cousin Terry & secretly want to know more about what happened to him. Tams wolf magic is absolutely amazing! I hope she learns to master it more & really get to use it in another battle with Nova by her side! Can't wait to read more adventures with them!

Mooncakes is just full of adorable.
Yes, i know. I said ADORABLE! Sweet and joyous and amazing too.



Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker have together created an imaginative story of two childhood friends Nova and Tam, who parted before their crushes for each other could be addressed -re-united unexpectedly but joyously.
Together they will test their own feelings, their abilities and support each other on their journeys of self exploration.
Navigating all of this alone would make for a good story in itself, but Tam has returned to face literal demons and Nova will have Tam's back against all odds.


This book is full of excellent representation. Chinese American characters, one protagonist is partially deaf, the other non-binary identifying with they/them pronouns. Unusual families who feel realistically complicated, annoying - but still loving and supportive in their individual ways.


I really have a weakness for adorable love stories, tales of the paranormal and great art. Mooncakes combines all three! I love it.
Mooncakes is ideal for anyone teen and above, i'll certainly be hyping this book up to everyone i can.


5 Stars.


Mooncakes is published by Lion Forge and is released and will be available from the 15th October 2019. This review is based upon an uncorrected proof kindly provided by the publisher Lion Forge, through Netgalley.

This graphic novel follows a witch and a werewolf that are reunited through trying to stop a horse that is possessed by a demon.

This was so cute! It’s not often you get to read stories that contain good support systems for the main characters and it was so refreshing. The relationships between Nova and the Nanas was so wholesome and lovely to read about, and the progression of the relationships between Tam and Nova was so sweet.

The relationship between Tam and Nova was one of support and love that isn’t often seen within YA, and the representation within the relationship allow was great.

However, there was little backstory, so it was difficult to get invested within the stories and the characters. The relationship between Tam and Nova was rushed, especially as they had only met when they were children for what seemed like less than a year.

This was a short, but sweet, read.

This is a super sweet, soft graphic novel staring Nova, a Hard of Hearing Chinese-American, and Tam, a nonbinary Chinese American. They were best friends but Tam moved away before either confessed to romantic feelings. When a wolf-demon is looses back in the town where Nova lives, Tam returns because they know they’re the only one who can vanquish the demon.

The art in this graphic novel is super adorable and sweet. I love the friendship between Nova and Tatyana as well as the familial dynamics with Nova and her grandmothers. There’s great adventure elements with Nova and Tam trying to figure out how to defeat the demon, but I also liked how comic showed the research that goes into magic.

This was just such a heartwarming graphic novel that had a mixture of supernatural and fantasy elements with a pinch of romance and self-discovery. It was just such a cute and fun read that I have a hard time believing kids and teens will not be enjoying this latest release.

This book is an adorable queer witchy adventure! There is all sorts of diversity, a mystery to solve, twists and turns, and an excellent story overall. I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves graphic novels, diverse books, witchy stuff, or any reluctant readers.

I appreciate the diversity in the representation in this graphic novel! So many people will love this book, and the art is just too precious. I know that there are people in my library that will benefit from having a book with this representation.

This graphic novel is so cute and fun to read. The main protagonist is named Nova who is a witch and lives with her two grandmothers. Nova discovers her friend Tam is back in town and they find themselves trying to defeat a demon.

Things I love is that the two main characters are Chinese American
Nova is hard of hearing and Tam is non-binary. Also the grandmothers are in a relationship together. I liked the pictures and the story is cute.

This was such a fun book with great characters, really nice magic, and warmth.
I loved the writing, the story and the illustrations. If you want to have a good time, go for it. It's amazing!
Thanks a lot Netgalley and the publisher for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

What a sweet story!! Nova is a witch with hearing aids who lives with her grandmas and works at their bookstore café. Tam is a non-binary werewolf who used to be Nova’a crush before they moved. Both of them are Chinese-American and now that Tam is back, trying to stop a demon who’s hiding near Nova’s home, they find each other again.
I loved all the characters, especially Nova’s best friend, who loves science and does not understand witchcraft but supports her friend no matter what.

I’m so glad NetGalley provided a copy in exchange for an honest review, because I loved reading this and if you’re looking for an adorable, fun story with tons of representation, do not hesitate to get this book!

I never knew how much I needed this precious graphic novel about a queer hard-of-hearing witch and a nonbinary werewolf (both Chinese-American) childhood-friends-to-lovers relationship, but WOW, here we are and this is going to be one of my favorite releases of the year, no doubt at all.

Because I'm having a hard time putting into normal review formatting how much I loved this, let the bullets do their thing:

• DIVERSITY FOR DAAAAYYYYYS
• Not only are both MCs Chinese-American and queer, but Nova has two grandmas in a relationship with each other, too?! KILLING ME WITH CUTENESS, Y’ALL
• Such sweet and wholesome witchy rep, please give me more stories about good witches interacting with nature and doing sweet protective craft ♥
• This art is adorable, full stop, and can we just take a moment to appreciate the precious quiet detail of Tam’s ears?!
• Tam uses they/them pronouns (and even corrects other characters) and the other characters are so respectful of them!
• Multiple references to Nova’s hearing aids ♥
• Nova’s bestie is the obligatory skeptic character who’s also a trip and ships Nova/Tam so hard, A++ wing-woman over here
• Everything is just so wholesome and precious and we stan 😭

I seriously can't recommend this highly enough and I hope everyone picks it up and obsesses over it when it releases this October! 😍🎃🔮

Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was the cutest, most precious thing.
It about two queer main characters. It was a F/NB relationship between the two main characters. Nova is a Witch and Tam who is a werewolf. The story has a strong family dynamic. I highly recommend this graphic novel, and I can’t wait to get a finished copy.

3/5 stars

<i>ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. </i>

Let me start by saying this has a lot of potential. But it needs more information added to the story. The story is interesting but if feels like a rough draft, it needs more details. Everything I know about ALL characters in this story could fit a single page. We learn a very slight amount about each of the characters pasts. And find out a very, very small amount about their families and their relationship from when Tam lived in the town originally.

The world seems very interesting and I would love to know more about it and the magic system. I would love to know more about Tam and Nova. I think I would really like them as characters if I had more information about them. Tam is a nonbinary, werewolf. And Nova is a witch that needs hearing aids.

But like I said it’s a cute romance but should be marketed towards middle grade, as I think most people would find the story bland and very predictable. The final fight felt like it lasted 3 pages.

Everything in the story was predicable and had very easy solutions. Also, there were some very cheesy lines the characters would say.

While running from the main villain
Villain- “That’s right…. run back to your little wolf friend…while you can”
And the main character brilliantly replies “I will! And I’m going to make out with them while I’m at it!”

<i> *facepalm*</i>

There are plenty of things like this, but this is one of the worst.

It is a good graphic novel for a fun cute quick romance read.

I need to start by saying that I absolutely love this cover! It's what immediately drew my attention to this graphic novel. The artwork throughout has a lot of quirky details that I really enjoyed and every time I look back through this I find another small detail that pops out.

Mooncakes is a love story between Nova, a witch, and Tam, a werewolf. Nova works at her grandmothers' bookshop and investigates any supernatural stirrings in her small town. One night she follows up on strange reports of a white wolf in the woods only to discover her childhood crush and best friend Tam who has been driven from place to place by a supernatural cult led by their stepfather. This is a story of witchcraft, friendship, family, betrayal, love and self discovery.

The magic really takes a back seat here to the representation that is happening with these characters and I love that. Both of the main characters are chinese-american. Nova has two grandmothers who appear to be in a supportive relationship. Nova is hard of hearing and Tam identifies as nonbinary. Plus, Nova's bestfriend, Tatyana is representing woman interested in science fields. I am here for all of this and quite frankly we need more of it!

That being said, I didn't love this quite as much as I thought I would. There is a lot going on here and it felt a little too overwhelming for me. I wish the authors had edited down some of the story elements or made it longer to really explore all of these elements on a deeper level. Overall, however, I thought this was great and I'm curious to see if they continue this as a series.