The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O'Neill

The Tea Dragon Festival (The Tea Dragon Society)

by K. O'Neill

Revisit the enchanting world of Tea Dragons with an all-new companion story to the two-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novel The Tea Dragon Society, now in paperback!

Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real dragon turns out to be a different matter entirely! Aedhan is a young dragon who was appointed to protect the village but fell asleep in the forest eighty years ago. With the aid of Rinn’s adventuring uncle Erik and his partner Hesekiel, they investigate the mystery of his enchanted sleep... but Rinn’s real challenge is to help Aedhan come to terms with feeling that he cannot get back the time he has lost.

Critically acclaimed graphic novelist K. O'Neill delivers another charming, gentle fantasy story about finding your purpose, and the community that helps you along the way.

Reviewed by Quirky Cat on

4.5 of 5 stars

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Summary:

Rinn is quite familiar with the concept of tea dragons. After all, there are dozens of them living in the village! Seeing a tea dragon and stumbling upon a real dragon are two entirely different things.

Yet that is only the beginning of Rinn's latest adventure, as they unintentionally wake a sleeping dragon. As it turns out, said sleeping dragon, Aedhan, was a young dragon assigned to care for this village...several decades ago.

Review:

Aww. The Tea Dragon Festival is a fantastic addition to this series, if I may say so. It's sweet and enchanting, and I would do anything to read more about each and every one of the characters introduced here.

If you already read The Tea Dragon Society, you'll likely know at least two characters in this graphic novel. That's because The Tea Dragon Festival takes a step back in time, taking us to a time years before the setting of the first novel. It took me a second to realize this fact, but it was a brilliant decision. It helped set the scene, explain the lore, and even give us the backstory of secondary characters.

I don't think I said this in my review of The Tea Dragon Society, but the artwork for this whole series is stunning. Likewise, the characters are so sweet and full of life. It's hard not to fall in love with them.

Speaking of love, there is something so beautifully and quietly romantic about The Tea Dragon Festival. This book is a must-read, regardless of age.

Highlights:
Fantasy
Middle-Grade Fantasy
LGBT+
Dragons & Tea

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