“Mooncakes is spellbinding. It had everything I love in a story—magic that felt inventive, characters that became my friends, and a romance that felt truly authentic. It was one of those books that I was sad to see end. Luckily, I can always reread.” —Tillie Walden, creator of Spinning and On a Sunbeam
"Mooncakes transported me to a gorgeous magical realm that I never want to leave, and introduced me to lovable characters who stuck with me long after I finished reading. This graphic novel is the joyful fantasy romance we all need right now, and it might just restore your faith in magic." —Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky
“Mooncakes is heartwarming, playful and absolutely magical! A story about love and family, with a kind and powerful core that radiates through the vibrant cast of characters.” —Katie O'Neill, author of The Tea Dragon Society and Princess Princess Ever After
A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft.
Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers’ bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.
One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any town home.
Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help. Their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.
So you guys all know that warm and fuzzy feeling that you get when you’re reading a cute YA romance? Yep. That was EXACTLY how I felt reading this!
The novel revolves around Nova, a teen witch & employee of her mother’s company. Everything is going as usual until one day, she hears rumors about a white wolf wandering through the woods. Nova immediately associates it with Tam, her childhood friend/werewolf that she hasn’t seen in years.
Without out getting into too many spoilers, this leads to them getting tangled up in a magical conspiracy, and (to nobody’s surprise!) even rekindling their old friendship. It’s no secret that I’m a total sucker for slowburn romances, and this one
One thing that I would like to comment on is the diversity. Nova is queer, and Tam is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. This was my first time reading about a nonbinary character, and it felt really special for me to finally see this kind of representation in YA literature. Wendy and Suzanne (the authors) get into this a lot in a letter they crafted to the readers, and I’ve attached in the gallery below.
As for the graphics, they were BEYOND adorable! I’ve also included a slideshow below of a few screenshots I took while reading it on my computer so you can see exactly what I mean
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