Nova’s bestie is the obligatory skeptic character who’s also a trip and ships Nova/Tam so hard, A++ wing-woman over here.

Multiple references to Nova’s hearing aids ♥.

Tam uses they/them pronouns (and even corrects other characters) and the other characters are so respectful of them!.This art is adorable, full stop, and can we just take a moment to appreciate the precious quiet detail of Tam’s ears?!.Such sweet and wholesome witchy rep, please give me more stories about good witches interacting with nature and doing sweet protective craft ♥.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.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.īecause I'm having a hard time putting into normal review formatting how much I loved this, let the bullets do their thing: 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. Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any townhome. 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.

She works at her grandmothers’ bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town. Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. I wish I could live inside this book.” - New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuistonĪ story of love and demons, family and witchcraft. 'If Mooncakes were a spell, it would be a housewarming charm that settles with care into the softest parts of a home and makes the houseplants grow.

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker