Review: Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (Author) & Wendy Xu (Artist)

Title: Mooncakes

Series: Stand-Alone

Author: Suzanne Walker (Author) & Wendy Xu (Artist)

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance & Fantasy, LGBTQ

Publication Date: October 15th, 2019 by Lion Forge 

Format: e-arc

Source: I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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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.

*** I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you to NetGalley and  Lion Forge publishing for the opportunity to read and review Mooncakes! *** 

Oh, how I loved and enjoyed Mooncakes so much it hit ever checkmarks that I love in graphic novels and I think this graphic novel is a great book for the fall season as well.  I don't want to go into any details about Mooncakes because I think you should read this graphic novel and see if you would enjoy it as much as I did.  Now Mooncakes is a great graphic novel for the Halloween season as well because it has witches, werewolves, demons and the love of family. I can gush on and on how much I loved Mooncakes but first I will tell you what I so loved and enjoyed this book about. The plotline and aspect of Mooncakes were so refreshing and new to me that I haven't read a graphic novel like it before I so love the relationship that Nova and Tam had together they are a great couple and both of them or perfect for each other as well. And the other relationship I loved the Nova had was the relationship she had with her whole family especially her grandmothers who I loved and adore so much. All the characters are diverse and I so love and enjoy reading diverse characters, the villains were very villainous and horrible people too. The writing style flowed beautifully and I understood each word that I couldn't get enough of the storyland and when Mooncakes was finished I wanted to read more but atlas its ending was a perfect ending to me even though I wanted to know what will happen next for Nova and Tam. The graphic artwork was so beautiful and amazing that I couldn't stop staring at the artwork.  All and all I loved and enjoyed reading Mooncakes so much that I can't wait to read what Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu (Artist) writes next I will keep my eyes open for the next book if the write together again.  

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Suzanne Walker (Author)

Suzanne Walker is a Chicago-based writer and editor. She is co-creator of the graphic novel Mooncakes (Lion Forge, October 2019) with artist Wendy Xu. Part of it can be read on mooncakescomic.tumblr.com. Her short fiction has been published in Clarkesworld Magazine, and she has published nonfiction articles with Uncanny Magazine, Women Write About Comics and the anthology Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability. She has spoken at numerous conventions on a variety of topics ranging from disability representation in sci-fi/fantasy to the importance of fair compensation for marginalized SF/F creators. You can find her posting pictures of her cat and occasionally yelling about baseball on Twitter: @suzusaur.

Wendy Xu (Artist)

Wendy Xu is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and comics artist. She is co-creator of and currently draws the webcomic Mooncakes. Her work has been featured on Tor.com, as part of the Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion exhibit permanently housed at the Chinese Historical Society of America, and in Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology. She occasionally teaches at the Asian American Writers Workshop and currently works as an assistant editor curating young adult and children’s books.