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Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

15 reviews

lucas_mannion's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Very sweet story, with more adult themes than I was expecting - I was pleasantly surprised! Loved the casual disabled and queer rep. One character is introduced as non-binary when someone misgenders them by mistake - they correct themselves politely and the non-binary character is never misgendered again. Would love to see more of these characters.

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torismazarine's review

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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daniellekat's review

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Super cute but I thought the plot was meh.

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haileyhardcover's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I wanted to love this… I really did. The art is beautiful. Really lovely, full color, well done. The story, though, was lacking.

To steal a line from Plumbella, “I’m a whore for lore!” and you get none from this story. So much goes unexplained - the magic structure; Nova’s dead parents who can apparently appear in ghost form, materialize to eat a meal, and then disappear at will??; the magical garden/zoo in the middle of the forest that somehow belongs to the Nanas, the “wolf magic” which is crucial to the success of taking down the villains, but the wolf character (Tam) doesn’t know how it works and yet somehow it magically (pun not intended) works out anyway? Idk… I like things to make sense, and so much here did not.

The characters themselves were cure. Nova and Tam’s relationship is very sweet. The queer rep was good - Tam is non-binary, Nova is some undisclosed flavor of queer, and Nova’s two grandmothers (“the Nanas”) seem to be cis-gender lesbians. I also really appreciated the HOH/ hearing aid rep.

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fanboyriot's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Read For:

🔮 Magic

📖 Cozy Read

🫶 Found Family

🐺 Witch x Werewolf

🤝 Wholesome Friends

The hype of this book was so worth it. The art was stunning, the plot was entertaining, and the characters were lovable. I absolutely adored this book, it gave great autumn vibes. It was so cozy and wholesome but also intense and suspenseful at parts. 10/10 will definitely read again.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

Release Date: 22, October 2019

POV: First Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Hearing Impaired (MC), Nonbinary (LI), Lesbian (grandparents to MC)

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jackiie's review

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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beckbex's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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alexisgarcia's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this was super cute!! a really wholesome story with lovely queer and Chinese-American characters. this was short, sweet, and great for october!

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danicampbell0506's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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lolajh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Oh my god PERFECT. There’s a freaking nblw witch x werewolf relationship are you kidding 😫😫😫

Tam is the corny nonbinary werewolf who doesn’t present excessively androgynous (they give me such gender envy. The hair, the piercings, their clothing style, the FANGS oh my god), they aren’t extremely skinny, and overall are just a beautiful multifaceted character from what I could see even in the shortness of this book. Their enby rep really means a lot to me. Nova is the witch, and she’s so lovely as well. I love her protectiveness of Tam and their relationship is adorable. The plot was lowkey interesting too!!! And the animals 😫😫 They remind me of the spirits in the spirit word in atla. I loved this book, such a fluffy happy quick read.

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