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Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

24 reviews

nicolescottwv's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Racism

natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Slavery and Pregnancy

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racism and Slavery

ketallpot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

burnt_milk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is for a younger audience but I found it a little predictable, as soon as

cat showed up out of nowhere it was obvious she was a vampire

. I did read this at like 3 am so take it with a grain of salt! But I wish there was more depth here, especially with Artie and the other kid characters, the adults' backstory was given far more depth than Artie's character. However the focus on family and community was nice to see, ESPECIALLY the origin story of werewolves, and the forest scenes had some fantastic illustrations!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

shector1's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Blood

innastholiel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Stalking

emily_mh's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

What a fantastic book!! Definitely one of my favourites so far this year. Firstly, the art style was wonderful. Stephens used light incredibly well to convey atmosphere; her use of colour palettes only enhanced this. In terms of the story, it was paced so well. I especially liked how we gradually found out about Artie’s parents’ love story, and what happened to her dad. Stephen also provided new (at least to me) takes on werewolves and vampires which gave depth to her worldbuilding. In terms of characters, there was fantastic character development in Artie, but also in side characters such as her mum. Also, I wasn’t expecting the found family trope in this story but I was so happy it was there and developed like it did. Truly, love in all its forms finds a place in this book (platonic, romantic, familial) which is one of its best features!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Graphic: loss of loved one Minor: missing loved one, child birth

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Yes, a lovely take on werewolves and family and identity, but also props to this kids book, because the vampires actually really creeped me out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Violence, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood and Stalking

Minor: Slavery

Scary vampires