A review by lezreadalot
Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

3.0

A cute little paranormal middle grade graphic novel about a young girl who discovers that she's a werewolf, her struggles with controlling it, her relationship with her mother and the family of werewolves she meets, and a budding friendship/romance with a girl her age. I liked the art style a lot; I usually prefer more vivid colours, but the muted scheme worked with the theme here. There's something really physical and satisfying about the style and the facial expressions. I loved all the hair styles, and this is simple, but I really liked seeing the head ties and hair bonnets when people went to sleep, haha. The plot itself was fine, mostly standard paranormal fare, but I do think it'd be entertaining for its intended audience. The little romance was very adorable, and it had all the expected themes and messages.

Listened to a lot of this alongside the audio, which was interesting, if not ideal. I wanted to try it since it was available. The pages turned automatically and if there was a page with mostly art and only a little dialogue, the pages would turn before I got the chance to really look at the art, which wasn't always ideal. So I ended up pausing the narration in a few parts to just read it myself. Cute stuff; I'll recommend it to my nieces.