A lot of people seemed to like the original so would get more out of this one. I would recommend this one to fans of fantasy and magic stories or if you like reading about young people and are close to that age. I did enjoy the artwork, characters and settings for this story as they feel unique and suited to this story and stay away from the usual tropes from this sort of genre and are not as dark and depressing as you would expect. There is a scientific magic sceptic character who still knows enough to ring Nova if there are things she can’t explain. It hardly matters that her uncle turns up at a family gathering with a pigeon head as they still enjoy seeing the rest of the family. Having the influences of different cultures in the story alongside the character’s personal growth and development does make this something new.Īs well as being magical the characters are also different in that Nova is hearing impaired, Tam is trans as well as being a werewolf and her grandma lives in a loving queer relationship. With the genre of magic and fantasy being popular for a long time it is difficult to do something original in that space these days without at least acknowledging other stories that came before. In this case they can but they still do not want to listen to it. You usually see the main character wishing they could get advice from a departed loved one. Having Nova’s parents turn up for a family dinner as ghosts is an interesting spin on the usual orphan narrative. While there are plenty of teenage witch stories and characters by this point, this one seems a lot more grounded but still within the worlds of fantasy and magic in which it is set.

I had not heard of this one before but it seems to have gotten a lot of acknowledgement and awards when it was originally released so this new version should do well. This story was first released in 2019 but this edition has parts of the story that were not in the original and extra materials that were originally only for Patreon subscribers. One night while following up reports of a white wolf in the woods she finds the wolf battling a horse demon and the wolf turns out to be Tam Lang her childhood crush. Teenage witch Nova Huang works at her grandmother’s bookstore in a small town and helps out investigating any strange occurrences in the area.

Mooncakes collector's edition