#50 Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu

This is a YA comic about a witch that is dealing with the return of a childhood friend and also moving on to the next stage of her life. Nova lives with her grandmothers and works in their bookstore that has a large collection of books of magic. Tam is a werewolf that has been wandering after not having a great homelife with their mon and stepdad. Nova invites Tam to stay with her and they investigate the demon in the woods nearby. This is a sweet story and the art is nice, but I really liked the spirit creatures of the forest in their art.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley

#51 Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

The nice thing about this book is even though it is the second book in the trilogy you could read them out of order and the only thing you really spoil is the HEA in book one. The main POV character has changed and she has different strengths and weaknesses than her sister from the first book. Bianca is a widow and has moved back to her powerful family’s home and gathers intel for both herself and for her father to use to help the house in the current war with House Rockhurst. She is used to being dismissed but when her brother is kidnapped, and someone tried to kill her then all bets are off on what she will do to get him back. What I like about this series is even though the Houses are very political the siblings have banded together and not let anything get in the way of their love and loyalty to one another. Bianca is on the run and the head of house security is hot on her trail to get her back even as she has a plan to rescue her brother. Ada, the heroine from the first book does help Bianca she doesn’t feature that much in this book.

I enjoyed the book and the setting, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the third book.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss.