I think the series of Tea Dragon books are among some of the most beautiful graphic novels I've ever seen. The illustrations alone are enough to move me emotionally, and The Tea Dragon Tapestry was no exception. This was another fantastic installment in a beautiful collection that actually had me tearing up at some moments. This book was so tender, encouraging, and welcoming that I fell in love with it immediately. There's a special place in my heart for stories like this with such fantastic representation and each of these characters was so wonderful. Truly a beautiful addition to the series!

This is an absolutely beautiful conclusion to one of the most heartwarming and comforting series I've ever read. This series feels like a warm, welcoming hug and a cup of tea (ha) with friends so close that they're family. The Tea Dragon Tapestry boasts some of my favorite illustrations from Katie O'Neill. (There are scenes that have a gorgeous blue/pink/purple palette that I could spend days staring at.) For a lot of this book, I wasn't enjoying it as much as the previous two, but once the book hit the main theme, it fully made me cry.

I'm sad to see the story with these characters and their tea dragons come to an end, but I so enjoyed their story and am so pleased with where everyone ended up. I love Katie O'Neill and will keep my eye out on anything and everything she comes out with in the future. <3

I was lucky enough to be given a free advanced copy from Net Galley to review.

This story is SO CUTE! I loved going back into this amazing and gorgeous world. Katie O’Neill has such an imaginative world. Her artwork is just beyond beautiful to look at, and I will read everything she comes out with! It’s absolutely amazing!

The story is such a wholesome story, and perfect for children of all ages! The other thing I love about this book, and this series in general, is how they all work together but you can definitely read then without reading the others. Some characters from past books show up, but you can still go into this book without having read the others and get an amazing experience out of it.

If you couldn’t tell, I really loved this book and I am so happy that I was able to read this copy. I LOVE her work so much, and strive to read everything by this author.

I adore how wonderfully cute these stories are and this third installment pulls the previous two fairly independent stories together and weaves a stronger narrative

I loved this book. It was a really fast read, but so captivating. The art is incredible and the story its so pure.

I really enjoyed the illustrations, but the story was a little slow. It was also a little confusing at times.

It would be difficult to laud enough praise for Kate O’Neill’s unique style. I have enjoyed each book that I find of hers, and this latest is no different.

The Tea Dragon Tapestry continues a visual and literary journey this author/artist has already begun, making this an ideal book and series choice to engage readers.

There is much here to enjoy for a wide audience, and I will continue to read new work from O’Neill. Highly recommended!

Minette is struggling with who she is and how to live her new life while missing her past. Greta wants to become An apprentice to a great blacksmith and is trying to help Ginseng be happy again after his loss. Both girls rely on the family and friends surrounding them and advising them to navigate through their concerns.

This whole series is full of so much heart. It was nice to see some familiar faces from book 2 and also neat to see how the characters have grown up and aged a little. The illustrations are as delightful and heartwarming as ever. I also enjoy the extra insights to the world of tea dragons at the back of the book after the story has ended. This a great graphic novel that is just really sweet and beautiful.

I absolutely loved this one! Another heartwarming story with beautiful art! I hope the author never stops creating these.

Tea Dragon Society is one of my favorite graphic novel series. The artwork is breath taking and the stories are always so sweet and heart warming. Tea Dragon Tapestry is just as wonderful as the other two books in the series. I enjoyed the themes of found family, believing in yourself, and rebuilding. Each story is a little lesson in loving yourself, the environment, and others. I love how the books stress patience and self love. They’re just little gems of pure joy. This will make you smile and will feed your soul. Plus the tea dragons are pretty darn cute to boot.

I would like to give thanks to NetGalley, Oni Press and of course Katie O'Neill for giving the change to read and review this book for them.

This is the third book in the Tea Dragon collection. It is also the last one of the collection. It follows Greta and Minette.

Greta has been put in charge of Ginseng the dragon. But Ginseng is still mourning his owner. Which makes things a little hard for Gretta to take care of him. Since he's so sad

Greta is asked by a master blacksmith to make something for him, so he can decide if she will be his apprentice. She really wants to impress him, at first she doesn't know what to make but with the help of life, she gets a wonderful idea.

In this story, there is also a character that is name Minette, She is very shy and reserved. Minette receives a package from the monastery where she was training to be a prophetess. She is very confused by the package and it makes her even more confused about her path in life.

My Review: I very much enjoyed this book. It was a strange feeling but I felt like it made me very zen reading this book It was very cute, with all the tea dragons. The illustration was wonderful, I really loved them. They were very beautiful. I found that each of the characters was very interesting in their own unique ways. I also enjoyed that there was a little bit of humour included in this book. It was a very good book. A very sweet and caring book. Also loved all the tea references.

I recommend this book to everyone that likes sweet-caring graphic novels. Also, that likes tea, cute dragons. It's a very light reading kinda graphic novel.

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The heartfelt writing and beautiful illustrations of The Tea Dragon Tapestry make Katie O’Neill’s book a true masterpiece. Anyone would definitely fall in love with the world and characters. I would recommend checking out the first two books in the trilogy to have a greater understanding and appreciation of the story.

This is an ARC review. If you don’t want spoilers, please skip to the last paragraph!

We revisit the characters from The Tea Dragon Society in this latest book. Greta is hoping to impress a legendary blacksmith Kleitos so that she can apprentice with him. Meanwhile, she is worried about her purple tea dragon who is still in mourning. Often Ginseng barely have any appetite and constantly sighing forlornly. She has the saddest eyes I have ever seen. Watching the tea dragon shivering in one panel just breaks your heart and makes you feel her grief deeply.

In one of my favorite scenes, Greta asks her mama what kind of item might win the blacksmith over. Her mother gives the best advice: “The one your heart makes.” It really resonated with me. Personally, I find it fulfilling to do things that makes me happy even if they aren’t perfect. Also another thing that stood out was when Greta’s dad said that sad people aren’t objects to fix. Greta takes her dad’s advice with both Ginseng and Minette and allows them to heal in their own time. When people I love and care about are hurting, I also believe that the best thing to do is to let them know and understand that you’ll be there for them.

Meanwhile Minette has continued assisting Hesekiel in tea-making, but still cannot shake her lingering doubts that she is incomplete because she cannot remember her past. After receiving an unfinished tapestry she made from her time at a monastery, Minette experiences strange dreams. To me, they represent an existential search for belonging. Also, the dream sequences remind me of artwork in the Japanese Ghibli films especially Ponyo. Side note: I will say Minette’s tea dragon Chamomile is the most adorable roly-poly companion ever. If I ever had one, I would spoil it rotten!

Hesekiel and Erik are still very loving of each other and have so much wisdom to share. They are always supportive of Greta and Minette and their tea dragons are cute too! I especially liked the panel of Rooibos proudly trotting after the chickens. I also enjoyed Erik’s conversation with Minette and how he listened to her and gave her the space to be sad. The way Erik gives Minette the space to be sad parallels how Greta is patient with Ginseng. Later on, Minette is able to reconcile her doubts and finally finds peace.

Greta and Minette eventually find their way and even some of the adults in their lives learn important lessons too. All the grownups in the story are so amazing. The scene where Greta presents her work in front of the blacksmith tugged strongly at my heart. It reminded me of an important lesson that I think everyone should feel: to make and give something to the benefit of others is worthwhile thing. Also seeing that picture of Ginseng with tea leaves on her back made me so happy. The book gave me with such a hopeful feeling after finishing it.

There is so much warmth and heart to this story. The details in the art are just so wonderful. I had to reread The Tea Dragon Tapestry a second time to soak it all in. I would highly recommend it to young people and adults alike! This earns a 6/5 from me and I hope Katie O’Neill continues making more amazing comics!

A HUGE thank you to Netgalley and Oni Press for an early copy of this. My heart is so happy.

Katie O’Neil has fast become my all time favorite author for graphic novels, and the Tea Dragon books are especially wonderful! Her artwork is incredibly beautiful and her storytelling equally so.

In The Tea Dragon Tapestry, follow the characters from The Tea Dragon Society about a year later, and characters from The Tea Dragon Festival also make a cameo. It was so wonderful seeing everyone all together for this final book (at least, I think it was the last book? The ending was very nicely wrapped up and it felt like a natural closure to the story.)

Now I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy. I know this will be a series I return to again and again.

The Tea Dragon Tapestry
By: Katie O’Neill
5.0 / 5.0

I absolutely love the Tea Dragon series. The illustrations are adorable and makes me want my own tea dragon. They need to make Tea Dragon merch! I would buy all of it!
The storyline is fantastical, but still, strangely, relatable. I cannot recommend this series more. It’s amazing. I fully support Katie O’Neill. I was honored to be able to read this book before it came out, but that won’t stop me from buying a copy myself. I need this book in my collection.

Author’s Site: https://ktoneill.com/index.php/about-me/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tea-Dragon-Tapestry-Society/dp/1620107740/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DYJ5XUIWUE3X&dchild=1&keywords=the+tea+dragon+tapestry&qid=1594329320&sprefix=The+tea+dragon+ta%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-1

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This review will appear on my blog on August 31, 2020.

I loved this book! In one word: beautiful. This book is absolutely beautiful. The characters are beautiful. The colors are beautiful. The art style is pure magic. I can’t even describe properly how much I adored it. It’s such a wholesome and pure story. It just makes my heart happy. The folklore involving the tea dragons is fascinating. I loved learning more about them. This book has a bunch of fall and early winter vibes, which make it very peaceful.

You’ll never get me to stop gushing about Katie O’Neill! This series is so special to me, I can’t explain the way I feel when I read about this society. Can I please live in this world? I didn’t think that these books could get any better than they already were, but I have been proven wrong! This book is a lush tapestry of love & growth forged through grief, loss of passion, and homesickness. As soon as this book hits shelves I am running out to buy my copy so that I can cherish it for years to come & share it with everyone that I can.

I love this series so so much! The atmosphere, the story, the characters; this series has the complete package. The third installment was yet again a wonderful one, one which explores the inner struggle of finding yourself and your place in the world. I loved it from beginning to end. The illustrations made the story so much more alive, and I was captivated by them.
Can highly recommend!

This is my 4th katie o neil book I've read, and all have them have been 5 stars for me! I love her characters and the casual representation her stories provide. Im an Illustration student currently in art college and Katie has become one of my biggest inspirations. Her use of color is perfection, and her characters designs are so unique and beautiful. Im so sad to see the tea dragon series end, but this was such a good conclusion! My eyes were tearing up in the epilogue!

Absolutely LOVE the illustrations. Such beautiful colors. Heart warming, adorable, and precious. I think this may be my favorite one of the series. Thank you so much for this arc to the publisher and netgalley!

ARC was provided by NetGalley and OniPress in exchanged for an honest review.

This review is being published before the release date (September 1st, 2020)

Content/Trigger Warnings: Grief, depictions of depression, and loss of a loved one


“Every Dragon is different, too. And Ginseng Dragons are known to be very loyal.”

Friends, are you really surprised that I fell in love with another book by Katie O’Neill? I loved the first two books and have loved other works by Katie O’Neill. When I found out about The Tea Dragon Tapestry, I instantly knew I wanted to read it as soon as possible. The fact that this is supposed to be a conclusion to this series has me wanting even more from this world. Keeping those fingers crossed for more book featuring Tea Dragons and new characters to fall in love with!

Our story brings all the characters we’ve met from the first two books together, but also introduces us to a new character, a master blacksmith, who comes to seek the work of Greta. Our cast is so delightful, voice their challenges or personal struggles, and wonderfully diverse. And of course, so many important topics are discussed and addressed in this book.


“You feel like you’ve lost your path. It’s natural to be sad. It’s alright to let those feelings wash over you, and give them time to soak into the earth. That’s when things start to grow again.”


I really loved that we get to see more of Minette and her journey. If you remember from the last book, Minette seems to have some memory loss and also the new owner of Chamomile. We see how Minette handles feeling like she’s strayed off her path and how she finds her way back to feeling like herself. Speaking of which, I loved the moment she shared with Eric and gave a bit a wisdom that really had an impact with Minette. And that leads me to believe the first series topic that you can see so much of throughout this book is a feeling of being lost or missing something that was once something that sparked life in your soul.

Of course, I have to talk about grief and loss of a loved one. While it’s a more subtle theme, we see how grief and death impacts someone, and those around them. When Ginseng was first given to Greta in the last book, we learned that Ginseng previous owner had died. We knew Ginseng was grieving, but we never got more insight to it. However, this book shows Ginseng grieving and the depression that can come along with that. So we get to see both sides of the grief that’s taking place in this book. There’s a moment where Greta is trying to get Ginseng to eat something which leads to a moment of both parties feeling emotions of sadness and loss. When Greta’s Papa came into the picture, they spoke a truth that hit so deep within my soul. That very moment is so powerful, so important, and I think one of the best scenes in this entire book.

I also really loved the master blacksmith, Kleitos. I thought they were a fantastic character to introduce into this story. I liked how they’re a character who seems to be around the same age range as Erik and Hesekiel. And I loved how Kleitos talks about how losing the passion and inspiration for their blacksmithing. I loved those scenes where Kleitos is figuring things out and how sometimes you need to take a step back or to take a break from it all. Greta and Kleitos also shared a moment and I quote, “Looking at this work, I see that you have much to learn… but I also see that I do too.” When I read that, my heart filled with so much warmth. Even though Kleitos is a master blacksmith, felt like they lost their passion and love for their work, that single moment shows that you can still learn in your craft, there are still things that can surprise you, and rekindle that flame within you. A fantastic character to add into this book!


“My dear, that is something you cannot control. When someone is grieving, the best thing you can do is let them heal on their own, and show them that you’ll be there for them.”


Overall, this book is soft, filled with many important topics, of course wonderful family dynamics, but fills the soul with so much warmth and wholesomeness. Tea Dragons are probably my favorite dragons now, thanks to Katie O’Neill. And as I mentioned, I truly hope we see more of this series, these characters, and this world. I feel like there’s so much that hasn’t been explored yet. I can’t wait to see what O’Neill comes up with next and hopefully we’ll see more Tea Dragons soon! If you were thinking about picking any of these book, I highly recommend them. They’re soft books laced with important topics that everyone needs to read about. Plus, the illustrations are always stunning!


The quotes above were taken from an ARC and are subject to change upon publication.