Aphmau is the brand new woman in school, and she or he’s frightened nobody will come to her party. It seems that isn’t an issue: tons of individuals present up, together with her crush, Aaron. Sadly, imply woman Stacy additionally attends, and she or he’s as much as no good. Stacy’s dad is the henchman of a supervillain, and Stacy has stolen some magic from him, which she makes use of to enchant Aphmau’s birthday cake. When Aphmau tastes the cake, she turns right into a wolfgirl, full with ears and a tail!

Aphmau hopes that making a want on her birthday candles will repair this mess, however she phrases the want poorly and finally ends up dropping their complete city into her favourite online game. Now she, Aaron, and a few new buddies are trying to find different methods to make a want(—)taking pictures stars, wishbones, and so forth(—)to attempt to get issues again to regular. Additionally they should face zombies (a part of the sport), dinosaurs (the product of one other poorly-phrased want), and Stacy’s indignant, evil dad.

This e-book’s writer additionally goes by Aphmau on her common YouTube channel, the place she posts zany Minecraft and Roblox movies. This e-book options lots of characters who additionally seem within the Minecraft movies, and the sport that Aphmau performs within the e-book seems to be Minecraft.

This e-book opens with profiles of 9 main characters, together with their likes, dislikes, and relationships to one another. That’s good, as a result of readers will encounter lots of characters, typically with out a lot in-story context or introduction. Presumably, although, viewers of Aphmau’s YouTube movies shall be acquainted with lots of them already.

The artwork is cute and colourful, with a vibe that’s half manga and half retro American cartoon. Aphmau’s followers seemingly know the characters as Minecraft avatars, and may take pleasure in seeing them tailored into these rather more expressive and detailed cartoons. There are just a few scenes that happen within the recreation world, and it’s fascinating to see the cartoon characters interacting with the blocky Minecraft-style world after Aphmau’s want by accident drops their city into the sport.

The premise of this e-book is enjoyable: a carelessly-worded want causes mayhem, and the characters go looking for extra needs to repair it however maintain messing up these needs and making issues worse. The execution can really feel haphazard and chaotic, and the motion is typically undercut by the silliness of the dialog. It’s, nonetheless, a reasonably good match for the wacky, unscripted really feel of Aphmau’s movies, which clearly have plenty of followers: as of the writing of this evaluate, her channel has over 23 million subscribers. Readers who haven’t watched her movies might discover this e-book complicated, but when they prefer it, then they could additionally take pleasure in Aphmau’s YouTube content material.

Aphmau Trying to find Residence 
By Aphmau
Artwork by Michela Cacciatore
Harper Collins Harper Alley, 2025
ISBN: 9780063288102

NFNT Age Advice: Center Grade (7-11), Tween (10-13)