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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I feel like there was a mismatch between my expectations for this novel and what it really contained.
I heard 1500+ year old gumiho and fallen god and expected drama, amoral characters and higher stakes.
Instead I got 17 year old level banter and snark, plotting that wouldn't fool a high schooler and flashing neon signs telling me tropes were going to occur.One bed !!! Kiss for plot !!!
The stakes and writing picked up around the final confrontation but it was too little too late and didn't fit the rest of the novel.
Probably won't be reading the sequel, it works better as an open-ended happy-ish conclusion imo.
I heard 1500+ year old gumiho and fallen god and expected drama, amoral characters and higher stakes.
Instead I got 17 year old level banter and snark, plotting that wouldn't fool a high schooler and flashing neon signs telling me tropes were going to occur.
The stakes and writing picked up around the final confrontation but it was too little too late and didn't fit the rest of the novel.
Probably won't be reading the sequel,
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
not to be a huge kdrama fan or anything, but this is like if you mixed Tale of the Nine-Tailed, Goblin, and Suspicious Partner together. in all honesty, the plot wasn’t my favorite but the book definitely picked up in the second half. as long as you don’t think about it too much, this was a pretty fun read
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Such a fun read! It honestly felt just like a K-drama, and I absolutely loved both the FMC and MMC. Their banter and teasing were so entertaining! Highly recommend this if you enjoy fantasy K-dramas, you’ll definitely have a great time with this book! 🦊🩷
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
An enjoyable read that I basically asked from within the delirious haze of my KPop Demon Hunters crashout. I'll throw it a bone and say that it's cute, but only once the main conflict revs up and actually gives us focus. Without a plot to give it foundation (really, even sometimes within the plot when it has foundation), this book was too… corny for me? That's not a fault of the book for being what it is, it's very self-aware of its romantasy-esque cheese, which is why I'm not really digging my claws into it as much as I would other books of this genre, but this all but confirmed that I've outgrown this genre of novel, and that my preferences have shifted over the years. I would have loved this, if it came out a couple of years earlier than when I finished it.
I don't consider the story being 'predictable' a flaw (a predictable story does not mean a bad one), but you can see where the book started off with the pitch of 'mythological fantasy investigation-style police procedural with grumpy-and-sunshine set in contemporary South Korea' and then the narrative informed itself on that alone, instead off the want to do any kind of organic storytelling based off that pitch. It's a typical romantasy flaw, that reliance on tropes as storytelling beats instead of storytelling beats applying tropes, but I've just come to accept it as an exasperating hallmark of such a juvenile genre.
But hey, it wasn't a bad time!
I don't consider the story being 'predictable' a flaw (a predictable story does not mean a bad one), but you can see where the book started off with the pitch of 'mythological fantasy investigation-style police procedural with grumpy-and-sunshine set in contemporary South Korea' and then the narrative informed itself on that alone, instead off the want to do any kind of organic storytelling based off that pitch. It's a typical romantasy flaw, that reliance on tropes as storytelling beats instead of storytelling beats applying tropes, but I've just come to accept it as an exasperating hallmark of such a juvenile genre.
But hey, it wasn't a bad time!
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I loved this book. I don't know if I'd call this book dark, but it was not all rainbows and sunshine. The monster they are hunting kills a lot of people.
I really liked the two main characters. I felt the tricker God and gumiho complemented each other. I enjoyed their interactions immensely.
I will say that everything happens really quickly, less than 2 weeks? Which I hate quick timelines in romances because it all seems highly improbable, but I still loved the book.
I really liked the two main characters. I felt the tricker God and gumiho complemented each other. I enjoyed their interactions immensely.
I will say that everything happens really quickly, less than 2 weeks? Which I hate quick timelines in romances because it all seems highly improbable, but I still loved the book.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars
I really enjoyed this one! It started a little slower, but I was hooked once the mystery took off! I loved Hani and Seokga's dynamic and their banter. It was nice to see their relationship blossom! I'm looking forward to reading the sequel!
I really enjoyed this one! It started a little slower, but I was hooked once the mystery took off! I loved Hani and Seokga's dynamic and their banter. It was nice to see their relationship blossom! I'm looking forward to reading the sequel!