2.21k reviews for:

The Red Palace

June Hur

4.11 AVERAGE

kaitykat's review against another edition

4.0

---

This was *chef kiss*!! All the suspense and secrecy, I loved it. This was a bloody read, there was a lot of violence and it had me gasping when something unexpected happened. I enjoyed it a lot!! The romance though?? It wasn’t a main focus at all, but I just loved Hyeon and Eojin’s dynamic, eeee!! The ending was suspenseful and a great wrap up. 4.5 stars! ❤️

coffliteurator's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Seru banget!! Rasanya nggak bisa berhenti baca, karena kalo ditinggal, kayak sayang gitu. Bikin penasaran juga. Dan ternyata, Putra Mahkotanya beneran ada di dunia nyata.

loundraw's review against another edition

4.0

Loveable characters: Yes

---

Good for historical mystery, tapi jangan expect to blow your mind, so so good and i love Hyeon and Eojin so much. 

Alurnya terasa lambat buatku, butuh 5 hari buat nyelesain ini karena memang dasarnya ga suka hisfic apalagi buku ini banyak istilah asing dan foot note nya dikit bgt???! Dan kalimat nya banyak bgt yg kepotong editornya ngantuk apa gimana dah.

The book takes place in 1758 joseon era, a young palace nurse and a police inspector team up to investigate the murders. Not a fan of historical fiction but really liked the cute romance.

viv03's review

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

gabimaru_7's review

4.5

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Yes

starfilled_bookshelf's review

5.0

---

4.5/5 stars.

Spoilers for historical fact and not wanting to ruin the book.

Spoiler

I honestly thought this book would end with the prince's death and I was curious how the author would have pulled that off. But I do like that the author's note explains that while he suffered from mental illness, that doesn't excuse his actions. Crown Prince Sado is such an interesting historical figure to me, will probably pick up his wife's book sooner or later.

yuricloud's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

meowdycowboy's review

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

jkstar88reader's review

4.0

---

3.5 rounded up.
Intense, palace intrigue, and a mystery to solve.

alysonkent79's review

5.0

---

Absolutely fabulous. Thank you, Edelweiss, for the ARC.

Update: Yep, still a favorite.