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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
Thank you Del Rey and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC of in exchange for an honest review!
(spoilers for The God and the Gumiho below, read with caution!)
What a delight of a sequel! The God and the Gumiho was a highlight of last year for me and I was very much looking forward to this book, though also nervous given the ending of the first book and Hani’s death/reincarnation. I loved Hani’s personality so much and her dynamic with Seokga, I was unsure how this book would be able to live up to its predecessor. However, I was happy to be proven wrong!
Kisa, on the surface, couldn’t be more different than Hani (though we do eventually learn perhaps they aren’t actually all that different, which I thought was lovely). These differences ended up bringing such a different side out of Seokga compared to his dynamic with Hani, which helped this book feel so fresh. It wasn’t just more of the same, which is something in sequels that tends to bug me sometimes. I really appreciated her intelligence and how much she cares for and loves her friends, she’s just so sweet!
Seokga for me is such a gem and such an interesting character. There’s so much depth and emotion within him and I really enjoyed watching his layers slowly get peeled back more and more as the story progressed. Despite his cocky and confident exterior, he’s got so much love within him :,-). Especially with regard to Hwanin, Seokga becomes little brother/older brother of the year!
Our side characters both new and familiar were wonderful. Hajun my beloved!!! And I was honestly happy to see Somi again, and seeing how her and Kisa’s new (but also old???) friendship was able to blossom.
I had a similar complaint with the first book, where the mystery to me was not the most engaging part of the story, but just there to drive the plot forward and progress in the background of the character-focused moments. It wasn’t bad by any means, just predictable and not what in this book with stay in my mind when I think of this book. I hope if this series continues the next book will be a bit less driven by a mystery and more directly focused on the characters!
Overall, this was a wonderful sequel filled with love and growth and forgiveness <3 and I will be looking forward to the next book in the series (I’m presuming there will be another one after that ending??).
(spoilers for The God and the Gumiho below, read with caution!)
What a delight of a sequel! The God and the Gumiho was a highlight of last year for me and I was very much looking forward to this book, though also nervous given the ending of the first book and Hani’s death/reincarnation. I loved Hani’s personality so much and her dynamic with Seokga, I was unsure how this book would be able to live up to its predecessor. However, I was happy to be proven wrong!
Kisa, on the surface, couldn’t be more different than Hani (though we do eventually learn perhaps they aren’t actually all that different, which I thought was lovely). These differences ended up bringing such a different side out of Seokga compared to his dynamic with Hani, which helped this book feel so fresh. It wasn’t just more of the same, which is something in sequels that tends to bug me sometimes. I really appreciated her intelligence and how much she cares for and loves her friends, she’s just so sweet!
Seokga for me is such a gem and such an interesting character. There’s so much depth and emotion within him and I really enjoyed watching his layers slowly get peeled back more and more as the story progressed. Despite his cocky and confident exterior, he’s got so much love within him :,-). Especially with regard to Hwanin, Seokga becomes little brother/older brother of the year!
Our side characters both new and familiar were wonderful. Hajun my beloved!!! And I was honestly happy to see Somi again, and seeing how her and Kisa’s new (but also old???) friendship was able to blossom.
I had a similar complaint with the first book, where the mystery to me was not the most engaging part of the story, but just there to drive the plot forward and progress in the background of the character-focused moments. It wasn’t bad by any means, just predictable and not what in this book with stay in my mind when I think of this book. I hope if this series continues the next book will be a bit less driven by a mystery and more directly focused on the characters!
Overall, this was a wonderful sequel filled with love and growth and forgiveness <3 and I will be looking forward to the next book in the series (I’m presuming there will be another one after that ending??).
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
An absolutely fantastic sequel to The God And The Gumiho, I was concerned how I'd feel about Hani not being the protagonist but Kisa won me over quite quickly. She stands out well on her own, with different strengths to Hani but still some similarities.
Fair warning, the start of this book is super sad though! We start off with a family vacation on a cruise to destress (autocorrect said distress and that seems like something Seokga would agree with). It's here where Seokga meets Kisa.
Poor Seokga! Their first meeting and he can't stop thinking of Hani whilst Kisa is looking at things from a scientific point of view regarding the red string of fate. Its hard for the reader as well, as our Hani is gone.
Not soon after, familiar faces return as an investigation into the murder of Seokga's brother begins. The cast of characters is just as loveable as the first and clues to the culprits are dotted about if you keep an eye out. Kim's writing is fantastic and like the first, the humour is top notch. I loved the little things like Seokga's texting proficiency, there was so much joy to be had with this book!
You won't be disappointed with this sequel, if you loved the first then you'll have just as an amazing time with The God And The Gwisin.
Thanks to Del Rey & Netgalley for this arc.
Fair warning, the start of this book is super sad though! We start off with a family vacation on a cruise to destress (autocorrect said distress and that seems like something Seokga would agree with). It's here where Seokga meets Kisa.
Poor Seokga! Their first meeting and he can't stop thinking of Hani whilst Kisa is looking at things from a scientific point of view regarding the red string of fate. Its hard for the reader as well, as our Hani is gone.
Not soon after, familiar faces return as an investigation into the murder of Seokga's brother begins. The cast of characters is just as loveable as the first and clues to the culprits are dotted about if you keep an eye out. Kim's writing is fantastic and like the first, the humour is top notch. I loved the little things like Seokga's texting proficiency, there was so much joy to be had with this book!
You won't be disappointed with this sequel, if you loved the first then you'll have just as an amazing time with The God And The Gwisin.
Thanks to Del Rey & Netgalley for this arc.
I found The God and the Gumiho to be such an unexpected delight that the only thing unexpected now is that I did not feel similarly delighted by The God and the Gwisin.
The sequel doesn't quite pick up where the first book left off, taking place a whole 33 years later - that's right, we're firmly in the 2020's now! Seokga hasn't done a whole lot over the last 33 years, other than grieve for Hani and search for her reincarnation. Kisa, on the other hand, has done quite a bit over that time, such as, you know, being reincarnated, but then also becoming a midwife to mythological beings and also, oh yeah, dying. I don't think it's a spoiler to say that the book is then about these two finding each other and getting to know (re-know?) each other.
Let's talk about what I liked, and first and foremost would be the fact that it's on a magical underworld cruise ship. What a fun setting! Or rather, a fun idea for a setting, as I did feel that there was so much more that could have been down with this setting, but anyway. And a murder mystery on a cruise also seemed primed for fun! One thing I had really enjoyed about the first book was the mythology and creatures entwined in a kind-of-normal-other-than-how-they're-being-murdered murder mystery where the writing was obviously having fun and not taking itself too seriously. And that's pretty obviously what was going on again in this book.
However, I felt this book took so many things I liked in the first book and made them . . . lesser versions. I had appreciated that the plot of The God and the Gumiho felt like it had stakes, and while the plot here theoretically should have had some pretty huge stakes, it felt secondary to the romance. And not just for me, but for the characters! If they didn't care about the potentially dire situations and gruesome murders around them, then why should I? (I also found the identity of the murderer to be very predictable, which didn't help matters.)
Hani and Seokga drove the first book, especially Hani for me as I took a bit to warm up to Seokga. So when you're already starting the book without the star character, it is a bit of a hole to climb out of. Unfortunately, I didn't care much for Seogka here, as he basically was just pining over Hani/Kisa and if he wasn't doing that - well, he was doing that.
I did really like Kisa, and I appreciated how she was quite different than Hani in how we got to know her at first. I did find that as she got to know Seokga more and got more involved with him and the mystery, a lot of her emotional personality traits were pretty similar to Hani, but you know - reincarnation and all. In fact, I was very happy with Kisa as a lead character, up until I got reminded of Hani in sharp contrast to Kisa. But that's okay, I still liked her!
The thing that I wasn't as into in the first book was the romance, which I know, silly of me to go into this expecting anything different. I know that, and I know that's not the book's fault, per se, but . . . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I thought the first book was still a fantasy with a heavy focus on romance. This, to me, was more a romance with a fantasy setting. And the romance was not as earned - I remembered this whole book took place over only a few days, and what? Kisa's inexperience and quick turnaround (the first time she ever kisses anyone, she is literally going down on him and sleeping with him minutes later???) partnered with Seokga's obsession with her being Hani reincarnated bothered me, as it felt like the quick development of the romance was unearned. When everything feels secondary to the romance and you're not really feeling the romance, the back half of this book becomes a bit . . . difficult to really sink into.
Despite all that, the premise is very fun and I do think most fans of the first book will be equal fans of this one. I still enjoyed a lot of this, particularly in the first half, though I was ultimately letdown by it in comparison to the first book. I guess that's a compliment to The God and the Gumiho but for a light-hearted, fun, mythological K-drama, this series as a whole has something going for it.
Thank you to the publisher, Del Rey, and to NetGalley for the ARC.
The sequel doesn't quite pick up where the first book left off, taking place a whole 33 years later - that's right, we're firmly in the 2020's now! Seokga hasn't done a whole lot over the last 33 years, other than grieve for Hani and search for her reincarnation. Kisa, on the other hand, has done quite a bit over that time, such as, you know, being reincarnated, but then also becoming a midwife to mythological beings and also, oh yeah, dying. I don't think it's a spoiler to say that the book is then about these two finding each other and getting to know (re-know?) each other.
Let's talk about what I liked, and first and foremost would be the fact that it's on a magical underworld cruise ship. What a fun setting! Or rather, a fun idea for a setting, as I did feel that there was so much more that could have been down with this setting, but anyway. And a murder mystery on a cruise also seemed primed for fun! One thing I had really enjoyed about the first book was the mythology and creatures entwined in a kind-of-normal-other-than-how-they're-being-murdered murder mystery where the writing was obviously having fun and not taking itself too seriously. And that's pretty obviously what was going on again in this book.
However, I felt this book took so many things I liked in the first book and made them . . . lesser versions. I had appreciated that the plot of The God and the Gumiho felt like it had stakes, and while the plot here theoretically should have had some pretty huge stakes, it felt secondary to the romance. And not just for me, but for the characters! If they didn't care about the potentially dire situations and gruesome murders around them, then why should I? (I also found the identity of the murderer to be very predictable, which didn't help matters.)
Hani and Seokga drove the first book, especially Hani for me as I took a bit to warm up to Seokga. So when you're already starting the book without the star character, it is a bit of a hole to climb out of. Unfortunately, I didn't care much for Seogka here, as he basically was just pining over Hani/Kisa and if he wasn't doing that - well, he was doing that.
I did really like Kisa, and I appreciated how she was quite different than Hani in how we got to know her at first. I did find that as she got to know Seokga more and got more involved with him and the mystery, a lot of her emotional personality traits were pretty similar to Hani, but you know - reincarnation and all. In fact, I was very happy with Kisa as a lead character, up until I got reminded of Hani in sharp contrast to Kisa. But that's okay, I still liked her!
The thing that I wasn't as into in the first book was the romance, which I know, silly of me to go into this expecting anything different. I know that, and I know that's not the book's fault, per se, but . . . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I thought the first book was still a fantasy with a heavy focus on romance. This, to me, was more a romance with a fantasy setting. And the romance was not as earned - I remembered this whole book took place over only a few days, and what? Kisa's inexperience and quick turnaround (the first time she ever kisses anyone, she is literally going down on him and sleeping with him minutes later???) partnered with Seokga's obsession with her being Hani reincarnated bothered me, as it felt like the quick development of the romance was unearned. When everything feels secondary to the romance and you're not really feeling the romance, the back half of this book becomes a bit . . . difficult to really sink into.
Despite all that, the premise is very fun and I do think most fans of the first book will be equal fans of this one. I still enjoyed a lot of this, particularly in the first half, though I was ultimately letdown by it in comparison to the first book. I guess that's a compliment to The God and the Gumiho but for a light-hearted, fun, mythological K-drama, this series as a whole has something going for it.
Thank you to the publisher, Del Rey, and to NetGalley for the ARC.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
See, this is why: 1. I was waiting to read this until closer to the release date so I wouldn't have to wait too many months afterwards for it to officially come out, and 2. I was saving this book as a special treat. Because I knew I would love this, and I wanted to savor it for as long as possible.
What am I supposed to do now?
Are we getting a third book? I feel like this is probably a duology but the ending leaves things open for a spinoff?
The God and the Gumiho left off with 2018 Seokga sitting in a park, seeing the red thread, and starting to follow it back to his soulmate. The God and the Gwisin starts with Yoo Kisa on a break from an exhausting day at the hospital, seeing the red thread appear, and then dying. Skip forward to 2025, and now we see Seokga in therapy because he's been searching for Kim Hani's reincarnation ever since 1992, and he still can't find her. When his brother, Heavenly Emperor Hwanin, basically forces him into a "restful" vacation on a ghostly cruise in the underworld, the tangled red thread finally straightens and Seokga finds his reincarnated soulmate's ghost working on said cruise. But of course Kisa is mad because she's a good person being forced to pay for Hani's extensive crimes, and she just wants to rest, and she absolutely is not the confident killer that Seokga is in love with. But when a murder happens on the ship, Seokga and Kisa must team up to solve the murder (and take care of the sudden baby that has fallen into their laps) before anyone else in the pantheon finds out and starts accusing Seokga. The two slowly learn about themselves and each other and fall in love in a truly lovely love story. And a bonus, we also have a love story and redemption for Nam Somi.
I loved this. I knew I would love it, but this made me so happy. I can’t wait to own this book. This is definitely one of my favorite series. I read this to feel better after finishing another book that was tough emotionally, and this love story made me feel enveloped in love.
I think I need to reread The God and the Gumiho now, just to bask in the Seokga and Kim Hani/Yoo Kisa love story.
Tropes: fated mates, reincarnation, second chance, sudden baby
Thank you to Netgalley and Del Rey for this perfect ARC.
What am I supposed to do now?
Are we getting a third book? I feel like this is probably a duology but the ending leaves things open for a spinoff?
The God and the Gumiho left off with 2018 Seokga sitting in a park, seeing the red thread, and starting to follow it back to his soulmate. The God and the Gwisin starts with Yoo Kisa on a break from an exhausting day at the hospital, seeing the red thread appear, and then dying. Skip forward to 2025, and now we see Seokga in therapy because he's been searching for Kim Hani's reincarnation ever since 1992, and he still can't find her. When his brother, Heavenly Emperor Hwanin, basically forces him into a "restful" vacation on a ghostly cruise in the underworld, the tangled red thread finally straightens and Seokga finds his reincarnated soulmate's ghost working on said cruise. But of course Kisa is mad because she's a good person being forced to pay for Hani's extensive crimes, and she just wants to rest, and she absolutely is not the confident killer that Seokga is in love with. But when a murder happens on the ship, Seokga and Kisa must team up to solve the murder (and take care of the sudden baby that has fallen into their laps) before anyone else in the pantheon finds out and starts accusing Seokga. The two slowly learn about themselves and each other and fall in love in a truly lovely love story. And a bonus, we also have a love story and redemption for Nam Somi.
I loved this. I knew I would love it, but this made me so happy. I can’t wait to own this book. This is definitely one of my favorite series. I read this to feel better after finishing another book that was tough emotionally, and this love story made me feel enveloped in love.
I think I need to reread The God and the Gumiho now, just to bask in the Seokga and Kim Hani/Yoo Kisa love story.
Tropes: fated mates, reincarnation, second chance, sudden baby
Thank you to Netgalley and Del Rey for this perfect ARC.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
This book takes place on a ghost cruise ship where ghosts are healing from the injuries from their own deaths before moving onto reincarnation.
～4 stars
「you love fully and completely, only to have it returned in less than half.」
never imagined kopiko would follow me from kdrama to books but here we are…
the god and the gwisin takes place years after the events from the previous book and we follow seokga, who is still searching for hani and learning how to navigate his grief, and kisa(who we learn is actually hani reincarnated), a gwisin working on an underworld vacation cruise ship, on their journey full of mystery, korean mythology and romance.
as much as i loved hani, i found myself relating more to kisa and i loved her dynamic with seokga. i really enjoyed delving into reincarnation and watching seokga and kisa both battle with it in their own ways. seokga's struggle with accepting that kisa doesn't remember him or her past life, and kisa's struggle with finding out who she used to be and trying to resist her feelings.
i loved how delicate their relationship was at first, how seokga respected kisa's boundaries and how he was ready to let her go if that was what she wanted. the red thread of fate being sentient was so creative and funny, i laughed every time it decided to chime in or do something. at first i felt indifferent about somi because of her actions in the first book but i enjoyed her redemption arc.
i had a lot of fun reading this and i loved being back in this world and seeing how seokga and hani’s story plays out after the heartbreaking finale of the first book. the epilogue ends on a cliffhanger that feels like it might be teasing a third book - i’m desperately holding on to hope that this isn’t the last time i read about these characters!
～thank you to del rey and netgalley for the arc!
「you love fully and completely, only to have it returned in less than half.」
never imagined kopiko would follow me from kdrama to books but here we are…
the god and the gwisin takes place years after the events from the previous book and we follow seokga, who is still searching for hani and learning how to navigate his grief, and kisa(who we learn is actually hani reincarnated), a gwisin working on an underworld vacation cruise ship, on their journey full of mystery, korean mythology and romance.
as much as i loved hani, i found myself relating more to kisa and i loved her dynamic with seokga. i really enjoyed delving into reincarnation and watching seokga and kisa both battle with it in their own ways. seokga's struggle with accepting that kisa doesn't remember him or her past life, and kisa's struggle with finding out who she used to be and trying to resist her feelings.
i loved how delicate their relationship was at first, how seokga respected kisa's boundaries and how he was ready to let her go if that was what she wanted. the red thread of fate being sentient was so creative and funny, i laughed every time it decided to chime in or do something. at first i felt indifferent about somi because of her actions in the first book but i enjoyed her redemption arc.
i had a lot of fun reading this and i loved being back in this world and seeing how seokga and hani’s story plays out after the heartbreaking finale of the first book. the epilogue ends on a cliffhanger that feels like it might be teasing a third book - i’m desperately holding on to hope that this isn’t the last time i read about these characters!
～thank you to del rey and netgalley for the arc!
[3.5/5 stars]
many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an eArc in advance! this book was one of my most anticipated sequels of the year and it made me so happy that i got to read it early.
i ate this whole book up in just a few hours and it was actually so serious that i physically couldn't do anything else until i was done. so i think this says a lot about how much i love these characters but I'm sad to say i still prefer the first book to the sequel.
i think sophie kim is a talented writer because she manages to make her characters feel so much so acutely, and in turn this makes the reader feel as if these characters were alive and real. she nails the yearning in this book and it made me so emotional countless times. her take on reincarnation, the red string of fate theory and the ship of theseus question was interesting to follow and i enjoyed the ride overall, because I'll read anything she writes at this point and because this world is so much fun. she's also just hilarious. genuinely.
what made the first book so much fun for me was ultimately hani's personality. her character was so refreshing and the mischievous back and forth she had with seokga was just the best. so that might be why the sequel didn't do it for me as much. just because i felt like that wasn't really there in the same way anymore, for obvious reasons. However, i still had fun reading about these characters again and will definitely be seated for anything miss sophie writes in the future.
many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with an eArc in advance! this book was one of my most anticipated sequels of the year and it made me so happy that i got to read it early.
i ate this whole book up in just a few hours and it was actually so serious that i physically couldn't do anything else until i was done. so i think this says a lot about how much i love these characters but I'm sad to say i still prefer the first book to the sequel.
i think sophie kim is a talented writer because she manages to make her characters feel so much so acutely, and in turn this makes the reader feel as if these characters were alive and real. she nails the yearning in this book and it made me so emotional countless times. her take on reincarnation, the red string of fate theory and the ship of theseus question was interesting to follow and i enjoyed the ride overall, because I'll read anything she writes at this point and because this world is so much fun. she's also just hilarious. genuinely.
what made the first book so much fun for me was ultimately hani's personality. her character was so refreshing and the mischievous back and forth she had with seokga was just the best. so that might be why the sequel didn't do it for me as much. just because i felt like that wasn't really there in the same way anymore, for obvious reasons. However, i still had fun reading about these characters again and will definitely be seated for anything miss sophie writes in the future.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
my boy Seogka, you may be a little shit-head, but you deserve happiness and damn is life making it difficult for you.
this was the most plot twist book to ever plot twist, I could kidna guess what may happen in the beginning btu the level of fuckery that happens underneath all that was crazy. I finished Fate's Thread #1 and instantly picked this up, literally the same night, because I was so devastated and wanted to find out what happens next, and boy was I not disappointed. Seokga's disappointment was so real because, honestly, I also loved Hani and her personality, so while Kisa was an amazing character, it was difficult to move on from Hani and her relationship with Seokga. However, I think Kisa and Seokga's relationship in this book was beautiful and lovely all on its own, and it was cool to see how their relationship developed from lovers to strangers to friends to lovers all over again, but in new ways. I also like how the book forced you to confront grief and guilt, especially when it's connected to someone who is still alive; it was very introspective. Overall, gorgeous, sad, happy, lovely, loved it.
this was the most plot twist book to ever plot twist, I could kidna guess what may happen in the beginning btu the level of fuckery that happens underneath all that was crazy. I finished Fate's Thread #1 and instantly picked this up, literally the same night, because I was so devastated and wanted to find out what happens next, and boy was I not disappointed. Seokga's disappointment was so real because, honestly, I also loved Hani and her personality, so while Kisa was an amazing character, it was difficult to move on from Hani and her relationship with Seokga. However, I think Kisa and Seokga's relationship in this book was beautiful and lovely all on its own, and it was cool to see how their relationship developed from lovers to strangers to friends to lovers all over again, but in new ways. I also like how the book forced you to confront grief and guilt, especially when it's connected to someone who is still alive; it was very introspective. Overall, gorgeous, sad, happy, lovely, loved it.
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
I enjoyed 'The God and the Gumiho' a lot ! But I loved 'The God and the Gwisin' with all my heart !
This book was a delight, funny and romantic, atmospheric and intriguing ! I love Seokga so much and really like Kisa as well !
Again, Sophie Kim delivers the perfect K-Drama in the form of a novel (I laughed out loud at one particular mention, that my other k-drama fans will love!).
I am hoping that Kim is not finished with this world, I'll definitely read more of those characters !
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!
This book was a delight, funny and romantic, atmospheric and intriguing ! I love Seokga so much and really like Kisa as well !
Again, Sophie Kim delivers the perfect K-Drama in the form of a novel (I laughed out loud at one particular mention, that my other k-drama fans will love!).
I am hoping that Kim is not finished with this world, I'll definitely read more of those characters !
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!
emotional
mysterious
medium-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
What happens when a dead ex-murderer, dead kpop idol, dead maternity doctor / shaman, and a very much alive trickster god must solve a river (of the dead) cruise murder mystery?
I absolutely adored The God and The Gumiho. Like screaming and crying over it. Did I have that same level of emotions of this? ... No... But sometimes it's okay to not have whirlwind feelings.
Speaking of which, I think that was a really important part of Seokga's story here. Yes, he wanted to find Hani again. I mean, is that not exactly what we all wanted to see, Hani and Seokga back and chaotic as ever? Well, sometimes we don't get what we want. Sometimes the universe thinks maybe you need something gentler or kinder. That something here was Kisa, the reincarnation of Hani.
Kisa is almost the exact opposite of Hani, and yet little bits of her live on. Unfortunately for them, Kisa dies the day their Red Thread of Fate appears, and Seokga runs himself to the bone around the world for 7 years trying to find her. His therapist has the perfect plan though, a river cruise vacation for some family bonding time! (I think this could have been vastly improved by forcing Seokga to go down a water slide, but that's just my opinion.)
All the side characters are as *chef's kiss* as ever, even a certain red thread itself. Somehow even Somi was great to see back after how much I had NOT forgiven her. I think this was a really sweet experience that showed a lot of emotional growth for Seokga. Also him learning to take care of a baby was great, especially a baby that casually floats away sometimes.
This is definitely a recommended read, for people that like kind of silly murder mysteries, fantasy/mythology, and especially explorations of fated mates and reincarnations.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Del Rey for providing an eARC of The God and The Gwisin.
I absolutely adored The God and The Gumiho. Like screaming and crying over it. Did I have that same level of emotions of this? ... No... But sometimes it's okay to not have whirlwind feelings.
Speaking of which, I think that was a really important part of Seokga's story here. Yes, he wanted to find Hani again. I mean, is that not exactly what we all wanted to see, Hani and Seokga back and chaotic as ever? Well, sometimes we don't get what we want. Sometimes the universe thinks maybe you need something gentler or kinder. That something here was Kisa, the reincarnation of Hani.
Kisa is almost the exact opposite of Hani, and yet little bits of her live on. Unfortunately for them, Kisa dies the day their Red Thread of Fate appears, and Seokga runs himself to the bone around the world for 7 years trying to find her. His therapist has the perfect plan though, a river cruise vacation for some family bonding time! (I think this could have been vastly improved by forcing Seokga to go down a water slide, but that's just my opinion.)
All the side characters are as *chef's kiss* as ever, even a certain red thread itself. Somehow even Somi was great to see back after how much I had NOT forgiven her. I think this was a really sweet experience that showed a lot of emotional growth for Seokga. Also him learning to take care of a baby was great, especially a baby that casually floats away sometimes.
This is definitely a recommended read, for people that like kind of silly murder mysteries, fantasy/mythology, and especially explorations of fated mates and reincarnations.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Del Rey for providing an eARC of The God and The Gwisin.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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:
Complicated