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Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho

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read_with_yora1's review

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4.0

I L O V E D Vicious Spirits !!!! more than the first book

nicolaaa's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

After reading Wicked Fox, I wasn't sure how I felt about this series, but out of obligation to finish what I start, I grabbed this one and read it. And may I just say, I read this book in a day. This book made me fall in love with the duology. I don't know if I just liked the plot better, Somin and Junu as the main characters, or a little of both, but I loved this book. It had everything that I love in a book: enemies-to-lovers, changing narrative between the love interests, a complicated rough and tough and apathetic on the outside but soft and full of heart on the inside man with trauma, and a plot that kept me reading to get answers as soon as possible. This was *chef's kiss* and I'm glad I saw it through to the end.

sarah_speaks's review

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adventurous dark 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

3.25

sagelee12's review

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4.0

this was so fun !! v charming and i liked it more than the first!

nmcannon's review

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mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.0

nova_lilias's review

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adventurous lighthearted 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

4.0

rachelcdm's review against another edition

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3.0

This is essentially the sequel to ‘Gumiho: Wicked Fox’ except now Junu and Somin take centre stage (though we still do see bits of Jihoon and Miyoung.)

I want to say that I was in a good head space to read this. I needed something light and fluffy upon finishing ‘The Burning God’ and on that front this books delivers. It was just what I needed!

‘Dokkaebi’ is a light read, we step back into the familiar world of fox beads and immortal teenagers trying to solve mysteries. There’s young love, pretty scenery and lots of kisses. I gotta say I enjoyed the book as a whole.

That said, it has a lot of the same problems as it’s predecessor. There’s a lot of telling instead of showing. There are parts of the writing that feels clunky, the scene jumps don’t always flow and the enemies to lovers romance went from 0-100 real quick.

I really like the world building though, the fantasy elements blend in with the modern world well and Cho does have a talent for spinning some truly lovely sentences. (Also some of those kiss scenes were very heart-fluttery.)

I’m definitely going to keep a look out for more of her stuff.