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A review by rachelcdm
Dokkaebi: Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho
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.
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.