A review by blossom_binds
The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book felt like a k-drama brought to life. Devoured this in one day. It has the Korean inspired fantasy folklore feel but with all the comedic and cringey-ness of the interactions between the main characters similar to a kdrama. This type of writing can probably put off some people but I honestly love that feeling of, “it’s so dumb but yet it’s so good, I can’t stop.”

This book has a big grumpy x sunshine trope, and also characters being thousand-ish years old but the emotional maturity of a teenager. I wasn’t actually sure if it was truly going to be an adult (romance) book? Like, I thought I was getting baited by the book BUT I didn’t necessarily hate it. I did love the crime/mystery aspect of the book, it had pretty decent developmental plot for the characters. 

Some of the supernatural creature descriptions were hard to remember and keep up with for me personally but the main ones were consistently mentioned/explained.

The entire last part of this book was a ROLLERCOASTER?! I was totally floored by it, emotionally wrecked but it’ll be okay (I’m totally not ok). 

Thank you NetGalley and Del Rey / Random House Publishing for the ARC!