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A review by eniahreads
The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
|| Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for providing me this arc in exchange for an honest review ! ||
It was excellent!
We're quickly put into the story, and I really liked the pacing. There's a bit of confusion with all the different gods names and the different creatures/unrullies, but it turns out that you either slowly get everything (the most important ones), or you just give up trying to remember what a specific unruly should look like.
I really liked Hani and Seokga. Their story and their romance is a bit classic and cliché, but their own particularities (being a gumiho and a fallen god that is) makes it really entertaining ; and the way that Seokga slowly changes is a very hard bonus point to this romance! I really loved their banter as well, it was fun.
The story itself is very interesting : I really liked having a double police investigation, with both creatures to catch, and both very different stories of their own. I was suprised by the plot twist ; and it's rare coming from me as I usually get a hint or intuition about it, but nothing here, so you did a good job Sophie Kim! I also really liked how the story ended.
It seems to be a start of a series, and I'll gladly read the next book! However I do believe that this book one can be considered as a standalone as itself, the book's story is over, and I like that : the story ends and it's not dragged, but it still give hints of a possibility for a future new story as well.
It was excellent!
We're quickly put into the story, and I really liked the pacing. There's a bit of confusion with all the different gods names and the different creatures/unrullies, but it turns out that you either slowly get everything (the most important ones), or you just give up trying to remember what a specific unruly should look like.
I really liked Hani and Seokga. Their story and their romance is a bit classic and cliché, but their own particularities (being a gumiho and a fallen god that is) makes it really entertaining ; and the way that Seokga slowly changes is a very hard bonus point to this romance! I really loved their banter as well, it was fun.
The story itself is very interesting : I really liked having a double police investigation, with both creatures to catch, and both very different stories of their own. I was suprised by the plot twist ; and it's rare coming from me as I usually get a hint or intuition about it, but nothing here, so you did a good job Sophie Kim! I also really liked how the story ended.
It seems to be a start of a series, and I'll gladly read the next book! However I do believe that this book one can be considered as a standalone as itself, the book's story is over, and I like that : the story ends and it's not dragged, but it still give hints of a possibility for a future new story as well.