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morozko 's review for:
The God and the Gwisin
by Sophie Kim
thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the ARC!
last year i really enjoyed the god and the gumiho, and I’m happy to say that its sequel was just as delightful, if not even more so. this story is set 33 years after the events of the first book, and it follows our god of trickery seokga, and kisa, the reincarnation of hani from the previous novel, as they find themselves unexpectedly bound together by a mysterious red thread of fate. their journey introduces a mix of familiar and new faces and, unexpectedly, a murder aboard a boat that sets the characters into an investigation. very fun. i was worried that i wasn't going to like kisa as much as hani and even though she is very different as she is much more logical and down to earth, i still really liked her and apreciated what she offered to the story. i think i liked the romance in this story more than previously book too, even if i'm not the biggest fan of the soulmate trope, i still thought it was fun.
moreover, this was such an easy book to sink into, i ended up reading it almost in one sitting. it offered exactly the comforting escape i was needing, with a story that didn’t demand too much of my brain power but still delivered plenty of charm, humor, and heart. also, as i mentioned in my review of the first book, one of the things i love most about this series is how it reads so much like a kdrama. the world is vibrant, whimsical, and full of life, and it holds so much potential for future books. i would absolutely read if the author ever decides to write another book with these characters or that explores entirely new ones within the same universe. this author is definitely someone I’ll be keeping an eye on from now on.
last year i really enjoyed the god and the gumiho, and I’m happy to say that its sequel was just as delightful, if not even more so. this story is set 33 years after the events of the first book, and it follows our god of trickery seokga, and kisa, the reincarnation of hani from the previous novel, as they find themselves unexpectedly bound together by a mysterious red thread of fate. their journey introduces a mix of familiar and new faces and, unexpectedly, a murder aboard a boat that sets the characters into an investigation. very fun. i was worried that i wasn't going to like kisa as much as hani and even though she is very different as she is much more logical and down to earth, i still really liked her and apreciated what she offered to the story. i think i liked the romance in this story more than previously book too, even if i'm not the biggest fan of the soulmate trope, i still thought it was fun.
moreover, this was such an easy book to sink into, i ended up reading it almost in one sitting. it offered exactly the comforting escape i was needing, with a story that didn’t demand too much of my brain power but still delivered plenty of charm, humor, and heart. also, as i mentioned in my review of the first book, one of the things i love most about this series is how it reads so much like a kdrama. the world is vibrant, whimsical, and full of life, and it holds so much potential for future books. i would absolutely read if the author ever decides to write another book with these characters or that explores entirely new ones within the same universe. this author is definitely someone I’ll be keeping an eye on from now on.