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The God and the Gwisin
by Sophie Kim
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am so in love with this duology.
Starting right where we left off at the end of The God and the Gumiho, this beautiful, emotional and simply hilarious novel brings us straight to Seokga and the reincarnation of his lost love Hani, Kisa. And then, as quickly as we meet her, Kisa dies. But Seokga doesn't know this--and spends the next seven years desperately trying to find her, somewhere fate's thread attempts to lead him. At the insistence of his therapist and joined by his brother, the Emperor Hwanin, Seokga is reluctantly dragged to the Death God's realm for a vacation cruise. And it is here, of all places, that he finally reunites with the new woman who is both so different and yet alarmingly reminiscent of his gumiho. But she doesn't remember the god who loved her, and she is decidedly not Hani.
This book is yet another wild ride, similar to the first, taking the reader through both a beautiful second chance love story with a twist, and a murder mystery with divine consequences. Seokga and Kisa's love story is beautiful and new despite its undercurrent of lost love, and plagued by the question of whether Kisa and Hani are truly the same person--and if that distinction matters.
We're introduced to delightful characters, new and old alike, and insight into what has passed during the years between Hani's death and Kisa's reunion with Seokga. Tensions have risen, technology has changed, old grievances haven't. The story is a hilarious coming-to-terms with the passage of time and whether fate can be wrong, and I am so happy to have had the honor to get lost in its pages.
SO many thanks to NetGalley and Del Rey for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review!
Starting right where we left off at the end of The God and the Gumiho, this beautiful, emotional and simply hilarious novel brings us straight to Seokga and the reincarnation of his lost love Hani, Kisa. And then, as quickly as we meet her, Kisa dies. But Seokga doesn't know this--and spends the next seven years desperately trying to find her, somewhere fate's thread attempts to lead him. At the insistence of his therapist and joined by his brother, the Emperor Hwanin, Seokga is reluctantly dragged to the Death God's realm for a vacation cruise. And it is here, of all places, that he finally reunites with the new woman who is both so different and yet alarmingly reminiscent of his gumiho. But she doesn't remember the god who loved her, and she is decidedly not Hani.
This book is yet another wild ride, similar to the first, taking the reader through both a beautiful second chance love story with a twist, and a murder mystery with divine consequences. Seokga and Kisa's love story is beautiful and new despite its undercurrent of lost love, and plagued by the question of whether Kisa and Hani are truly the same person--and if that distinction matters.
We're introduced to delightful characters, new and old alike, and insight into what has passed during the years between Hani's death and Kisa's reunion with Seokga. Tensions have risen, technology has changed, old grievances haven't. The story is a hilarious coming-to-terms with the passage of time and whether fate can be wrong, and I am so happy to have had the honor to get lost in its pages.
SO many thanks to NetGalley and Del Rey for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review!