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King Foretold
by Jayci Lee
King Foretold is the second book of Jayci Lee's Realm of Four Kingdoms series. Sunny is balancing her suhoshin training with secret meetings of The Sentinels, who are spread thin trying to to combat the dark mudang Daesong's plan to release the Amheuk and the threat of the King of the Mountains whose reign is now at risk with Ethan's rise.
While the first book Nine Tailed spent a lot of time establishing our characters in the mortal realm where our sassy gumiho Sunny has been hiding out, King Foretold primarily takes place in the world of the gods, which is written so beautifully and vibrantly! Though Sunny's return to the mortal realm was also so fun to read, as I was almost able to smell the Korean street food and taste the PC bang pork belly.
While centuries of being alone in the mortal world have hard-wired her to be solitary, I loved her journey of opening up, letting people in, and working as part of a team. But of course, as she (and we) build these relationships, losing them becomes all the more heartbreaking!
Writing-wise, I love that the book is primarily from Sunny's point of view, so even though the scenery is very traditional and formal, her internal monologue keeps it fun. I could HEAR the sarcasm as she says, "Being friends is so awesome"! And of course, my other favorite sprinkle of fun comes in our Gen Z dragon, whose replies of "Bruh" and "Bet" so endeared me to them...
I'm so grateful that I was able to get an ARC for this book, but it does unfortunately mean I've got that much longer to wait for the next one, and the ending of this book has me CLAWING for what happens next!
While the first book Nine Tailed spent a lot of time establishing our characters in the mortal realm where our sassy gumiho Sunny has been hiding out, King Foretold primarily takes place in the world of the gods, which is written so beautifully and vibrantly! Though Sunny's return to the mortal realm was also so fun to read, as I was almost able to smell the Korean street food and taste the PC bang pork belly.
While centuries of being alone in the mortal world have hard-wired her to be solitary, I loved her journey of opening up, letting people in, and working as part of a team. But of course, as she (and we) build these relationships, losing them becomes all the more heartbreaking!
Writing-wise, I love that the book is primarily from Sunny's point of view, so even though the scenery is very traditional and formal, her internal monologue keeps it fun. I could HEAR the sarcasm as she says, "Being friends is so awesome"! And of course, my other favorite sprinkle of fun comes in our Gen Z dragon, whose replies of "Bruh" and "Bet" so endeared me to them...
I'm so grateful that I was able to get an ARC for this book, but it does unfortunately mean I've got that much longer to wait for the next one, and the ending of this book has me CLAWING for what happens next!