Sophie Kim

TW/CW: Death, murder, sex (not very graphic), language

RATING: 4.5/5

REVIEW: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and am voluntarily writing an honest review.

The God and the Gumiho is a wonderful dive into Korean mythology. It is the story of the fallen god Seokga and the gumiho (an immortal fox shifter) Kim Hani, who are brought together to solve a series of supernatural crimes in the human world.

I loved this book. The writing was engaging, the characters were interesting, and it was a new mythology for me – something I always love reading. Although there are some pretty dark parts in this book, the writing keeps it from getting depressing, and there’s almost a whimsicality to some of it.

I am very much looking forward to the second book in this series, which I highly recommend!… (meer)

First of all thank you to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

Holy OMG. I was so excited to read this. I initially saw it on Instagram and then was seeing it all over TikTok. So when I got an ARC copy I was so excited. This book went beyond expectations. I loved loved the world that Sophie Kim put into this book. Getting to learn about Korean mythology was so interesting.
The two main characters are to die for. Kim Hani and Seokga make such a dynamic duo. These two have become some of my favorite characters I have got to read about. This book was capable of bringing together fantasy, romance, a good mystery, and a little bit of spice too! I will definitely be checking out the other works by this author.… (meer)

Lina lost almost everything of meaning. What's left is her little sister, but her safety depends upon Lina's continued subservience to the gang lord who murdered all of her companions and treats her like a slave. Then Rui, more commonly known as the Pied Piper, steals both she and her tormentor away to his realm, a place that sits between the ones in her world, but not quite. He's bored and offers her a challenge. Kill him in fourteen days, or die. She might be determined, but he's godlike and every time she thinks she's figured out how to kill him, she's foiled. Then a completely different opportunity presents itself. You'll need to read the book to find out what it is and how everything plays out. I will say that unveiling is most satisfying.… (meer)

After the destruction of her entire Talon gang, eighteen-year-old Shin Lina—the Reaper of Sunpo—is forced to become a living, breathing weapon for the kingdom’s most-feared crime lord. All that keeps her from turning on her ruthless master is the life of her beloved little sister hanging in the balance. But the order to steal a priceless tapestry from a Dokkaebi temple incites not only the wrath of a legendary immortal, but the beginning of an unwinnable game…

Suddenly Lina finds herself in the dreamlike realm of the Dokkaebi, her fate in the hands of its cruel and captivating emperor. But she can win her life—if she kills him first.

Now a terrible game of life and death has begun, and even Lina's swift, precise blade is no match for the magnetic Haneul Rui. Lina will have to use every weapon in her arsenal if she wants to outplay this cunning king and save her sister...all before the final grain of sand leaks out of the hourglass.

Because one way or another, she'll take Rui's heart.

Even if it means giving up her own.… (meer)