The God and the Gumiho by Sophie KimMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Set in the fictional Korean city of New Simsi, somewhere in the middle ground between the human world and the underworld, in 1992, is this combination of romantasy and mystery. Not really the cozy kind, but it’s a fast paced combo of love story and bizarre murder, following two figures from Korean folklore secretly pitted against each other despite their growing feelings - a fallen god serving as a grumpy cop, and a once murderous fox spirit now serving as a grumpier coffeehouse owner (and ironically, the first thing we know about her is that she hates the smell of coffee.) Unsurprisingly, this one proved to be a very fast read, done in one sitting.
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