Front cover of The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim, paperback

The God and the Gumiho : the witty, romantic contemporary fantasy that reads like a K-drama - Sophie Kim

Sophie Kim

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  • Pages · 432 pages
  • Publication Date · 20/03/2025
  • Genre · Fantasy
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**BONUS SHORT STORY EXCLUSIVE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDED**A delightful romantic Korean contemporary fantasy tale - a quest to track down a demon of darkness before it devours the mortal realm. Two bickering immortals. One chance to save the world. Kim Hani - the once-terrible gumiho known as the Scarlet Fox - spends her days working at a caf� and trying not to let a certain customer irk her. Seokga - a trickster god thrown from the heavens for his attempt at a coup - spends his days hunting demons and irking a particular gumiho. When a demon of darkness escapes the underworld, and the Scarlet Fox briefly emerges from hiding, Seokga is offered a chance at redemption: kill them both, and his sins will be forgiven. But Hani is prepared to do anything to prevent Seokga from bringing her to justice, even trick her way into his investigation. Anything, that is - except fall in love . . . READERS LOVE SOPHIE KIM'I have NO WORDS!!! I'M REELING!!!! THIS BOOK RUINED ME FOR ANY OTHERS! [...] WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW★★★★★ ?' ★★★★★ 'If you liked Crescent City, enjoyed Disney's Zootropolis, and police procedural dramas: you're going to love this' ★★★★★ 'I'm sorry in advance for the amount of fangirling I will be doing in this review . . . it just grabbed me by my arms and quite literally dragged me out of my slump swamp' ★★★★★ 'If you like Korean culture, K dramas and the grumpy/sunshine trope this is definitely for you!' ★★★★★

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