This was one of the options a few
months ago from Amazon Prime to try out for free. It took me a while to
actually read it, one because there are so many books that I know I want to
read and two because it was a little boring.
The story takes place in modern day
Korea, and follows the journey of Sixteen year old Jae Hwa Lee who recently
transferred from America after her mother’s death. Things is Korea are not easy
for Jae, the school she attends is filled with the best and brightest, her
crush isn’t Korean, and therefore off limits according to her father, her
grandfather is dismissive and cruel, and a mythical immortal is trying to steal
her soul.
Korean demi-god Haemosu has been
terrorizing the women in her family for hundreds of years, ever since her ancestor
refused his marriage proposal and escaped from his murderous clutches. Now Jae
is the one he’s after, only this time he has more immortals and weapons at his
disposal. He can travel whenever he wants, transform any place into one of his
choosing, not to mention his obsession with taking Jae has caused her family
and friends to be kidnapped, hurt and entombed in his other worldly fortress.
Jae knows that she has to stop
Haemosu from taking any more of the people that she loves, enlisting the help
of Marc (a fellow classmate who has mystic family secrets of his own) to save
her family and break the curse.
*****SPOILER: Of course, they
eventually beat back the demi-God, and because Jae proved how strong and
willing to die for her loved ones the Gods save her life. They manage to save
her family, and free the spirits of her ancestors.*****
I felt that the book was entirely
predictable, and while I understand it takes place in Korea and with a Korean
girl, I felt like the author spent more time proving how much Korean history she
knew that it took me out of the story and into a textbook. I personally gave
this book two stars, the story was a good one but so much emphasis was placed
on the culture that I was bored.
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