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Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

22 reviews

mokkekitty's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying

kassidyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Violence, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Grief

delandjessica's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

No sexual content at all and almost no romance

locust1266's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love and when I say love love this book . And if you like kdrama or Korean content you will love this book. 

This is probably the first time I have liked a male lead as much as I like Jihoon . That man is perfection in its self . If someone took everything I love and put it in a book this book would be it. It's Soo so good . I love the main characters so much . And the side characters too❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. Somin is a queen and changwan holds my heart in a plater .I loved the Korean mythology aspect of this book alot too. 



Now to the this I didn't like as much idk if it's just me but something that annoys me about Korean tv shows and other media is that
Bad=ugly in them .the villains or antagonists are many times  described as ugly, fat or are gross In general. Wicked fox had it a bit in the beginning but after that it didn't bother me anymore. Also the books slow but I really didn't mind I loved the parts of the book when the relationship between the characters were explored. 

<Spoiler>
Also I absolutely hate yena I don't like the shaman and gu myoungs dad too but... I just don't think I'll ever be able to forgive yena for hurting my Jihoon !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying

andatherrin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

miss__manga__'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A slow start. Reads like a kdrama. Ending made me cry and was done so beautifully! One of my favourite reads of this year so far!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hanaya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The cons are basically that the pacing was weird at times. It felt like it started off fast paced then halted, then sped up again. Also that some of the action was hard to understand because it wasn't written as well as the reat of the book. I felt like the author is best at writing dialogue, emotion and tender moments, but not great with action. Now onto everything I loved:

Going into this expecting a young adult romance with mythical elements was the best way for me, because I ended up surprised and delighted by the nuance and emotional storytelling. This was more than a slow burn romance, this was about identity, legacy, family, parental relationships, friendship and grief. I cried or had to hold back tears more than once because I related to the characters so deeply. I loved the main two characters the most, but everyone felt nuanced and fleshed out. 

If you are looking for a heavy plot-focused story, or a very detailed world, this is light on those elements. But it's so deep in character and emotion. Especially if you had a complex relationship with your parents. 

The Korean mythology and the sections that were dedicated to talking just about gumiho and various past gumiho, was amazing and felt like natural breaks. Those short tales also helped to explain the extreme suffering aat the hands of humand, and complexity of gumiho's feelings towards them. Which helped to explain certain motherly figures. 

All in all. I loved this more than I thought I would and will be getting the second, and last book in this duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Police brutality

In regards to police brutality we learn Miyoung's bio dad was a cop who attempted to kill her and her mother many years ago, not sure if this falls under police brutality but thought it was worth mentioning