A review by whewtaewoon
Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
The sequal to Wicked Fox is more focused on Somin, Jihoon's small but fiesty and strong friend as well as Junu, a dokkaebi who is friend to few (at first). Junu is the type of dokkaebi whose entire existence is meant to draw women in but Somin is unphased by his antics which seems to draw Junu in even more.
I adored Jihoon and Miyoung, and still do, but I think Somin and Junu were (besides Jihoon's halmoni) my favorite characters in this series. Which, by the way, I hope there is at least one more of. I think Kat Cho has a lovely way of creating characters with entirely relatable pain (even the gumiho and dokkaebi) and I just found the whole book to a bit painful, a bit funny, and a bit inspiring. I wish Jihoon, Miyoung, Junu, Somin and perhaps most of all Changwan the best in their future fictional lives.
I adored Jihoon and Miyoung, and still do, but I think Somin and Junu were (besides Jihoon's halmoni) my favorite characters in this series. Which, by the way, I hope there is at least one more of. I think Kat Cho has a lovely way of creating characters with entirely relatable pain (even the gumiho and dokkaebi) and I just found the whole book to a bit painful, a bit funny, and a bit inspiring. I wish Jihoon, Miyoung, Junu, Somin and perhaps most of all Changwan the best in their future fictional lives.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent