After Miyoung is introduced as a new student at Jihoon’s school the following week, their mutual surprise leads to attraction, and the two come to support each other in school. Miyoung saves Jihoon, in doing so creating a connection between her gi and his own.
While out walking his dog, Ahn Jihoon, also 18, stumbles across a dokkaebi, a goblin of Korea. She will weaken and die unless she feeds on the gi or life force of others every full moon, but she confines her victims to evildoers. Gu Miyoung is a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox demon, who takes the shape of an 18-year-old young woman. forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon's.In this haunting fantasy romance from debut author Cho, Korean folklore comes to life in modern-day Seoul as a supernatural creature and human collide. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous and reignite a generations-old feud. With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. When he finds her fox bead, he does not realize he holds her life in his hands. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to men. Jihoon knows Miyoung is more than just a beautiful girl-he saw her nine tails the night she saved his life.
Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead-her gumiho soul-in the process. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.īut after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest.
An addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.Įighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret-she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive.
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