All I can say is "........huh."

From the book description it sounds like this is a "woman searches for birth parents in Korea and falls in love along the way" situation, but it was actually more "woman searches for birth parents in Korea, is betrayed by a lot of people but doesn't really address those feels, has to make an admittedly difficult choice, and also manages to fall in love with a man in two weeks, story to be continued..."

It felt like 90% of the plot happened in the last 20% of the book. I did quickly zip through this book because the dramatic twists were quite unexpected towards the end. The protagonist switches back and forth quickly between "I am a pawn in the game of life" to "It's time for me to make grown up, difficult decisions," to "Life is unfair and I can't believe this is happening to me." I feel very unclear on how she actually feels at the end - and it's fine if she doesn't know how she feels but if that's the case it was not communicated in the prose.

Also, there was no indication that this was supposed to be a duology so the lack of resolution was quite surprising. To be clear, I will most likely read the second one when it comes out in 2022 (charming named Seoulmates).