Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee

I really wanted to like this one and it showed a lot of promise but just missed the mark.

The writing felt clumsy and clunky. This was especially noticeable around the Korean themes. When themes and concepts were introduced they were very info dumpy and then every subsequent use would include another explanation of the term. While this was helpful since the terms needed that frequent reminding, it made the writing less fluid.

This issue with the terms also extends to the sheer frequency of them. By turning every term into the Korean name for a concept (archangels for example) then following it up with a reminder that x = y it demonstrates that you didn't need to make that swap. This causes needless confusion and makes the book significantly less approachable. 

Although the story and the journey was interesting, the characters fell flat for me. I wasn't invested in their romance. The FMCs perspective felt extremely juvenile given her supposed age. The MMC had the personality of a paper bag. 🤷‍♀️

I loved the theme. I'm a big fan of cultural lore. I wanted this to be everything I hoped for. But, although it was not bad by any means, it was not good either.