She wished she was normal and that she didn’t have this side of her so that she doesn’t have to hide from the world. Miyoung is a gumiho but has some moral dilemmas about being one, and how her kind takes qi, energy, from mortal beings.
night and darkness made a believer of everyone. It had the magical element alongside lots of obstacles between the two main characters.
The author has expertly written Wicked Fox as if it’s a K-drama. In Wicked Fox, there’s a balance in which showed both the viciousness and the more humane side of being a gumiho. Most of the time, the fox is cunning, sly and the villain of the story.
Most of my interactions with nine-tailed foxes were in Chinese and Korean dramas. I mean, tteok-bokki, japchae, jjigae? Oh my god, the mere mention of delicious cuisines made my stomach growl.Īlthough I’ve known about the mythological being, the Korean folklore of gumiho was something I didn’t read about in books. Wicked Fox made me hungry for all the Korean food I was reading. When I read this last year, I haven’t been to South Korea yet so this was a huge fictional escape to a country I had been dying to visit. The main thing that attracted me to Wicked Fox was the fantasy element of gumiho (nine-tailed fox), in modern Seoul, South Korea. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous… forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon’s. With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to humans. 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. A fresh and 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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