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The God and the Gwisin

The God and the Gwisin

Urban FantasyRomantic Comedy
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

Yoo Kisa is exhausted with her afterlife. Stuck working aboard the SRC Flatliner, a river cruise ferrying the dead to their next destination, she's just trying to pay off her karmic debt in peace. But the red thread of fate wrapped around her finger followed her into the underworld, and her fated partner has already found her once, whether she wanted him to or not.

When the heavenly emperor turns up murdered aboard the ship, Kisa and the god Seokga are the only ones positioned to investigate. With the cruise due to end and a killer still on board, the two of them have to work together to solve the case before more passengers, living or dead, end up missing their stop entirely.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

FunnyMysteriousRomantic

Genres

Urban Fantasy Romantic Comedy Mystery

About the author

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Sophie Kim

Sophie Kim is a number-one Sunday Times bestselling author writing fantasy steeped in Korean mythology and folklore, citing Korean dramas like Goblin and Tale of the Nine-Tailed as inspirations. Her adult romantasy series beginning with The God and the Gumiho is set in the fictional city of New Sinsi; she also writes the YA Talons trilogy, beginning with Last of the Talons.

Characters

Yoo KisaProtagonist

A woman working off her karmic debt aboard the SRC Flatliner, a cruise ship for the dead, who gets pulled into investigating a murder.

SeokgaProtagonist

A god bound to Kisa by the red thread of fate, who partners with her to solve the heavenly emperor's murder.

All characters in The God and the Gwisin