Wicked Fox

Gu Miyoung is eighteen and lives in modern-day Seoul. She is also a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox out of Korean folklore, and she stays alive by draining the life energy of men. She keeps her conscience by hunting only murderers.

One night she saves her classmate Jihoon from a goblin. In the struggle her fox bead, the vessel of her soul, slips out of her body, and Jihoon's touch binds the two of them together.

Miyoung looks to a young shaman for help in getting the bead back. Meanwhile her health fails, and her closeness to Jihoon grows. Each step toward recovering what she lost makes the bond harder to cut.

The book is a young adult fantasy romance rooted in Korean mythology, with the feel of a K-drama. It opens the Gumiho duology and is followed by Vicious Spirits. The question driving it is whether Miyoung's immortal life is worth more than Jihoon's.