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GODS & COMICS<\/h3>\n

\n April 2026,\n Nancy Paulsen\/Penguin Random House,\n 384 pp <\/p>\n\n

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New Romantic Fantasy from the best-selling author of Wicked Fox<\/em> and Once Upon a K-Prom.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Seventeen-year-old junior class vice president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out. With plans to become a doctor like both her parents, Grace has her sights set on Boston University’s intensive science summer program–which will put her on the fast track to medical school.<\/p>\r\n

When she’s not at school or studying, Grace writes and illustrates her webcomic, Sun God, inspired by the Korean myth of Haemosu about two teenage gods trapped in human form who are cursed to live in the modern world, and perhaps worst of all, to attend public high school. She started the comic as a way to honor her grandmother who used to tell her all the old myths before she died. Grace never expected the comic to go viral, but it has, and she’s still spinning from the excitement of having thousands of readers. But somehow the power of all those readers has conjured the real Haemosu and now it’s up to Grace to get him back to his own realm.<\/p>\r\n

As Grace and Hae try to figure out a way for Hae to return home, the two become close. Hae challenges everything Grace has ever believed about herself, even making her braver in the face of her near-crippling anxiety.<\/p>\r\n

But Hae isn’t the only god to find themselves suddenly trapped in the mortal realm and now a battle is on the horizon. Grace and Hae fight side by side, but in the end, will their burgeoning love keep them together or tear them apart?<\/p><\/div>\n\n \n\n

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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY<\/strong><\/a> – “Human issues of racial microaggressions, grief, and anxiety take center stage amid godly conflicts, making for a fresh and richly layered K-drama-esque romantasy.”<\/p>\n\n \n \n \n \n \n

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VICIOUS SPIRITS<\/h3>\n

\n August 2020,\n Putnam\/Penguin,\n 416 pp <\/p>\n\n

\n \n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>Miyoung and Jihoon are picking up the pieces of their broken lives following the deaths of Miyoung\u2019s mother, Yena, and Jihoon\u2019s grandmother. The events at the end of Wicked Fox have upended the forces that govern life and death and there are supernatural entities lurking in the background that will stop at nothing to right their world. With the support of their friend Somin, and their frenemy, Junu, Miyoung and Jihoon might just have a shot at normalcy. But Miyoung is getting sicker and sicker by the day and her friends don\u2019t know how to save her. With few options remaining, Junu has an idea but it might require the ultimate sacrifice and, unfortunately, Junu isn\u2019t known for his generosity.\r\n\r\nIn Vicious Spirits, Kat Cho delivers another beguiling and addictive read full of otherworldly dangers and romance.\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen danger lurks from beyond the grave, supporting characters find themselves in the limelight in this\u00a0enthralling<\/strong>\u00a0sequel to\u00a0Wicked Fox<\/em>. . .Once again Cho\u00a0artfully balances<\/strong>\u00a0Korean-inspired folktales, K-drama motifs, emotionally complex characters, and unpredictable plot twists. . . This folktale fantasy\u00a0will not disappoint<\/strong>.\u201d \u2014Kirkus<\/em><\/div>\n\n \n\n \n

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