New York Times bestseller Kat Cho returns
with a fresh contemporary, fantasy romance about a teen whose life is upended
when the gods in her anonymous viral web comic inspired by a forgotten Korean
myth come to life and the hero falls in love with her.
Seventeen-year-old junior class president Grace Bak has her entire future all
mapped out. With plans to become a doctor like her 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.
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.
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. Hae learns he is
fallible, after all and what it means to sacrifice for those you love.
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?
About the Author
Kat Cho used to hide books under the bathroom sink
and then sneak in there to read after bedtime.
Her parents pretended not to know. This was helpful when she
decided to write a dinosaur time-travel novel at the tender age of nine.
Sadly, that book was not published. She currently lives in
New York City and spends her free time trying to figure out what kind of puppy
to adopt.
Kat is the New York Times and international
bestselling author of the Gumiho duology and Once Upon a K-Prom.
