Once in the Sea God’s city, she discovers that the Sea God isn’t just ignoring them as she thought and something else is going down. The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea follows Mina, who decides to sacrifice herself to the Sea God in place of her brother’s girlfriend. But I know I was pretty excited and was lucky enough to be granted an early copy of this book in e-book form through NetGalley. I liked Jenny’s new friends also.Axie Oh has given us sci-fi and contemporary YA novels in the past, and now, with The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea, we have her first fantasy! I’d only read XOXO before picking this one up, though I do want to read the Rebel Seoul duology, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this one. I can’t say there was too much drama except the usual – how does a k-pop star date a normal girl? So even their little moment of a break-up it was short-lived.įun side characters like XOXO member, Nathaniel. I felt like they gave each other enough space – Jenny was making new friends at her school and Jaewoo being in a k-pop group had many things to do with school and the group. The romance is so super cute and sweet, I usually like some fighting and angst in romances but this was adorable.

Yet Jenny finally finds out the truth about her mom and grandma’s strained relationship. Her mom tells her the only path to succeed is no distractions (no friends, and especially no boyfriends). Jenny is trying to reach her goals and get into her top choice music school and be a cellist. Jaewoo is his family’s breadwinner – anything he does in public could jeopardize his career.

There are some family issues discussed in this book, especially with the issue of responsibility. The two hit it off in the most innocent way possible and when Jenny moves to South Korea and coincidentally to the school Jaewoo goes to – it’s hard for them to fight their attraction. Jaewoo is a member of rising K-Pop group XOXO and he’s what girls dream the perfect boy to be: gorgeous, talented, charming, responsible, follows the rules and a super star. I like that she’s independent, talented and she’s nice. Jenny can handle herself in South Korea pretty well because she’s taken Korean language courses since she was young. Girl meets boy and off in Los Angeles and then off to South Korea we go! I love that this mostly took place in South Korea, the author did a great job transporting my mind there.

Bought this one on a whim because it the ebook was on sale for $1.99 on Amazon and I was craving a light hearted, cute romance and this one delivered.

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