HEART & SEOUL
SEOULMATES
Author: Jen Fredrick
Series: Seoul series 1 & 2
Release Date: January 25th,2022
SUMMARY:
As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn’t need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she’s reminded that she doesn’t look like anyone else in her family—not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not like Pat’s new wife and new “real” son.
At the age of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis that has her running off to Seoul in search of her roots.
What Hara finds there has all the makings of a classic K-drama: a tall, mysterious stranger who greets her at the airport, spontaneous adventures across the city, and a mess of familial ties, along with a red string of destiny that winds its way around her, heart and soul. Hara goes to Korea looking for answers, but what she gets instead is love—a forbidden love that will either welcome Hara home…or destroy her chance of finding one.
I couldn’t help myself, another book that plays out like a k-drama? Sign me up! Since I read both together back to back, I’m just going to do a review of the series as a whole, but it’s going to be spoiler free :) So let’s dive in!
Hara Wilson, has always felt like the outsider in her small community in Iowa. She was adopted as in infant by the Wilsons after being abandoned by her birth mother outside of a police station in Seoul, South Korea. Now Hara is 25 years old and has lead a pretty uneventful life. She has no real ties holding her to Iowa and she is desperate to find belonging. After a data breech occurs and her birth father suddenly reaches out Hara decides to take the trip of her life to Seoul, South Korea. Here she hops to find her sense of belonging. However, staying on track of her mission, proves to be quite difficult when suddenly Hara mistakes a very handsome chaebol as her driver. From there, Hara and Choi Yujun start to go on adventures and become more and more involved with each other. The only problem is what happens when Hara has to go home to Iowa? Is this just a vacation fling or is it real?
First of all, I feel so giddy after completing this series. For starters this is 100% new adult and not YA. I honestly, do not read smut and some of these scenes defiantly had me blushing haha, but I can’t say i hated it. I will say, this story read like a k-drama for me. For someone who doesn’t watch k-drama, this story might not read as easily. I’ve read a few reviews where the overall flow was criticized and I have to say I whole heartedly disagree. I think this story was a fantastic burn and build up. Now, did this story necessarily need two novels? Ehhh… debatable, BUT I cannot say I didn’t love spending more time with Hara as she grew into the fantastic character she was. I loved the connection Hara and Yujun had and I loved the journey i went through with them.
Overall, if you like books that read like k-dramas, you will 100% love this novel. I sped through both of these books in a matter of 3 days. It’s a very fun light hearted read. The first book defiantly was a slow burn and does leave off on a cliff hanger, which defiantly sucks! If I did not have the second book already, I probably would’ve lost my mind. So be prepared when you start this to just read both in one go! I also loved that unlike a lot of novels that are k-drama/kpop themed, this had so much explanation of Hangul words. For someone who knows basic vocabulary already, I still loved the overall explanation of words and there were a few in there that I actually didn’t know so that was defiantly a refreshing addition to the story.
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