false <![CDATA[Bride of the Water God, Vol.1]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187117922m/1702887.jpg 1702887 1 When Soah's impoverished, desperate village decides to sacrifice her to the Water God Habaek to end a long drought, they believe that drowning one beautiful girl will save their entire community and bring much-needed rain. Not only is Soah surprised to be rescued by the Water God - instead of killed - she never imagined she'd be a welcomed guest in Habaek's magical kingdom, where an exciting new life awaits her! Most surprising, however, is the Water God himself... and how very different he is from the monster Soah imagined. 1699952 24 10 2007 Bride of the Water God, Vol.1 total:100|5:38|4:37|3:21|2:4|1:0| 100 409 149 22 4 1 false false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 00:00:42 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 05:48:37 -0700 2008 -Yun uses a lot of open spaces to relay the loneliness of Soah. It also translates into a sense of separation and aloofness bet...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:20:02 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:27:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 14:15:44 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 15:09:18 -0700 2009
Secondly, what is it with the perpetuation of proto-abusive relationships being vaunted as romance? If a man treats you rudely, lies to you, and is always grabbing your wrist violently...why are you...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 22:38:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 22:41:38 -0700 2009
Aside from that, this is mostly setup--promising setup, bu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 07:32:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 14:37:23 -0800 2008
The flow of the story gets a bit choppy in places. Soah apparently spends a lot of time wandering around ... wandering. And occasionally she finds another god who tells her something cryptic.

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When the world cast her away, the Water God rescued her.
Soah is a girl from a small village. The Water God (also known as Habaek) is upset and so a long drought has been devestating the village people. In order to appease the god, they marry Soah off to him b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 17:39:46 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 13:06:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 17:42:43 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 17:43:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 09 20:50:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:50:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 03 20:46:14 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 20:47:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 10:53:58 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 10:55:07 -0700 2007 Beauty and the Beast archetype, along with a lot of Korean mythology, as far as I can tell.

And it's so gorgeous!

Full review: http://oyceter.livejournal.com/658844.ht...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 10:47:23 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 10:50:15 -0700 2008
This book is stunning to look at if nothing else. Korean manhwa artist Mi-Kyung Yun truly delivers in this story of hers. The art is stunning, the love story is fantastical and exciting, yet production has been halted.

Currently, you can get vol. 1-2 in the Sta...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 15:04:49 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 12:17:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 09:59:56 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 10:00:35 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jul 14 02:17:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 02:21:50 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Nov 15 22:13:08 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 22:15:24 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Feb 11 10:27:17 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 10:28:17 -0800 2008
The art is gorgeous.]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 18:29:53 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 18:31:00 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 16:51:55 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 23:52:04 -0700 2009
I love the concept, with the gods and the prettiness though]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 03 16:30:13 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 16:44:12 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1702887