bride of the water god vol 1 yun mi kyung

Peppery, gorgeous girl, who constantly is in need of saving? Check. Let’s see – aloof, handsome, rude boy who is secretly sweet? Check. And while I’m honestly not well versed enough in the two to be able to tell them apart, I did find many a familiar story convention in these pages – as I think will any fan of manga or anime. Now looking at the cover, you probably think this is a manga – but technically it’s manhwa, as it hails from Korea. And you know what? I am just having a ridiculous amount of fun reading it. (And yes, all the missing pictures were definitely of Mui, aka The Love Interest – I checked, with more than a little amusement, when I checked out an un-vandalized copy.) So yes, this is definitely THAT kind of series. Or let me put it this way – when I got one of the volumes out from the library, I found several pages with squares cut out presumably because some besotted reader couldn’t bear to part with the dreamy pictures of Mui contained therein. And Bride of the Water God is definitely a series of that very ilk – so, if you’re in the mood for some swoony angst, you have definitely found the right title. Be it Grey’s Anatomy, Dallas, Pretty Little Liars, Revenge or Jane the Virgin, we all have our soapy kryptonite – and sometimes, well, you just want nothing more from life than some ridiculous escapist melodrama.

Let’s face it – we all get sucked into a soap opera every now and then. 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. 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.

Bride of the water god vol 1 yun mi kyung