Hali

Short ver: It's a super fun read

Long ver: As a whole, I enjoyed reading the book. The style is easy to read and I like the idea of this unconventional relationship. Sadly, there's a lot of little things that annoyed me. In no particular order:

• the characters would break out into monologues regarding their moral stances - felt very performative, was often unnecessary and took me out of the flow/immersion
• the book is dripping with tumblr- and millenialism. That's not a crime or objective flaw, I just... really... didnt like it here. Why are we singing Hamilton to a child?
• it's so oddly heteronormative. Like if the book's dripping in tumblrism, it's soaking in heteronormativity. That's nothing new regarding cishet romances but I mention it here because it really annoyed me, considering how the author advertises herself as a lover of unconventional relationships and how the characters break out into moral rambles and how the MCs best friend in a queer black man
• don't take this too literally, but the best way to describe the main character is as a tumblr Mary Sue. As much as I hate popular use of that word, it gets pretty close here.
• unnecessary miscommunication

The smut is okay. The characters are pretty lovable up until a certain point, afterwards only Cyrus stays lovable. It's an okay book.

Hated the first half of the book. The worldbuilding, imo, was all over the place and the translation is lacking. Its also just very unconvincing.. this world just doesnt feel real at all. Its not scary to me because of it. Its like an exaggerated parody that I couldnt take seriously.

The second half tho? Truly gruesome. Actual horror. I feel sick to my stomach. Im never reading this again, good horror

This book amazingly continues the story of the Whitesky family from the previous book, Moon of the crusted snow. Evan is still heavily featured in this book while his daughter Nanghoons takes up more of the spotlight, as the book is mainly written from her perspective. 
Many people critiqued the slow pace of the first book. This one is still kinda slow but a lot more tense all throughout. At one point, I actually leaned forward and my heart started beating faster in anticipation - this never happens for me. 
The story wraps up suddenly, but nicely. Its a fairly nice ending and fitting, considering the book is about the journey of our protagonists and the Whitesky family. Really loved this book. :)