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It was the premise of the rainfall market itself that drew me in - an invitation to go to a magical market to try and find your dream life… say less. It made me think of the Magic Faraway Tree.

I really enjoyed the magical realism elements, and the shopping component of the market but it‘s marketed as as adult fiction but really read as something more on the younger side of the YA scale. Which is fine, but adjust your expectations accordingly.

I‘m not having luck with the last few “feel good” fantasy books.

Trying to get back to normal a bit, so I've planned myself a lot of reading time today. Finished this off at last -- it's a very quick read, and does feel kinda middle-grade/YAish, though I think the translation is doing some of that.

Mostly, the plot itself is a little simplistic and the conclusion more or less inevitable.

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I ended up enjoying this cozy Korean fantasy novel but it was a bit more cliche than I had hoped in some ways. A young girl goes to a magical market to change her life but none of the possible futures she sees seem to turn out as well as she'd hoped. Not only that, but a thief if plaguing the marker. Along with her magical cat companion Issha, Serrin will have to decide what exactly it is she's looking in life.

A bit of magic, a lot of love. There were a few too many characters and the plot felt a bit flat, the ending rushed. Still, it was a unique world and had moments of humor and flair. Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for a digital ARC.