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Gilded

by Christina Farley · 2014

Sixteen-year-old Jae Hwa Lee is a Korean-American girl with a black belt, a deadly proclivity with steel-tipped arrows, and a chip on her shoulder the size of Korea itself. When her widowed dad uproots her to Seoul from her… more

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Disbelief is the root of the impossible.
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We are given moments, and we must choose what to do with them. This is your moment.
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Some things are not meant to disappear until their purpose has been met.
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Never doubt. Never shy from who you are meant to be.
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The best way to predict your future is to create it,
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Some people paint for stress relief. Others beat the crap out of punching bags (which, I might add, is very therapeutic).
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Growth and strength come through suffering. Without suffering, humankind would be no better than children.
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Everyone has a weakness. Even a demigod.
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The noise around me blurs, and all I can focus on is his lips and breath and presence.
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You can never have enough books,
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When you don’t know how long you have to live, you have to live as if every second counts.
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Her face drops, and I bite my lip, instantly regretting my words. They had promised to stay together no matter what, but since she moved to Seoul, he hasn’t been good about keeping in touch. “He must have forgotten or fallen asleep.” She
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When we get home, Dad is inspired to ground me for eternity after my stunt on the island.
Haemosu might do to him. “Marc!” I yell. “Stay
gleams as if it’s beckoning me
we live in a very busy, noisy, and hurried world. Too modern to hear Good calling. Too rushed to feel the pull of Evil.

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Sixteen-year-old Jae Hwa Lee is a Korean-American girl with a black belt, a deadly proclivity with steel-tipped arrows, and a chip on her shoulder the size of Korea itself. When her widowed dad uproots her to Seoul from her home in L.A., Jae thinks her biggest challenges will be fitting in to a new school and dealing with her dismissive Korean grandfather. Then she discovers that a Korean demi-god, Haemosu, has been stealing the soul of the oldest daughter of each generation in her family for centuries. And she's next.

But that’s not Jae’s only problem.

There's also Marc. Irresistible and charming, Marc threatens to break the barriers around Jae's heart. As the two grow closer, Jae must decide if she can trust him. But Marc has a secret of his own—one that could help Jae overturn the curse on her family for good. It turns out that Jae's been wrong about a lot of things: her grandfa

Book details

First published
2014
Genre
Fantasy
Goodreads rating
3.51 (4k ratings)

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