Heart and Seoul, Jen Frederick
Heart and Seoul, Jen Frederick
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Heart and Seoul

Author: Jen Frederick

Narrator: Greta Jung

Unabridged: 12 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/25/2021


Synopsis

One woman learns that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected in this heart-wrenching yet hopeful romantic novel and first in the Seoul duology by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick.

As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn’t need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she’s reminded that she doesn’t look like anyone else in her family—not her loving mother, Ellen; not her jerk of a father, Pat; and certainly not like Pat’s new wife and new “real” son.

At the age of twenty-five, she thought she had come to terms with it all, but when her father suddenly dies, an offhand comment at his funeral triggers an identity crisis that has her running off to Seoul in search of her roots.

What Hara finds there has all the makings of a classic K-drama: a tall, mysterious stranger who greets her at the airport, spontaneous adventures across the city, and a mess of familial ties, along with a red string of destiny that winds its way around her, heart and soul. Hara goes to Korea looking for answers, but what she gets instead is love—a forbidden love that will either welcome Hara home…or destroy her chance of finding one.

About The Author

Jen Frederick is a Korean adoptee living in the Midwest with her husband, daughter, and rambunctious dog. Under the psuedonym Erin Watt, Frederick has cowritten two #1 New York Times bestselling novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on December 13, 2022

I have been putting off writing this review for a very long time, for a very simple reason: I don't want to think about it. I was forced into reading this books through a lil comedy of errors, which is just a more charming (and pretentious) way of saying that I accidentally nabbed the e-ARC of the seq......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on June 25, 2021

2.5 stars. I have to start off by saying a big part of my disappointment in this book is the way it was marketed. It literally says "a heart-wrenching yet hopeful romance." Sure this book is heart-wrenching, but it's not a romance and really not hopeful. At all. Overall it was pretty depressing. She......more

Goodreads review by CristiinaReads୨ৎ on February 21, 2021

An emotionally compelling novel, filled with progression and character growth that is both soothing and romantic... As a Jen Frederick lover, I can truly say this novel... was one of a kind when it comes down to her writing. I was expecting something, but got something else in return. A positive......more

Goodreads review by Kaylee on June 21, 2021

ALL. OF. THE. STARS. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Review to come, but if you love a sweet cinnamon roll of a main male lead and are as obsessed with K DRAMAS as I am, you will love this book! There will be a second and yes the HEA/HFN will be in that (I’m sure in true k drama fashion!) so please ignore the igno......more

Goodreads review by Lacey (laceybooklovers) on June 18, 2022

I knew going into this there was no HEA (at least not until book 2) but I still didn't enjoy this as much as I wanted to. The heroine was all over the place and the reveal at the end was SO strange.......more


Quotes

"With this charming contemporary, Frederick (Bombshell) delivers a dramatic love story while sensitively exploring the thorny issue of interracial adoption...Fans and new readers alike will be hooked on this page-turning tale."—Publishers Weekly