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Gods & Comics by Kat Cho

Releases April 21, 2026

YA fantasy romance LITRPG

I received an advance review copy for free through Netgalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Gods & Comics follows 17-year-old Grace Bak, who is an overachieving Junior in high school with high expectations for herself. Unfortunately, a side effect of her own high expectations is debilitating panic attacks that have made her a social pariah to the majority of her school. Her only real outlet to be herself is her anonymous web-comic “Sun God” that she created based on Korean myths her halmeoni told her as a child. 

However, things take a turn when her characters from her web-comic show up in her life, because after it goes viral, people start believing in and worshipping the gods depicted in it. The gods are only half of what she has imagined them as, and she soon finds herself fighting against a spiteful god trying to infect Earth with smallpox. 

I’ve really enjoyed this book. I know it’s a bit under my age range, but it felt pretty authentic, and it was really interesting reading about the Korean myths and legends that I don’t know much about. In the end, it was a bit of a tearjerker, but its definitely appropriate for teens and higher. There’s no spice, unless you’re counting kissing (tame kissing) spice. It was a cool take on the LITRPG genre. 

Five Stars for YA Fantasy