We need more asian inspired histories and this book is exactly what we need.
As a korean folkore inspired world we are provided with this "dictionary" of creatures.
Short, straight to the point, a bit whimsical and very korean.
I think this would be an amazing guide to create korean inspired D&D characters, since the information provided it's super complete, I'll give it a try in my next session.
Only downside I personally did not love the illustrations, and would love to have a pronunciation guide since my korean is non existent.

I would recommend it to mythology and folklore lovers, D&D players.
I was provided a copy of this arc in exchange for an honest review.

This book surprised me. I was expecting a tale in general but the book introduces characters and gives details about them. I really enjoyed this style. It reminded me of game character stats books. I think illustrations were very pretty. The colors were bright and captivating. I am not sure if AI was used since I am not very good at detecting it but I do not think it was used.

When it comes to the historical and cultural aspect of these characters, I am not educated enough to write about them. However, I liked that they have mentioned the sensitivity of these topics so I assume that they have cared about it.

I think this book would be a perfect gift to someone who is Korean or is interested in Korean culture and history. The content may be too much for younger audience but I think 15+ can pretty much read this book. It is easy to read it as a digital copy but I am pretty sure it looks even prettier on paper.

Huge thanks to Netgalley, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and HwaHwa Studio for this advanced reader copy.