![]() ![]() Jump into the glittering world of kpop to see the sweat and blood beneath it. Although the other girls in the book (aside from her family members) are terrible human beings, there’s some attempts at humanizing the other trainees. I was expecting the book to be a lot trashier than it was and Jung surprised me with her restraint. ![]() ![]() A kpop YA novel that focuses on the industry and is written by a veteran performer feels like it should be a smash hit.Īdd into that that Jung’s departure from Girls Generation was a big scandal back in the day and this book feels like it should be brimming with juicy, tell-all secrets. In some ways, Shine by Jessica Jung is perfectly timed. It started with second generation groups like TVXQ and then was taken to whole new heights by groups like Black Pink and BTS. At this point, I don’t need to explain to anyone what Kpop is. ![]()
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