Jeong You-jeong
Creature Publishing
30 September 2025
358
eBook - EPUB
Thriller
ARC via Edelweiss
With unparalleled psychological precision, master of crime and suspense fiction You-Jeong Jeong weaves a domestic nightmare centered on Yuna Shin: wife, mother, sister—and covert narcissist.
Everyone in Yuna’s life is desperate to keep her happy: her partners, parents, and terrified six-year-old daughter. Even when she’s not blaming or hitting, the threat of her mood keeps her family from bonding, touching, or even speaking long enough to realize she’s playing them against each other. But when little Jiyoo’s feverish memories of loons hint at a troubling crime, Yuna’s estranged sister and guilt-ridden husband begin to reconstruct her movements, the unexplained tragedies in Yuna’s history, and the lies she’s told for years. For the first time, Yuna’s traumatized family members will have to confront the truth of her depravity and learn that no one—no matter how young—is safe from her wrath.
After all, Yuna believes that happiness requires subtraction. And she wants nothing less than perfect happiness.
Perfect Happiness was a really fascinating and engrossing read. I loved how our sense of Yuna developed with each new added layer of narrative from the lives of those around her. Although we never see her from her own perspective, we still acquire an amazing sense of who she is and how she became that way. The tension built more and more as the book progressed, culminating in an edge-of-your-seat finale that tied off all the threads woven since the start of the story. I could see this being turned into a wonderful, dark film or mini-series, and the descriptions in the book lent a cinematic quality to the storytelling. This was a gripping tale and I would love to read more from this author in the future, as well as attempting to read this story in the original language once my Korean improves a little more. Recommended for fans of taut thrillers. I am giving it 4.5 stars.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
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