J. Soori
Ize Press
20 January 2026
384
eBook - PDF
BL - Contemporary
ARC via Edelweiss
Computer science major Sangwoo Choo lives by the following tenets: reason, routine, and rules. So when the rest of his groupmates flake on their class presentation, he deletes their names from the project without hesitation—inadvertently destroying one groupmate's plans to graduate and study abroad. That's got nothing to do with Sangwoo, though…or so he thinks, until he realizes that Jaeyoung Jang, the talented design major he was hoping to hire for his video game, is not only that very same classmate, but eager to get some payback! Will Sangwoo be able to debug this semantic error before it upends his entire life?
I was already familiar with Semantic Error thanks to the web series; however, I didn't remember all the smaller details of the series, so it was still entertaining to read this book and rediscover the story. The dual narrative worked well, giving us both sides of different scenes and I liked the general layout and formatting of the text. The premise itself is great fun, playing on the opposites-attract trope with a hint of enemies-to-lovers, and there is a good blend of action/drama, emotion and humour. On the whole, I think the relationship between the two developed well, and both characters grew and changed over the course of this first book. For those who need the warnings, there is one moment I would describe as dubious consent/lack of consent, but it was only really in one scene. This first volume ended on a big cliffhanger moment, and I would definitely be keen to read on in the series. 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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