Cho Ye-eun
Honford Star
29 May 2026
216
eBook - EPUB
Fantasy-Thriller
ARC via NetGalley
Detective Yi Chang needs another miracle. Ten years ago his sister was healed of her deadly cancer by a mysterious cult leader, but now his young niece has inherited the same disease. The only lead Yi Chang has is the body of a murder victim found in an abandoned building in the Korean seaside. The man was stabbed repeatedly, but the knife found next to the body is covered with someone else's blood. Even stranger, the victim's face is covered with malignant melanoma, a disease he did not have. With time running short, Yi Chang must discover how this murder is related to the cult leader he so desperately seeks.
I really enjoyed Shift. It has some of the body-horror aspects of The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre, but at the same time it is more fantasy-thriller than fantasy-horror and poses questions around what lengths people would go to to cure illness and buy themselves more time. The narrative in three parts was compelling and held my interest throughout as we got the different perspectives from the two main characters. The ending felt satisfying, and the pacing throughout the book was good. At only about 200 pages, this was a short read but a thought-provoking one. I am giving it 4.5 stars.
I received this book as a free eBook ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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