Author's Note

1.
My unspeakable love

Pave chocolate
Whiskey Bonbon
Almond Chocolate

2.
Anything in the shape of love

Chocolate of Comfort
Truffle Chocolate
Pre:D Chocolate
dark chocolate
white chocolate
Chocolates in various shapes

3.
If not, then it can't be done

cocoa powder
Salami Chocolate

4.
It's tangled with me and you, tangled in a mess

Choco late
box of chocolates
Chocolate of Reward

5.
Whether love is small or big, whether old or young, it is a life of love.

Hollow Chocolate
Ganache Chocolate

6.
If love is like that

Ruby Chocolate
Packaged chocolate
Chocolate Latte

Major chocolates appearing in the novel

The popular serialized work that took the top spot on Millie's Bookstore's bestseller list even before its publication has finally been published in paperback!
A beautiful, relatable novel by new author Kim Ye-eun, who shares her memories of love with readers!

The work of Hwa-hwa, which quickly took the top spot on the overall bestseller list and was loved by countless readers as soon as it began serialization on the e-book platform Milli's Bookstore, has finally been published as a paper book.
Everyone who has lived in this world has probably had the experience of having a crush on someone at least once.
How can I easily erase that intense, beautiful, yet incredibly painful memory of not being able to express my true feelings toward that person, just groaning and missing them, and ultimately ending up in sadness without being able to achieve them?

We often say that anyone who harbors such inner pain can overcome it by having a heartfelt conversation with someone who has experienced the same pain.
In that sense, the novel 『Suspicious Chocolate Shop』 written this year by new novelist Kim Ye-eun beautifully reminds readers of their memories of unrequited love, and at the same time, it deeply resonates with the hearts of readers who are still suffering from unrequited love for someone somewhere, so it can be said to be a beautiful novel of empathy that seeks to heal the pain of love together with the characters in the work.

The main character, 'Joo-ho', runs a chocolate shop in a small alley in Seoul. He not only makes and sells chocolate, but also provides counseling to customers who are suffering from unrequited love or who are having a hard time forgetting an old love. He then gives them chocolates with meanings that match their love style for free, and teaches them courage and solutions to overcome unrequited love.

As we read the scenes where the bitter unrequited love that cannot be conveyed to the person we like is healed by covering it with the sweet taste and scent of chocolate, and the love stories of characters with various personalities who are experiencing unrequited love in various ways, readers will not only think about the meaning of love itself that goes beyond the simple appearance of unrequited love, along with our protagonist, but will also look back on what their own unrequited love experiences were like, and have a new experience of remembering it as a sweet memory rather than a bitter one.

The power of sincerity conveyed in conversations between counselors and clients
Sharing genuine emotions through honest conversations about unrequited love.

The most notable feature of this novel is that, unlike existing novels written in paragraphs, it uses dialogue-like dialogue, similar to monologues in a play, to convey the characters' emotions more deeply.
The work does not create the story through incidents, but rather through the dialogue between the protagonist and the guest in a space created through counseling within the work, creating a natural story.
You might wonder how words alone can fully express your feelings for someone you love. But perhaps there's no more effective way to truly convey your feelings than words. The author uses the unique method of maximizing the genuine power of these words through the medium of counseling dialogue.

Even though they can't find the courage to say anything to the person they love and just suffer, when someone comes forward to understand their feelings and listen to their heartbreaking story, they express their love frankly, from their own shortcomings to how serious their love is for the other person, in a calm and sometimes passionate way. When we see the characters in the novel, it seems as if the raw emotion of love they feel is being transmitted to us, the readers.

And all these expressions will give us a fresh impression by conveying the meaning that the unrequited love of everyone who could only look at the person they liked was the same feeling of love as that of countless other lovers.
If by any chance the kind of love I'm experiencing right now is unrequited, don't be sad and don't think it's pathetic.
That too is a love that I truly feel, and it is an emotion that I may one day convey to the person I am looking at.
This novel may serve as a love counselor, helping readers realize that very fact and truly face the feeling of love.