满级绿茶穿成小可怜

A modern day "Green-tea Princess" dies and swears to become a better person in her next life. However, she's reborn as an unfavoured princess. Surrounded by harem intrigue, MC decides to show everyone the true power of a "Green tea" Princess.

♤: more lighthearted than it sounds. MTL is decent but understandable. I didnt expect to enjoy it this much but I really like how the MC doesn't hesitate to use her " green tea" powers for survival. 

My favourite part is definitely her siblings and her. It's lighthearted at first as MC sells Meng and wins over everyone but as the years pass and the inevitable fight for the throne reaches its head, the tension between siblings begins to ramp up. Seeing brothers who love her and pampered her being turned against each other because of their roles is really sad. Everyone gets a happy ending though esp my baby Lin Ting. 

ML doesn't have that much presence but when they do get together he's a really good husband and father. Although he's possessive and has Yandere tendencies, he fully respects MC and loves her. (Although he technically held her country hostage to marry her)

The epilogues were cute and I'm thrilled theres no gross "jealous of his son stealing away the mom" that epilogues like to pull. He wants his son to grow up to become a good ruler and raises him well.

Overall a relatively relaxing but enjoyable read

明天我就要重生了 by 女王不在家

I've read most of this Author's catalogues and this is probably the most infuriating of the bunch. No spoilers because if I had to take psychic damage reading this, so does everyone else. 

Summary: she has a handsome and wealthy husband but there are constant scandals and the relationship between spouses is cold. She has a genius and beautiful son but the mother-son relationship is unfamiliar and indifferent. This life is a mistake but fortunately, she will be born again tomorrow. 

° This is a psychological horror disguised as a romance. There's no other way to put it. As much as i took psychic damage from every chapter, I also couldn't bear to stop reading just to find out what the real truth is. 

Tong Yao, our MC, is a dodder flower. She delicate, beautiful and in all ways reliant on her husband. Her life is a sheltered greenhouse. She's also an incredibly unreliable narrator and that's the whole draw of this messy novel. 

I don't like Tong Yao. She has her (many) troubles but it's still infuriating to be in her head. She doesn't have much of a spine and when she does it's not very satisfying either. I cannot see what ML sees in her. ML is also not innocent either. He is genuinely messed up. They're both a mess made in heaven.

The only character I liked was their son. He deserves better parents. 

Do I recommend this as a romance novel? No. Do I recommend this as a psychological thriller? Yes. 

皇后命

Gu Lanfu is reborn with memories of her past life. Determined to sit on the throne, she pushes her sister, Gu Jinyuan to marry the crown prince who died early the last life. Except, why does Gu Jinyuan seems to still be headed for the fate of a Queen?  (MC is Gu Jinyuan)

◇ Enjoyable historical novel. MC is seemingly mature and very elegant but still has the aura of being a young. She's a good balance of being grown from her age but also acting like a young maiden. She's a bit stubborn at heart but her thought processes are reasonable.

ML may seem a bit incomprehensible and unreasonable but he has his reasons (no spoilers here). Actually very deeply in love with MC and doting to the extreme. 

Romance is basically Tsundere MC X Doting ML. MC acts the most genuine in front of ML, all the elegant demeanour comes off and at heart, she's a bit wild. They're both a bit too stubborn at times but it works out this life after they eventually talk things out. It's easy to see how things could (and did ?) go wrong. 

Gu Lanfu. Extremely s*upid and petty. She may have experienced things before but is clear she has absolutely zero brain cells to think further. In the end, she never really understood anything because she pushed everything to MC. 

Side characters. I liked most of them and they had enough development. Emperor is actual good dad who values his family. MC's dad is my guilty favourite. It's never fully explained but you get the gist of it. He has reasons for how he is and I ended up liking him a lot. 

Second Prince. Boy do I feel bad for him. He's such a genuine nice guy. Very gentle and kind and perhaps the greatest tragedy is that he was born to an ambitious mother whilst being unsuited for the throne. Probably would have been happier in an ordinary official's family. His ending was kind of bittersweet. In the end, I think he was one of the more innocent characters.

Good historical MTL, just enough of everything to feel satisfied. Epilogues were kind of boring though.

穿成首辅家的小野猫

An unassuming third daughter of the Zheng family becomes the infamous Prime Minister's beloved cat every night when she falls asleep. Their paths eventually cross when she's human and he takes interests in her.

♧: relatively easy to MTL despite being an ancient novel. A short, sweet novel to cleanse the palate. I wasn't the biggest fan of the romance and wanted more scenes of them as a couple but considering theres only 58 chapters... 

Refreshing points given for her family not being evil despite her being Shu. She gets along well with the Di son and daughter who also worry about her (my fav is her sister). Its really nice to see no family conflict.