List 1- BL Collection: Personally Reviewed and Rated

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List 1- BL Collection: Personally Reviewed and Rated

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First list…

These are the BL novels I’ve chosen to read and complete and then personally rate between 1 and 5. 5 almost always being an absolute read again! (Order of books are from best to worst). I tried not to give away plot details (keep an eye out for the SPOILER ALERT! to avoid any plot points when reading reviews). My reviews are based on personal satisfaction and opinion, once completed.

This list contains a mixture of plots and character types in the BL genre.

Note: This list contains completed translations as I try to avoid reading ongoing translations as I lack the patience.

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Reyleisha

Created: Sep 29th, 2020, Updated: Jul 14th, 2021

Created Sep 29th, 2020

Updated Jul 14th, 2021

CN (4.1)

#51Agreement of Being Gay for 30 Days

65 Chapters Every 101.9 Day(s) 5910 Readers 62 Reviews 05-29-2020

Completed Comedy Drama Romance School Life Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- I really enjoyed this. It’s not the greatest story out there but it is very enjoyable and worth the read.... more>>

CN (4.4)

#52The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

0 Chapters Every 79.3 Day(s) 23677 Readers 462 Reviews 07-16-2021

Completed Action Adult Comedy Drama Mature Romance Xuanhuan Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Read this because of the MC, he makes it worth it. ... more>>

CN (3.7)

#53Sickly Tyrannical

99 Chapters Every 148.7 Day(s) 3165 Readers 49 Reviews 06-19-2018

Completed Adult Mature Psychological Smut Tragedy Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- dark and disturbing but I enjoyed it very much, until the ending chapters anyway. ... more>>

CN (4.2)

#54Picked up by the Protagonist of a Tormented! MC Novel

94 Chapters Every 107.9 Day(s) 9974 Readers 132 Reviews 04-27-2021

Completed Action Fantasy Martial Arts Romance Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Absolutely brilliant, although heartbreaking and sad at the same time.... more>>

CN (4.6)

#55Rebirth of a Movie Star

67 Chapters Every 119.3 Day(s) 11988 Readers 354 Reviews 07-02-2019

Completed Drama Mature Romance Shounen Ai Slice of Life

Rating: 4/5- This was great- the revenge was definitely satisfactory but overall the MC got the happy ending he deserved. ... more>>

CN (4.1)

#56Rebirth of The Golden Marriage

0 Chapters Every 1314 Day(s) 4426 Readers 54 Reviews 09-24-2020

Completed Drama Romance Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Good read with some intensive family drama. ... more>>

CN (4.1)

#57Professional Body Double

159 Chapters Every 114 Day(s) 5019 Readers 108 Reviews 09-08-2019

Completed Adult Drama Mature Romance Smut Supernatural Tragedy Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Angsty, messed up but a huge page turner. I was captivated. ... more>>

I put this book off for quite some time as it was marked as a heavily angsty read. In my opinion, it wasn’t as terrible as some angst ridden novels I’ve read prior. I didn’t shed any tears for the characters. I think they were both complex and silly in their own ways and all the consequences they faced were because of their own decisions. These are two characters who are just destined for misery and they are both all too willing to accept that fact.

The author portrayed this quite well without it feeling exhaustive. I did feel bad for the MC to repeat the same mistakes from his previous life, but I also think that sometimes rebirth isn’t all it’s made out to be. In the MCs case we get to see how no matter how much he wishes things could be different, his choices still led him to repeat history which proves that perhaps you can’t escape your fate.

Overall the relationship was unhealthy from the start and in all honesty I don’t think the realism stuck to the end, which was the only disappointment for me, having such a strong premise with complex and frustrating characters- the ending fell flat with a very forced fluff type relationship. Maybe I’ll just being fussy but it felt really off tone after reading such struggles for over 100 chapters.

The ML has serious psychological issues that will affect their relationship not just from their first interaction but all the built up emotion from the 3 years of grief. The MC has serious self-esteem issues and trust issues that will always show itself in their relationship. I think the author set herself up with fantastic characters but even she was out of her league when it came to closing off their characters.

I really liked the MLs brother, definitely a favorite character of mine. All the other characters were suitable and well rounded. I’d have liked to see more punishment for the brother in law but I guess he got his ending.

Overall not as angsty as some have made it out to be. I feel like the characters are complex and realistic and the story played out as most likely as it could with their past interactions.

Very captivating overall so worth the read if you’re into relationship centred plots with heavy emphasis on emotional turmoil and bad choices. <<less

CN (4.5)

#58The Rental Shop Owner

10 Chapters Every 327.9 Day(s) 2562 Readers 26 Reviews 06-21-2015

Completed Drama Mature Romance Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- For a short read it was really good. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#59Those Years In Quest Of Honour Mine

1 Chapters Every 1896 Day(s) 7430 Readers 125 Reviews 01-25-2019

Comedy Drama Historical Romance Shounen Ai Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- A really intriguing plot. Not overly complex but intelligent and interesting. Very enjoyable. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#60My Underachieving Seatmate Doesn’t Need Any Comforting

123 Chapters Every 95.3 Day(s) 7508 Readers 123 Reviews 06-18-2020

Completed Romance School Life Shounen Ai Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- A beautifully warm albeit painful story with trauma and healing at the focus. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#61My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness

175 Chapters Every 79.9 Day(s) 14678 Readers 352 Reviews 02-11-2021

Completed Comedy Drama Mature Romance Shounen Ai Supernatural Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Cute story with a really likeable tsundere ML. ... more>>

JP (4.5)

#62Hako no Naka

21 Chapters Every 257.3 Day(s) 2144 Readers 36 Reviews 09-29-2013

Completed Drama Mature Psychological Slice of Life Tragedy Yaoi

Rating: 4/5: I will never read this book again, it made me feel too many horrible emotions. ... more>>

SPOILER ALERT!

It was torturous, painful and heartbreaking. I cried so much for the ML and I could never come to terms with how things ended for him. I never once felt like the MC was remotely likeable. In fact, if all that drama in his life never happened, he would have continued to step all over the ML’s heart. The fact that he still thought it fine to invite the person who loved him, into his married with kids, home and insist on the ML being happy with that, was so nauseatingly selfish and ridiculous of him, I seriously considered dropping this novel at that point.

Human beings should have some sort of respectable awareness, especially to not be tr*sh. This MC was clearly the highest grade of tr*sh. Especially because up until now I still don’t understand how he simply skipped over the grieving period so quickly and had an awfully unnatural lukewarm reaction to the colossal events that affected the trajectory of the ML and his relationship. I found this so unpleasant as this was pretty much a life changing even and it really asked for more depth and feeling.

The ML really went through hell only to end up with someone so undeserving and cowardly. It made me so mad, but I applaud the author for creating such a novel with such strong emotive abilities because this entire journey was so nauseatingly unpleasant for me, I spent an hour crying and tossing and turning, after reading it. Simply because the author caused me to be so utterly distraught at such a horrible character, I commend such skill.

I am glad the ML got to be with the person he loved, but the person he loved never deserved him from the start and even until the end, I felt like his love was incomparable and minuscule when compared to the purity and magnanimity of the MLs. I wished he’d never met that horrible MC because he truly deserved so much more. His heart was so dedicated and pure and life and the MC just took from him.

I’m happy that the ending showed how the ML died first and I hope in the years that the MC continued to live, that he slowly deteriorated from sorrow and the pain of heartbreak and regret, at least it could count as minimum retribution for the 7 years of hell the ML went through because of him.

I really couldn’t even care for the MC. Uggghhhh thinking of him just upsets my soul!

I’m starting to hate tragedy tag novels and I chalk up this whole novel as an experience I would much rather forget. <<less

CN (4.5)

#63Home of the Zerg

57 Chapters Every 81.4 Day(s) 6215 Readers 138 Reviews 01-01-2021

Completed Adult Fantasy Mature Romance Sci-fi Slice of Life Smut Supernatural Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Loved the main story! Cute and fluffy! ... more>>

CN (3.9)

#64Engraved in Bone

82 Chapters Every 92.5 Day(s) 1798 Readers 11 Reviews 08-15-2020

Completed Drama Gender Bender Horror Romance Supernatural Tragedy Xuanhuan Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- It’s a tragedy and there’s a good overarching plot that ties all the suffering together. But it was a bit of an overkill for me by the end. If it was the author’s intention to convey a concept of never ending cycle of torment- then kudos! ... more>>

The first arc was the best and I also enjoyed the 5th arc as well. The rest are good but towards the ending of the book you feel like you’re in a karmic cycle of endless punishment and the novel ends on that note as well.

In a way, the story flows relatively well (although I felt highly confused at certain points and needed to read the translators comments to clear up some of my confusion). I’m all for tragedy but I think my personal preference would have been for the cycle to stop at some point instead of carry on in this painful monotony. It didn’t have to be a happy ending but it should have been an ending nonetheless.

I think all the characters had some crazy obsession issues and to be very honest, and I think it’s actually mentioned in the novel, this is not love between these characters, it’s pure obsession that is triggered and carried on over lifetimes where no one wins in the end. It’s clear that the so called “love” born in the relationships don’t seem like love but more like self-deprecating attachment and obsession that considers neither circumstance or reason.

The characters are pitiful and you don’t know whether to feel sad for them, commiserate with them or shake your head at their poor reasoning and actions. No one learns from their predecessor only to go through the exact cycle of suffering whilst projecting and acting out the exact same way their predecessors did.

In the second last chapter there’s an indication that someone finally understands but there’s no real character growth or realisation in the novel. No one has the intention to change, it’s just pure greed, selfishness, jealousy and obsession. All the negative feelings induced when wanting something but not getting it is magnified and acted upon. It’s like a realistic portrayal of how horrible people are when greed and obsession take over them.

The author did one thing brilliantly though. Conveying the 8 sufferings was truly magnificent. Even if the storytelling fell short here and there for the overarching plot, each individual arc representing the sufferings was very well built and told.

It’s a good story with some slightly lacking execution here and there but nonetheless a unique concept. If you’re wanting to feel desolate for a while to find solace in others misery then I suggest reading this. <<less

CN (4.2)

#65Mythical Creatures Series 1: Ah-Jiang

27 Chapters Every 84.5 Day(s) 1955 Readers 13 Reviews 01-17-2021

Completed Drama Historical Romance Supernatural Xuanhuan Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Angsty and sorrowful. with a very interesting plot. An underwhelming ending lets it down though and you can’t help but feel disappointed because it deserved better. ... more>>

CN (4.3)

#66Gaze at the Scenes of Debauchery

16 Chapters Every 140.9 Day(s) 2999 Readers 97 Reviews 11-27-2018

Completed Drama Mature Tragedy Yaoi

Rating: 4/5- Very well written, moving and painful. The ending was certainly the best in my opinion. ... more>>

This is certainly tragic and painful, however what made this story really affect me was how realistic and raw it is. People are that selfish and people really are that cruel.

I feel the choices the MC made really were what he thought was best for him and having encountered people like the ML in real life and seeing how destructive their actions are to the people who love them, I understood the MC mostly.

Perhaps in heteros*xual relationships, some partners are left with children and find that it’s easier or necessary to stay or hold on (this is solely my opinion). They also have something “left” even if the other person leaves them, or vice versa. This story hurts because the MC really had nothing left except all his own sacrifices and the constant pain of loving someone too deeply and watching them treat your love like tr*sh. I cannot fault the MC for his pain or decisions. I also felt that the ML truly enjoyed the helplessness and dependency he caused the MC to feel, and that really triggered me because I know of people who behave this way in reality.

Just because a person loves you, does not mean you have won, does not make you the best and certainly does not mean you own them and all that they have. Love does not mean free reign and objectification of another.

The MC was also right in not rebounding, although I also understood how his wanting to get a sense of revenge made him hurt the SLS, he stopped when he saw he was going too far. I think no one is left untouched when made to feel abuse and neglect for years and unconsciously or consciously, they too, dole it out. We are only human after all.

I think as a whole, infidelity is taken too lightly in society and it has been for years, but for many of us who still believe in the purity and weight of love, it has a massive impact on our lives. Sometimes one only has a single opportunity to give love a chance and when that chance is betrayed, perhaps the existence of love itself, for one, is destroyed too.

This book really puts all of those feelings into words. It’s not a kind book and no one is likeable. However, real humans are not likeable either, we simply learn to love and that love makes unlikeable things acceptable. Eventually when we can no longer accept such, we can choose to move on or inflict our own evil emotions on others. Sometimes moving on may not be possible but freedom always is, one way or another.

This ending is neither happy nor sad, it’s inevitable (like Thanos said...) <<less

CN (4.3)

#67I Rely on Kisses to Clear Survival Games

99 Chapters Every 108.8 Day(s) 8350 Readers 127 Reviews 11-23-2019

Completed Horror Mystery Psychological Romance Shounen Ai Supernatural

Rating: 3.5/5- So this is kind of a good story and there’s many things to like about it, but there’s also a lot to dislike. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#68Very Happy

116 Chapters Every 93.6 Day(s) 8836 Readers 204 Reviews 07-03-2020

Completed Comedy Drama Psychological Romance Shounen Ai Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 3.5/5- This fell short because the interaction between the ML and MC is actually only about 30% of this book, the ML and MC still felt like friends even at the end and some plot holes were too big to be overlooked.... more>>

CN (4)

#69I Got Bitten After Transmigrating into a Pseudo-Beta

75 Chapters Every 73.1 Day(s) 7655 Readers 131 Reviews 05-14-2021

Completed Drama Romance School Life Yaoi

Rating: 3/5- A well told story that’s not too fancy or underwhelming. ... more>>

CN (3.8)

#70Retirement Life

74 Chapters Every 97.9 Day(s) 6520 Readers 143 Reviews 05-06-2020

Completed Fantasy Historical Romance Shounen Ai Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 3.5/5- I have mixed feelings about this novel, but it was enjoyable and logical. ... more>>

CN (3.6)

#71I Don’t Dare to Oppose a Protagonist Anymore

97 Chapters Every 95.2 Day(s) 5471 Readers 83 Reviews 06-13-2020

Completed Adult Adventure Mature Romance Tragedy Xuanhuan Yaoi

Rating: 3.5/5- This could have been great, except that the chemistry that could have come naturally was ruined by a very unnecessary r*pe scene. ... more>>

CN (3.6)

#72Strongly Pampered Male Wife

124 Chapters Every 83.1 Day(s) 7339 Readers 71 Reviews 12-23-2020

Completed Romance Slice of Life Yaoi

Rating: 3.5/5- Pleasant read to pass the time with a bit of an unrealistic plot. Still good enough if you’re looking to escape logic and don’t mind excessively OP characters. ... more>>

CN (4.6)

#73The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration]

156 Chapters Every 77.1 Day(s) 11095 Readers 220 Reviews 03-14-2021

Completed Comedy Fantasy Historical Romance Shounen Ai

Rating: 3.5/5- Fairly overrated but enjoyable. ... more>>

CN (4.2)

#74The General Loves to Collect Little Red Flowers

118 Chapters Every 98.5 Day(s) 8717 Readers 114 Reviews 05-12-2020

Completed Action Comedy Romance Sci-fi Shounen Ai Slice of Life Supernatural

Rating: 3.5/5- A wonderful read until the last 20 odd chapters. It has a weird plot point that ruined the otherwise well written story. Still pleasant and enjoyable with good characters. I may re-read this in future and change my mind about it though. ... more>>