Is there a better schemer than Shen Miao? A great read for revenge plots and a power coupling romance. Cons: plot momentum slows down near... more>> the end, weak/out-of-character ending. Content warning for r*pe (main lead was set up, but she reverses the situation and substitutes a not-so-innocent person in her stead). <<less

No one will ever catch Cheng Yujin slacking. Without a strong backer, she’s long trained herself to be perfect in behavior and speech, in hopes... more>> of securing a decent future (aka marriage / husband). Inadvertently, she charms almost too successfully, and becomes a perfect fit in the imperial family. <<less

I bow to Ji Fanyin, the undisputed queen of business acumen, face slapping, and keeping her eyes on the prize. After a car accident, Fanyin... more>> has to earn billions in points, both emotional and monetary, in order to return to her original life. In a new world where everyone's infatuated with her identical twin, Fanyin draws on her actress skills and leaves a wake of broken hearts in her quest to get home. One of the few transmigration stories where you get a satisfying multi-world conclusion and character growth mixed in for various secondary leads. <<less

Bai Fumei is bold, smart, hardworking, and utterly devoted to the man who was her second husband in the previous life. Rather than blackhearted  villains, Bai Fumei has to use all her wits to fend off her first husband and the poverty of the 70s. A great read for likable leads and the amazing food that Bai Fumei makes.... more>>

Content warning for r*pe that happens to a background character, but at least the survivor eventually gets a semblance of justice. <<less

It's nice to have a badass disabled lead! After her tragic end in a former life, she's reborn into the novel she was last reading... more>> and manages to wrap the male lead around her finger and (literally) whip naysayers into shape. I also love the subplots with the lead's friend and a certain secondary character who eventually becomes fiercely loyal and sensible. Cons: disability is healed by the end. Also, while the male lead isn't her brother by biological blood, they are raised together as siblings, so the romance won't be everyone's cup of tea. <<less

If you want an epic with a sneaky and cunning lead, adorable companions, continual leveling up, and continental adventures (there are 8 different races and we journey to meet them one by one), this is a good one! This is one of the few novels where I felt the ending landed nicely and the male lead was likable without being overly jealous. Plus, Shen Yanxiao may be ridiculously talented, but she's also incredibly hardworking and determined to pay back good deeds a hundredfold.... more>>

Cons: there are plot holes and obvious mistakes (author literally forgets when two people have met and sometimes contradicts earlier details – she's not great with remembering age and numbers). <<less

A cold lady lead with a soft spot for fluffy animals who spends most of the novel collecting companions and utterly destroying enemies. A male... more>> lead who is very much an overbearing yandere, if you're into that. Cons: author likes to set up plot spoilers at the end of arcs, some important storylines get resolved offscreen, last arc / ending feels like an abrupt genre switch. Another content warning for r*pe (involving a secondary character who grows into her own by the end). <<less