☠️☠️☠️ I need more of you to read c[hinese romance]novels because I have BOOKS AND TROPES I NEED TO DISCUSS! 😹☠️ - ThreadSky

limecello.bsky.social • 7 days ago

☠️☠️☠️ I need more of you to read c[hinese romance]novels because I have BOOKS AND TROPES I NEED TO DISCUSS!

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phaeton.bsky.social•7 days ago

I wouldn't even know where to start. 😅

limecello.bsky.social•7 days ago

If you’re willing to read heterosexual romances set in ancient China I have a whole host of recommendations!
(I haven’t read much BL/MM yet - too burned by Romanceland mess + with authors getting arrested in China and charged it’s 😬😖)

phaeton.bsky.social•6 days ago

Theoretically, yes, if they're available online. The popular BL stuff I'm buying as paperbacks at the moment.

limecello.bsky.social•6 days ago

Everything I read is on websites, so yes online - unless it crashes 😬😅
What are tropes you like/dislike? Or what sort of thing/subgenre/vibe are you more interested in?

phaeton.bsky.social•6 days ago

I love time travel/do-overs. No idea about the rest - I haven't read anything yet, so I don't know what I want.

limecello.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hmmm well this is old but it’s some of my favorite novels I’ve read as of a ~year ago https://tartsweet.com/2024/05/28/limes-favorite-chinese-romance-novels-so-far/
lol rebirth-revenge is one of my favorite tropes 😅😇
And there are a TON of transmigration books which is kinda time travel (is, but new body & identity…)

onekdramamomma.bsky.social•6 days ago

I do but mostly danmei.

limecello.bsky.social•6 days ago

I haven’t read much danmei. Between the 😖 from MM author drama in romance land and authors in China getting arrested I’m 😬

megbrod.bsky.social•6 days ago

I have been reading a lot of danmei (bless seven seas making it easy to get em from the library) but I am open to more recs 👀👀

limecello.bsky.social•6 days ago

What sort of tropes do you like? I read almost exclusively historical romances (escapism being pretty much the whole point), but I’ve read a pretty wide variety of it…
Or lol what tropes do you NOT like cuz that’s important too…

megbrod.bsky.social•6 days ago

ooooo honestly a hard question these days. But I definitely like political intrigue, reincarnation and anything fake dating/marriage/arranged marriage is fun too!

limecello.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s old but I still stand by this list https://tartsweet.com/2024/05/28/limes-favorite-chinese-romance-novels-so-far/

The reviews the last year or so on my blog have all been cnovels and might be of interest too.

megbrod.bsky.social•6 days ago

What a great list! Definitely going to check some out!!

limecello.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yay! I’m happy to answer any questions or offer different suggestions!
(Or 😬😱 give trigger warnings etc though 😅🫠 some I don’t clock/it’s … it depends/is hard to explain)

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