Mini Reviews: Don't You Like Me, The Film Emperor's Daily Live Cooking Broadcast, The Most Majestic You

Title: Don't You Like Me

Author: Lu Tianyi

Chapters: 66 chapters + 32 extras

Publication: 2017
Summary from Novel Updates:

Short, rich, and handsome, Lin Feiran was always the center of attention. But after transferring schools in his second year of high school, he discovered that his limelight was snatched by his Adonis classmate, Gu Kaifeng.

Lin Feiran was very resentful, and he and Gu Kaifeng became archnemesis (one-sidedly). Although the two lived together, they were like strangers.

When Lin Feiran went back home to attend his grandfather’s funeral, he accidentally inherited the Yin-Yang eyes that had been passed down from generation to generation. After gaining the ability to see ghosts, the timid Lin Feiran discovered that his two-person dormitory was actually a sixteen-person (ghost) room. Every day, he was scared to the point of collapsing.

The more aggravating thing is that because of Gu Kaifeng’s innate body constitution, he possessed an abundant amount of Yang energy. Lin Feiran found out that whenever he touched Gu Kaifeng, Gu Kaifeng’s Yang energy could temporarily disable his Yin-Yang eyes. A light touch would disable it for five minutes, a kiss for an hour, and so on…

Lin Feiran had no choice but to throw himself into his archnemesis’s embrace. This complete reversal in attitude to being intimate with Gu Kaifeng persisted every day from morning till night.

When sleeping, he must squeeze in the same bed as Gu Kaifeng. Going to the toilet? He must drag Gu Kaifeng with him. Homework? It must be done hand-in-hand with Gu Kaifeng… He also had to try his best to persuade the teacher to make him Gu Kaifeng’s deskmate. Every day in class, he would rub Gu Kaifeng’s calf with his foot beneath the desks…

Following the clingy little bastard’s sudden change in personality, the initially shocked Gu Kaifeng gradually became smitten. Every day he would chase Lin Feiran to flirt with him, make crazy confessions, and even routinely push him against the wall and kiss him…

Gu Kaifeng: “Don’t you like me? I like you, so let’s be together.”

Lin Feiran: “I don’t like you! Don’t come over!”

Gu Kaifeng: “……”

Five minutes later, to avoid seeing ghosts, Lin Feiran sneakily came to touch Gu Kaifeng.

Gu Kaifeng turned around, stopping his hand: “After you just rejected me, you come back to flirt with me!?”

Lin Feiran: “Who’s flirting with you! I was careless and touched you; don’t imagine that I like you back.”

Oh, that’s it.

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW:

This was a hilarious enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy with a supernatural twist!

Basically, Lin Feiran has a one-sided rivalry with his limelight stealing roommate, Gu Kaifeng. This is because Lin Feiran was used to being the popular one at school, but Gu Kaifeng is just too outstanding that he completely overshadows him. Add in some misunderstandings and goading, the two don't have a good relationship.

Then, things change after Lin Feiran's grandpa passes away and he starts seeing ghosts. Unfortunately, he grew up hearing his grandpa's ghost stories and has been afraid of ghosts ever since. Obviously, this new revelation terrifies him! 

He soon realizes that touching his roommate makes the ghosts disappear for a while. This leads to multiple hilarious scenarios where he thinks he touches Gu Kaifeng on the sly but doesn't really lmao. Meanwhile, Gu Kaifeng initially pities Lin Feiran and thinks that his sudden change of heart is nice since he didn't even want to be rivals in the first place. However, Lin Feiran's actions keep on increasing, so Gu Kaifeng thinks he's flirting with him, and a bunch more hilarious scenes occur. It's great lol.

The characters' interactions were the best part. I loved reading all of the crazy ways Lin Feiran came up with to touch Gu Kaifeng and all of the misunderstandings that occurred because of it. Even with all of that, Gu Kaifeng was very caring and doting and hilarious with Lin Feiran.

The ghost interactions were also really nice. From the party in the dorm room to the other sadder stories, they added depth to the story, especially after they got together.

Overall, a funny, sweet romantic supernatural story!

Side note: I just found out that the author was actually sentenced to 10 years in prison for writing BL novels. That's awful! I've read a lot of her other novels and short stories and really liked them, too. I hope she gets released soon. 

Title: The Film Emperor’s Daily Live Cooking Broadcast

Author: Zui Ran Qing Ge

Chapters: 123 chapters + 2 extras

Publication: 2017
Summary from Novel Updates:

On the Star Network there is a gourmet food broadcast, where all you can see are a pair of hands. However each dish that this broadcast comes out with is earthshakingly delicious. What’s more, the broadcast anchor’s voice is simply perfect!

With the broadcast’s rising popularity, several food programs extended him an olive branch. When the anchor appeared on screen, as they suspected, he is handsome enough to incur the wrath of both men and gods! The fans licked their screens with increasing frenzy, but after licking a while, they discovered…

Fans:…Wait a minute, isn’t this our fatally-ill idol who hasn’t long to live?

Small Gong: Take these damned nutrient solutions and throw them away! And get me that broadcast anchor!

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW:

This book made me hungry! 

Half of the book is about him cooking and impressing his audience because this is light years in the future in another galaxy where Earth materials are prehistoric and would be nonexistent if not for the country's reverse-engineering and recreating plants and animals again. At first, I liked reading all the different ways he cooked his meals. The translations usually added pictures so you could see how tasty they were! However, after a while, it got repetitive because a lot of the recipes had the same directions, especially in the beginning, which I understood because he had a limited amount of ingredients to work with. Nonetheless, I think I started speed reading the cooking scenes during the second half of the book. 

But things start looking up because there's a war brewing in the second half of the book, and cooking actually helps them! Lol things I did not expect when I read the summary.

This was more of a slow burn romance, especially since the main guy was more focused on making food and helping getting more Earth ingredients back on the market. Either way, it was cute and sweet, since they both always supported each other and helped each other whenever they could. 

If you like Chinese food, this novel is for you. If you don't like reading at least one cooking recipe per chapter, this is probably not for you.

Title: The Most Majestic You

Author: Sui Wei

Chapters: 42 chapters + epilogue

Publication: 2016
Summary from Novel Updates:

Ye Qianxi, a five-star girl from a great family with looks, education, and personality, is a favorite (type of girl) among elders.

She thought that the rest of her life had all been planned out for her; stable yet boring.

However, he tells her of another world —— Ye Qianxi, come with me.

From then on, whenever she sees magnificent fireworks, fireflies, lights, or the Milky Way; she will be reminded of him.

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEWS:

Ye Qianxi really sold this book for me. She's down to earth, silly, decisive, and capable. She's confident, but she also has times when she doubts herself. All-in-all, she's relatable. And her friendship with the team and eventual romance with the leader was super hilarious and sweet.

The funniest part is that the team and everyone else ships them together long before they get together. The whole found family aspect was sweet since Ye Qianxi doesn't have the best relationship with her parents.

Also, this is about esports again lol. The book is a good balance of emotional drama and esports, which might appeal to more readers.

Overall, a good romance novel to read when you wanted something lighthearted and sweet!