Book Review: When Reader and Author Transmigrate Inside the Book at the Same Time by 芷衣

Title: When Reader and Author Transmigrate Inside the Book at the Same Time
Author: 芷衣
Chapters: 75 chapters + 4 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

Gu Jinmian both loved and hated the great god author He Bujin.

There would always be a male supporting character that poked his heart in his works, but the author always ab*sed his favorite male supporting character for the sake of his protagonist.

In the latest update, Eldest Young Master Gu spent millions trying to make the author treat his favorite character better.

However, the author wrote the male supporting character dead.

Later, Gu Jinmian unexpectedly transmigrated into the book with darkened eyes and became a powerful man.

Since forcing the dog author to be good to his favorite character didn’t work out, then he’ll do it himself.

However, there seems to be something wrong with this beautiful man that never gives in to his fate.

He handed in the resources himself, yet the male supporting character didn’t even lift his eyelids. He looked like he’d rather rot in a corner and be a salted fish.

He robbed the main character’s resources for him, yet the male “salted fish” supporting character returned it to the protagonist, and was even hurt and bitten by the protagonist in the process.

Gu Jinmian was shocked and heartbroken. This must be because of the dog author He Bujin, he shouted: “Curse you He Bujin!!”

The male supporting character lifted his eyelids, “Who are you scolding?”

“It’s because of that He Bujin! It’s this dog that has caused you so much misery. I will definitely put him in a sack!”

The male supporting character showed a sullen smile, eyes bright and dark, “Oh?”

******

He Bujin spent all his life being miserable, gloomy and violent. After he settled down in a high position, he wrote his own experience into several books like self ab*se. The supporting role with his own shadow in the book–the more sympathy others gave him–the more miserable he was and the more ruthless he wrote.

Destiny made a mockery of him, and made him transmigrate as the man inside the book and experience misery again.

However, an asteroid accidentally fell into the gray and depressing book, rushed into his life without reason, and drilled into his arms with light and heat.

That person took his hand and a tear fell on the wound on his palm. “Don’t hurt yourself, OK?”

He Bujin just stared at him, with dark eyes and tight throat. “OK.”

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

This had an interesting plot. I thought it was really cool how both the author and one of his biggest fan/hater transmigrated into his latest novel. 

This led to a lot of hilarious situations, especially when Gu Jinmian first transmigrated. He has so many scenes of social death that were witnessed by so many people, I'm still surprised that he's able to leave home and not wither away from embarrassment after experiencing so many mortifying moments lmao. However, it's probably just part of his happy, resilient personality. He was like a bright sun; you couldn't help but want to bask in his warmth, including He Bujin. 

The comedy and romance were handled so well that the knives really hurt when they finally appeared. I felt heartbroken along with Gu Jinmian! 

My main complaint is about the translation, which felt like loosely edited MTL with a lot of the characters' names inconsistently written. Also, it felt like sections of the chapters were occasionally missing because the flow felt inconsistent and like I was missing information. It made me question wanting to continue reading the book or to just search for the raws myself. However, the characters and the plot made me stay and finish it. 

I also liked the extras which tied up a lot of the brothers' loose ends lol.

DNF Reviews: I Am the Nanny of the Villain, Transmigrated Into the Male Lead’s Cannon Fodder Dead Wife, The Villainous Alpha Was Picked up by the Doomsday Boss

Title: I Am the Nanny of the Villain
Author: 이서래
Chapters: 190 chapters + 15 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

She became the nanny of Claude, the blackened male protagonist who would destroy the world. If this continues, she will be killed by the cursed power possessed by the blackened male protagonist. So, she decided to pour out her love for the blackened male protagonist to prevent the blackening.

She also raised the child’s self-esteem, and made the Duke act like a proper father, as fatherly love was essential for the male protagonist’s self-esteem.

She thought the child was gradually recovering his bright face, and the Duke was now learning how to gradually give love to the child.

But she doesn’t know if it’s because she worked too hard….?

“It has always been a problem. You have hundreds of reasons to abandon me, but I don’t have a single one.”

“Nanny will always be by my side, right? That’s why you can’t go. Never, never.”

Two men started obsessing over me.

MY REVIEW: 

I made it almost halfway through the book to chapter 87 before finally calling it quits. There's something about this book that just made me uninterested in continuing reading it after a while. I think my main problem was the Korean writing style, which I'm not very familiar with. The writing was supposed to be kind of light and fluffy to match and (I suppose) emphasize Claude's cuteness, but the whole tone got boring after a while.

I spent a couple days during Memorial Day weekend only feeling up to reading a few chapters per day before deciding to call it quits. I mean, I was expecting to pull an all-nighter reading a good book during the holidays since I had time to do so! But instead, I watched a bunch of anime, since it was more interesting than this book.

Title: Transmigrated Into the Male Lead’s Cannon Fodder Dead Wife
Author: 华阙阙
Chapters: 115 chapters 
Publication: 2022
Summary from Novel Updates:

Du Yaoyao transmigrated into a light-hearted ancient novel called “My Powerful Minister”, where the ordinary male lead continuously moves up in life.

The male lead was promoted as an official throughout the original novel, and then his wife died. By the end of it, he became the most powerful minister there was and was surrounded by countless beauties.

Unfortunately for Du Yaoyao, she had transmigrated into the male lead’s cannon fodder wife who died early!

This woman was arrogant and overbearing, le*d and lustful. The male lead sent her to heaven the next day after he became the Prime Minister!

After transmigrating, Du Yaoyao learned that she was going to die three months later. She decided to do everything she could to save herself! She held the male lead’s thigh tightly, and pulled the strings behind the scene to help him match with all the beautiful female characters in the original novel. She was aiming to win his favor and save her life.

But every time she pulled the red string, the male lead f*cked her until she couldn’t get out of bed for three days…

Sigh, forget about being f*cked, why did the male lead still want her to give birth to a baby?

Du Yaoyao: “Help! I just want to be a matchmaker for the male lead, I don’t want to be the mother of his child!”

MY REVIEW: 

Made it to chapter 76, which is where you have to pay to read the rest of the novel and realized, nah I don't like this novel enough to pay to read lightly edited machine translations. Du Yaoyao's white moonlight twist was pretty novel, especially in the first half, but then it just became another reason for the ML to become jealous and blackmail her. It got repetitive and boring after a while.

Title: The Villainous Alpha Was Picked up by the Doomsday Boss
Author: 薄桃
Chapters: 51 chapters + 2 extras
Publication: N/A
Summary from Novel Updates:

Pei Zhaozhou suffered from a pheromone disorder, lost his dignity as an Alpha, unable to mark Omegas and losing his fertility, becoming a disabled Alpha. He became chronically ill and was forced to resign from his post as major general of the Empire.

However he found out the truth behind his situation and planned his revenge.

Just as he was about to kill his enemy, the world’s consciousness stopped him and he was transported to the end of the world by an artificial explosion.

Upon waking up he finds a book next to himself and finds out that he was just a novel villain and his enemy was the protagonist.

However even through he transmigated out of the novel and came to the end of the world, he still can’t escape the helpless situation of his pheromone disorder.

As he lay down in the wilderness of the end of the world, waiting to die, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

“Get up. Don’t die in my sight.”

MY REVIEW: 

I only made it to chapter 8 before giving up for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I found out that this is an alternative story to one of the author's other novels, which probably explains why there's so much summarized backstory/background info. There were too many info dumps that it became boring. 

The other main reason why I stopped reading this novel was because in the 8 chapters that I read, I'm sure that the author described the main characters' eyes at least 100 times. It got so repetitive that I lost interest. Like, instead of describing the color of each other's eyes again and again, get to the actual plot. Overall, there wasn't that much to keep me interested in the book.

Book Unhaul 37

Visited the parents during Fourth of July weekend and brought back the last of my books! These were the ones that I knew I wasn't going to keep anymore, so it wasn't hard packing them up and reselling to 2nd&Charles lol. 

Insignia by S.J. Kincaid

Vortex by S.J. Kincaid

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Under Dogs by Markus Zusak

Ballads of Suburbia by Stephanie Kuehnert

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

Babe in Boyland by Jody Gherman

Shut Out by Kody Keplinger

Sisters in Sanity by Gayle Forman

Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Aurelia by Anne Osterlund

Mini Reviews: I am the Father of the Villain, Not For You to Bite, I Am The White Moonlight Of The Paranoid Immortal

Title: I am the Father of the Villain
Author: 林盎司
Chapters: 365 chapters + 78 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

My name is Lin Luoqing. Today, I transmigrated into a book but I’m not panicked at all. It is because I know the direction of this book very well. I can definitely use the plot advantage to reach the peak of my life and become a winner in life!

Hey, what is with that child over there who is peeking at me? How did he show up at my house? He is looking at me with three parts sadness, five parts dissatisfaction and two parts complicated.

“Child, what is your name?” I ask him gently, trying to make him feel the warmth of the spring breeze.

The child looked suspicious and cold. “Lin Fei.”

F*k! Isn’t this the cold-faced king of hell in the novel? He was tortured by his uncle in childhood and started to torture his uncle as an adult. Then this body I transmigrated into—it was that tr*sh uncle!

Nevertheless, I didn’t panic. I decided to save myself. I hugged this young king of hell and kept kissing his soft and tender face. “Uncle loves you.”

He might dislike me now but I believe that under the education of my love, we will definitely become a good uncle and nephew of China, moving me and him!

Wait, who is that beautiful woman over there? Why are the corners of her eyes twitching? “Please, Luo Luo, please help your brother. You can marry Ji Yuxiao. You are bringing a child with you and he also has one. The two of you can get in touch with these children!”

Oh, woman, don’t think I don’t know that you are the one who first looked at Ji Yuxiao’s beautiful face, rich family and wealth and wanted to climb up high. Now that he was in a car accident and has injured legs, you don’t like him anymore? Do you think I will agree?

“I agree.”

It is because I remember that in the novel, the original owner of the body didn’t agree. This made him and the Lin family enter the blacklist of the most ruthless villain, Ji Yuxiao’s nephew. I haven’t embarked on the peak of life and become a life winner yet. How can I be on the blacklist?

I hold my suitcase in my left hand and the king of hell in my right and enter Ji Yuxiao’s home.

“This child is very fierce. You must not provoke him.” I gave a reminder to the young, cold-faced king of hell beside me.

The cold-faced king of hell is very dismissive.

Wait for it, the amazing king of hell. The villain will teach you how to be a man in a minute!

After a while, a soft glutinous rice ball-like child appears in the room. The child’s voice is very babyish. The cold-faced king of hell pokes him in the face and asks me, ‘Is that it? Just this? Fierce?”

Me: ……

Later, I found that Ji Yuxiao didn’t die according to the plot in the book. Even his legs are healed and every day, he wants to go car racing with me until late at night!

“You beast!”

Who says he is moody, cold, noble and uncertain? I must have read a fake book! How can I become a winner in life? I didn’t expect that I actually became a winner in life in the end.

The cold-faced king of hell: Dad, I just made 100 million and deposited it in your card.

The big villain: Dad, the antique car I just bought from an auction is in your garage.”

Ji Yuxiao: Wife, did you drop this gold card or this black card? Forget it, I’ll give it all to you.”

Me: ….Just—this is fine.

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Loved the kids so much that I'm now reading the sequel lol.

Title: Not For You to Bite
Author: 白云朵
Chapters: 42 chapters + 1 extras
Publication: 2023
Summary from Novel Updates:

Chi Le had a dream. In the dream, he was sleeping with his bitter rival. He smelled of Alpha all over his body, and there was a wedding photo hanging on the wall.

After waking up, he wiped the cold sweat from his brow, and had to accept the fact that he and his rival would get married in the future.

He is ready to mature into an Alpha, and deliver milk and warmth to Sheng Zhuo every day, hoping to turn him into a fair-skinned and beautiful Omega.

It was later discovered that… Sheng Zhuo was the Alpha.

Knowing the truth, Chi Le almost burst into tears, “If I say that I treated you well because I want to be a strong duo big brother with you, would you believe me?”

During Sheng Zhuo’s susceptible period, he has always stared at the back of Chi Le’s neck with fiery eyes.

Chi Le sighed, “It’s useless for you to stare at me, I’m destined to be an Alpha, the two of us can only be a strong duo at most.”

Sheng Zhuo pulled him back into his arms and hugged him tightly, “I don’t care.”

Chi Le: “…” Men in the susceptible period are really cruel, even Alphas are not spared!

Chi Le thought that he would mature into an Alpha, so he made full theoretical preparations for marking Sheng Zhuo in advance.

Later, he matured into an Omega, and Sheng Zhuo kissed the back of his neck lightly, teasing him deliberately: “Teach me how to bite.”

Chi Le: “…” Not for you to bite!

Everyone always thought that Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le were bitter rivals who hated each other.

Until Chi Le was drunk, hugged Sheng Zhuo and shouted: “Wife!”

Everyone: “…” So you are such bitter rivals.

AO small sweetie pies~ Sheng Zhuo Alpha X Chi Le Omega

#An Omega thought he was an Alpha, and changed his ways to love his ‘wife’ all day long (not)#

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Sweet and fluffy with an oblivious MC and doting ML. However, I wished that the villains got better punishments.

Title: I Am The White Moonlight Of The Paranoid Immortal
Author: 若白衣
Chapters: 91 chapters + 3 extras
Publication: 2022
Summary from Novel Updates:

After he fell asleep on the bed and died a violent death, Chu Qi realized that he was actually a cannon fodder in a cultivation novel. His role was to die at the age of twenty and become the white moonlight of the novel’s immortal monarch big brother Yan Jiuge.

Chu Qi: ????

That Yan Jiuge, who was always annoyed with him, resented him for dragging his feet and wanted to fight with him, secretly liked him for ten years?

It turned out that, after Chu Qi’s death, in order to bring him back to life, Yan Jiuge traversed mountains of knives and oceans of fire to scavenge for heavenly treasures, but he ended up trapped by the heart demon for life because of his paranoia, and his cultivation was s**ked away by the useless protagonist.

After watching the plot, Chu Qi was tortured to tears by the ending of Yan Jiuge, and he was reborn back to the age of ten. At this time, Yan Jiuge, who was dressed in black and gold, gave a cold grunt and looked disgusted: “You’ve been crying for a long time. I’m afraid you want me to carry you, don’t you?”

Chu Qi touched the tears that didn’t exist in the corner of his eyes and held out his hand to Yan Jiuge. “Yes, you should.”

Chu Qi: Fortunately, I know the truth now. You wanted to carry me, not fight with me.

3 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

What annoyed me was that there were two chapters where I guess the translator couldn't find the full chapters, so they ended abruptly and caused a lot of confusion while reading. I had to manually search for those two chapters and found out that a lot was missing from one of the chapters.

New Anime and Movies This Summer That I'm Excited For!

I can't believe that Kaiju No. 8 and the vending machine anime's sequels are finally here! These two series have completely different vibes, but I'm here for it lol. There were a lot of other interesting series and movies coming out this summer that I'm also interested in watching. For example, The Summer Hikaru Died has been gaining a lot of buzz ever since the manga was published, so I've got high expectations for it.

Anime:

• Kaiju No. 8 Season 2
• Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin
• Betrothed to My Sister's Ex
• I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2
• Lord of Mysteries
• Nyaight of the Living Cat
• Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2
• The Water Magician
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
• Secrets of the Silent Witch
• The Summer Hikaru Died
• With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess

Movies:

• JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death - The Movie (July 16)
• Eddington (July 18)
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25)
• Freakier Friday (Aug 8)
• Highest 2 Lowest (Aug 22)

Books I Want to Read This Month

Happy 4th of July weekend! I didn't make any head way on this list last month, but I'm DETERMINED to read at least the manga Sherry lent me, so that I can finally return them to her lol.

1. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 1 by Riddle Kamimura
2. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 2 by Riddle Kamimura
3. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 3 by Riddle Kamimura
4. Ex-Yakuza & Stray Kitten vol. 4 by Riddle Kamimura
5. Breakfast with my Two-Tailed Cat vol. 1 by Ai Shimizu
6. Breakfast with my Two-Tailed Cat vol. 2 by Ai Shimizu
7. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 1 by Fujita
8. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 2 by Fujita
9. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 3 by Fujita
10. Wotakoi Love Is Hard for Otaku vol. 4 by Fujita
11. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Novel vol. 1 by Fujino Omori
12. Please Don't Go Before I Get Better by Madisen Kuhn
13. Heart Talk by Cleo Wade
14. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Manhua) vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu & Luo Di Cheng Qiu
15. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Manhua) vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu & Luo Di Cheng Qiu

June in Retrospect

This month flew by. I can't believe the year is half over! D: There's still so much to read and so much anime to watch! Just this past month, we only finished catching up on most of the spring anime titles! I've also seen a lot of new cdramas and kdramas that recently came out that look super interesting, so maybe I'll get back into watching shows other than anime again lol.

But these are all of the books and anime I've watch in June!

I read: 

• The Doting Love Story’s Female Supporting Role Has Quit by 从温
• Reborn to My Husband's Youth by 柚一只梨
• Little Matchmaker by 桃花白茶
• When Green Tea Encounter Love Brain by 人间观察师 
• When the Little Employee Betrayed the Boss by 泉久久
• The Protagonist Who Hates Loser is Sweet to Me by 汀骨
• Transmigrated as the Mother of the Abused Male Lead in a Tragic Novel by 小猫睡了
• The Cannon Fodder of Rebirth Plays the Apocalypse by Meiwu Zitong
• Romantic Captain Darling by YP & Moai
• The Lady and the Beast Season 1 by maginot & Hongseul
• The Lady and the Beast Season 2 by maginot & Hongseul
• The Lady and the Beast Season 3 by maginot & Hongseul
• The Lady and the Beast Season 4 by maginot & Hongseul
• Pretty State Preceptor Saves the Planet by 一罐普洱 

I watched: 

• The Beginning After the End
• The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
• From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
• Demon Lord 2099

Mini Reviews: Villain’s Strategy; O Pretends to be B For The Violent Admiral; Even if I’m a Fake Heiress, I Will Dare to Be Trashy

Title: Villain’s Strategy
Author: 萝卜花兔子
Chapters: 96 chapters + 2 extras
Publication: 2021
Summary from Novel Updates:

The most impressive thing that the timid and cowardly Wen Zhichu has done in his entire life was rescuing two grade schoolers who had ignored the red light and crossed the streets recklessly. As for the result of his one-time bravery, he also sent himself off.

When he woke up again, he discovered that he had transmigrated into a book as a cannon fodder villain who keeps hopping back and forth on the edge of a minefield— ultimately, receiving the ending of sleeping on the streets for offending the protagonist.

Wen Zhichu, who’s been told by his mom since young that he has a delicate body and couldn’t sleep on the streets: !

Just as Wen Zhichu planned to stop participating in this world’s story plot and become an insignificant, transparent character, he accidentally became bound to a villain system. If he didn’t follow the original plotline to cause trouble for the protagonist, he’d be deducted money and forced to sleep on the streets even sooner than the original story.

Wen Zhichu: : )

Wen Zhichu was forced onto the path of a villain. Every time he sees the protagonist’s strong, robust body, even his calves start trembling.

One punch would probably K.O. two of him.

The villain’s mission: Destroy the protagonist’s lunch.

Looking at the protagonist sitting to the side, Wen Zhichu swallowed his saliva, threw a handful of rainbow-colored skittles into the food, and then ran off immediately.

Qin Jiashu: ……

The Villain’s mission: Ruin the Protagonist’s main love line.

Heading to the protagonist’s locker, Wen Zhichu scooped out the mountain pile of love letters inside, leaving behind only his own falsified love letter.

Qin Jiashu, who just happened to see everything after returning from playing basketball: ……

The Villain’s mission: Destroy the protagonist’s belonging.

Holding a needle, Wen Zhichu stealthily arrived at the school’s parking lot and prepared to puncture the protagonist’s car tire.

Who’d expect the utterly unreliable Wen Zhichu would bump straight into the protagonist this time.

Wen Zhichu hastily hid the needle behind his back.

Two of him was not even enough for the other to beat up.

The protagonist raised his hand. Wen Zhichu subconsciously covered his head.

Qin Jiashu patted the front bumper of the car: “Get in, I’ll drive you.”

Wen Zhichu: ? ? ?

All of Qin Jiashu’s bros knew that about the dark and withdrawn, annoying pest in the neighboring class, who came over every few days to cause trouble.

Once Qin Jiashu was buying a sports drink at the store, sure enough, that annoying pest followed over as well. Not surprisingly, that annoying pest snatched away the item that Qin Jiashu wanted to buy in advance and even opened it to take a drink right in front of him.

Qin Jiashu stopped him. Right before they thought he’d teach that annoying as*hole a lesson, Qin Jiashu actually grabbed the already opened sports drink from Wen Zhichu’s hand, tossed his head back, and started drinking it.

Qin Jiashu: Very sorry, but I’ve already reached happy ending.

3.5 STARS - I LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

I loved Wen ZhiChu's interaction with his system! Such a comedic duo!

Title: O Pretends to be B For The Violent Admiral
Author: 公子柔
Chapters: 95 chapters + 5 extras
Publication: 2020
Summary from Novel Updates:

—Breaking News! Admiral Lucas of the Empire has dispatched his men, reportedly to find his date from the hotel last night!

The reporter excitedly asked a question: What would you do once you find them?

Lucas’ eyes glinted coldly: Kill them.

The crowd: ???

Why does he seem different from everyone else…

–

Gong’s perspective →

There’s nothing the short-tempered Admiral Lucas looks down on more than the whiny and annoying omegas in his life.

A significant other? Will never happen in this lifetime.

However, if he is forced to elaborate… He much prefers the gentle and honest beta secretary, skilled in both combat and academia, who can brew coffee and match clothes for him.

–

Shou’s perspective →

Luo Ran is Lucas’ secretary, and what he does is the most inhumane job in the entire empire.

He has to wait on the nit-pickiest superior who sits above him, and below him, he has to deal with the entire empire who dare not interact with the admiral, the admiral’s subordinates, coworkers, admirers… etc.

Not only that, but he also has to carefully hide the fact that he’s an omega, as well as his identity as the admiral’s “one night stand”… constantly facing the imminent threat of getting killed at any moment.

Until one day, he accidentally went into heat in front of Lucas, the sweet and lovely pheromone an exact match with the pheromone of the person from that night.

It’s over, he’s about to be killed now.

“How brave of you.” Lucas held the back of Luo Ran’s head, the other arm looped around his waist as he smiled, “Now… I’m going to kill you.”

4.5 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

Oh, what a wonderful love! The entire Empire ships their love, but the two protagonists in question had no idea lol. 

Normally, I would get bored if a book includes too many netizen comments, but the Empire's netizens were great! Their ability to create sugar for their CP was so realistic and logical that even Luo Ran, a silent melon eater to his own CP, was almost brainwashed into believing it. Plus, I still can't get over the super tropey and overdramatic fanfics! They were so bad that they were good lmao. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Luo Ran and Lucas had the best, equal partnership even before they got together. There was so much trust and care for each other that it just made the misunderstandings between each other even more funny lol. 

Title: Even if I’m a Fake Heiress, I Will Dare to Be Trashy
Author: 纪扶染
Chapters: 291 chapters + 21 extras
Publication: 2023
Summary from Novel Updates:

At the age of 12, Shen Yue accidentally fell into a pond while feeding fish. That’s when she realized that her parents were not her real parents, and her five brothers were not her real brothers either. She was just a fake heiress to the Shen family!

Knowing she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to just lie down and give up. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well just lie down and relax.

“Big brother, is working at the company fun? Let me check it out,” she thought, wanting to enjoy the perks of being a Shen daughter while she still could. Those luxuries would be out of reach soon enough.

“Second brother, is acting fun? Let me give it a try,” she schemed. What? They pay you just to lie still like a corpse? This is a job she had to get!

“Third brother, is that gun realistic? Let me see,” she said, examining the firearm. Not bad, though the recoil is too strong. She’d need to find a smaller one to play with next time.

“Fourth brother, will the teachers be mad if I sneak into your research institute? Let me take a peek,” she plotted, eyeing her handsome professor. A little hugging wouldn’t hurt!

“Fifth brother, that medicine you’re working on smells nice. Mind if I try a little taste…” she asked casually before sampling it. Tastes good! But now my head feels itchy—I better not be growing a brain!

On the day the real heiress returned, Shen Yue’s five brothers shielded her behind them. “Dear sister, can we keep her with us? She’s a bit slow, it’d be dangerous for her out there alone.”

The true heiress scoffed coldly, masking her sly intentions beneath a guise of innocence.

But in the end, she realized this Shen Yue really was quite dim-witted. Oh well, might as well let her stay.

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

The story is set up into three parts. Part 1 is the silly comedy of Shen Yue not really thinking but gradually learning how to get along with her brothers that's depicted in the summary. Part 2 is the bleak and indifferent Shen Yue that was hinted at when recalling her past memories. Part 3 goes back to Shen Yue's silly antics as she tries to reconcile who she really is. 

There's a lot of science and sci-fi mentioned throughout the second half. I'm saying all of this because I had no idea what to expect after the first part, so that kind of threw me off for a while. I wanted to read a silly comedy, but ended up with more than I expected. Not too bad because the author was able to go back to the comedy but still maintain its wholesomeness with slices of dark reality to keep you on your toes lol.