Webnovel Review: Lovely Allergen by Zhìchǔ

Title: Lovely Allergen
Author: Zhìchǔ
Chapters: 102 chapters + 7 extras
Publication: 2020
Summary from Novel Updates:

Song Yu has three requirements for Yue Zhishi:

– You cannot call me gege in public.

– We won’t do anything together in public.

– You cannot let other people know you live with me.

Yue Zhishi has always been obediently following these rules. They were practically strangers at school. At the opening ceremony, he suddenly collapsed due to an allergy-related asthma attack, sending everything into chaos. At this moment, the student representative Song Yu suddenly stopped speaking…….

That night, a hot post appeared on the school forum.

【Shock!! Our junior high school department male idol and our senior high school department male idol are actually ‘brothers’!】

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Ever since his father brought back a mixed-race baby when he was six years old, Song Yu’s life has been completely entangled by this clingy little guy who couldn’t speak Chinese well.

Le Le who was in kindergarten: Xiao Yu gege, my classmate said today that he has a beautiful sister-in-law. What is a sister-in-law?

Song Yu: His older brother’s wife.

Le Le: No! I don’t want a sister-in-law!

Song Yu: ……..

Le Le: I’ll be your sister-in-law! (Something isn’t quite right…….)

Song Yu: Please study up on Chinese familial relationships.

Le Le: Wait, wait. I’ll be my sister-in-law!

Song Yu: ……

Mouth says one thing but body does the other, cat-like gong x mixed-race, obedient and straight forward puppy-like shou.

5 STARS - I LOVED IT

MY REVIEW: 

I definitely wasn't expecting to cry so much when I chose to read this book. The author fleshed out the characters so well that you get swept up in their painful emotions with them. 

There are so many good points about this book, but I don't know how to express it well. This list is just the highlights:

• A healthy, continuously growing relationship full of consent and communication once they get together
• Super awesome family dynamics full of banter, love, and support
• Strong female characters with their own goals and ideas (there's even a hint of a wlw couple!)
• One villainous characters. Everyone is flawed and awkward in their own ways lol
• The smut was super hot and beautiful
• Slowly overcoming your fears