This is an interesting Otome Isekai in that most of the time they’re love stories. This is not a love story. This is a story about Penelope. ... more>>

Penelope is probably the most well developed otome isekai heroine I know.  She has her own motivations, drive and interests. Her romance is secondary. She strikes a great balance between the OP strategist genius masterminds and flying by the seat of her pants from reckless choices. 

This webnovel also goes off the walls on plot???? Like this plot is crazy and you don’t actually get the first hint of the actual main antagonist until hunting arc.  <<less

So much fun!!!! Great female lead. I also love her family, they’re super entertaining but not overdone. 

S Tier! I tried to read it before but I didn’t get into it but the new translation is absolutely fantastic. Good humor and you get to follow the characters through the start of middle school all the way to after high school graduation. It’s very well balanced there’s humor, tragedy, romance, mystery, etcetc. It has some good plot depth but nothing so upsetting it’s gonna stick with you.  The FL is a little marysue OP but I found I didn’t mind so much because I was having such a good time. ... more>>

I highly recommend, it was such fun  <<less

This book starts off very slice of life and sweet and then subverted all expectations I had and went full throttle into a really meaty mystery plot and I absolutely loved it. ... more>>

The romance does take a back burner where even at in the 200s they haven’t kissed yet but the chemistry between the couple is fantastic and the plot is so engrossing I haven’t really missed it. I only really noticed they hadn’t when a friend asked. 

High recommend to read this novel. Super entertaining, although it’s a little darker for me so I wouldn’t recommend as a pre-bedtime read for sweet dreams. 

5/5 stars. Damn that was good  <<less

The best reincarnated as a child depiction I've ever read. ... more>>

It's also my favorite childhood friends to lovers I've seen in any light novel.Evelyn and Cassis have a bickering rivalry at first but once they warm up to each other it's adorable. Like Cassis goes from shying away and scorning physical contact to initiating hugs and hand holding. Like they *snuggle*. Wonderful sugar. 

God can't wait for this to come off hiatus

 (UPDATE IT'S OFF HIATUS, GO READ) <<less

also known as Inso's Law/My Life as a Teenage Webnovel etcetc... more>>

Ham Dan-I is one of the best webnovel heroine's I've ever read. She's extremely relatable and you can understand where she's coming from. She has a lot to deal with in inso's and god you just want her to be able to make it through and be able to stay with the people she loves.

This novel can and will emotionally butcher you in later chapters.  <<less

This is a story that improves as you go along.... more>>

In the beginning I wasn’t sure if it was for me however now at chapter 80 I am enraptured?? It has a great plot involving curses, past lives and history being written by the victors. 

Romance isn’t quite there yet but we have time, we literally just aged up. <<less

Good Slice of Life comedy.... more>>

Reika isn't the kind of story you should dive into expecting romantic fulfillment. It's a story that follows a villainess character growing up trying to avoid her fate and the kind of hijinks she gets into. It's a really fun read and it's very long. So if you have some time and want something light, highly recommend. <<less

Really fun, has a light shoujo vibe but you get moments with depth. ... more>>

The reason why the male lead feels like an as*hole at first is very well handled. Their relationship grows well. 

Super cute, a good time.  <<less

Do you want to feel emotional pain??? This baby's for you.... more>>

 This has a really heartwrenching love story across two lifetimes. Their love was doomed in the first. Romeo and Juliet, she fell in love with him under false circumstances, he betrayed her to overthrow her tyrant family which led to her being put to death. She is reincarnated and still carries the burden of the guilt for the pain her family has caused. She ends up as a maid working at his estate. Can they make it work this time around? <<less

Good romance.... more>>

The male lead does something rare in that he actually considers what Louise wants and if being a prince's fiance is really for her. A lot of the series is Louise figuring out she is willing to fight for Ian and that she can become the crown princess and it will not be the repeating tragedy like of Ian's mother who was a commoner who died after becoming queen. 

Also really well done love triangle. They're all friends and the friendship always comes first to the romance. No matter who Louise chooses and they all want to be in each other's lives.  <<less

A finished translation and easily accessible novel. It's shoujo but has an overarching plotline.... more>>

The plot follows a psuedo mystery which you will know where it'll end up from the very beginning but what unravels during the plot is how they reached that point.  Marriage of convenience turned to love here, it's a sweet marriage. They're very loving and they become partners to eachother and learn how to trust in one another. 

If you need to kill some time and want some sugar with a touch of mystery this is a good one. <<less

Really interesting plot so far. ... more>>

I may remove this later since it’s early days yet but there’s a lot of promise here and the FL has some moments of surprising depth. <<less

Really well done fluffy romance. ... more>>

It follows the Witch, Roze who developed a crush on first encounter with the Knight Male Lead. After the Male Lead approaches her for a love potion. She's of course torn up and he has a bad opinion of her as a hag making this mind altering potion (her face is hidden under a hood the whole time) but in the long process of collecting ingredients and making the potion they get to know each other and a really sweet relationship develops. 

Ignore the princess, I drink to forget Princess Bilaura who taints this wonderful LN.  <<less

This is a really unique villainess with plot stakes that are *intense* to say the least. ... more>>

FL is a bit dense and almost sailor moon esque in her ditziness but she also can show strength and courage in her brashness. Her Male Lead is a black belly light yandere schemer but who is generally very caring and doting of her. They work and don't feel toxic like a lot of other black bellies I've seen. 

FL is crazy overpowered due to the fact that she basically funneled all her energy and brain power into magic, however she avoids being annoyingly overpowered through the fact that she's terrible about how she uses her energy and we see her run out of magic. Her ML, Achilles is a really good balance to this because he is magically weaker than her but is a much better tactician about how he uses it. 

This novel does a lot of things really well and has a lot of features that I haven't seen done at all or well in others. For Example, this novel is one of the few I've seen with a Commoner uprising. It also has the best Original Heroine turned Antagonist I've ever seen. She is legitimately terrifying.

  Which makes up for some flaws in the story to me and maintains it's place of my favorite novels I go back to reread. It's worth a read! <<less

This is a crowd pleasing work I recommend to any fan of the JP Villainess'. ... more>>

Irene is a heroine that you root for who is clever and competent but still has endearing moments of softness. We have another Heroine turned Antagonist who is done extremely well and this gets darker than a lot of shoujos. 

The male lead learns a lot from Irene and is a sweet, caring man whose in a difficult position due to his powers as the demon king. Irene and He truly belong to eachother in a way that's wonderful for both of their growth and they trust each other. 

I recommend just doing the first arc because after that arc's completion you get full satisfaction on the plot and the love story. You really don't need to read after that.  <<less

I may take this out later depending on how it proceeds (it's early days) but, I'm very interested in how it's going to go. ... more>>

So basically FL's mother is the big villain has brainwashed ML to have undying devotion towards FL to secure his loyalty to their family so the mother can basically rule his dukedom and make him a puppet/figurehead. FL is currently on a hunt to undo the brainwashing however there's a real possibility that when she does undo it he will mu*der her. 

It's very promising and worth a read. <<less

This is a pretty shoujo villainess. ... more>>

She’s so overpowered it’s funny but her worldview is so skewed it doesn’t make it annoying. 

I’m having a lot of fun with this one and it updates almost daily! <<less

A Japanese title so please take in stylistic differences. ... more>>

Really comedic in the way that old school shoujo anime is. Female lead is an idiot with a heart of gold. Super fun, I have reread it again because I find it a good time. 

However even with its super simple plot and tropes this otome isekai accomplishes and brings in themes that I rarely see in others. Like for one, the heroine reveals that she’s a reincarnate to the ML early on and they have a discussion on her guilt at body snatching the original villainess and worrying that she may have killed her. Which spoiled no, not the case however we also get to see where the original villainess’ soul has ended up, a rare resolution. 

Also has one of the biggest twists on an original heroine showing up that I have seen in my life. Wow it is weird but holy sh*t what a ride. 

It was fun and silly like an old school, comedy anime. I think it’s one you either are fond of or you absolutely hate- I had fun so…… Don’t expect a ton from it but great for a good time.  <<less

Great character development for all the main cast. Mostly revolves around scheming, political intrigue stuff like that. Romance doesn’t come till 75% of the way... more>> through. It’s worth a read <<less

“ a good time. The male lead is a little one dimensional but he’s not bad. I’d read it again.