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4.54 AVERAGE
4.54 AVERAGE
“i love the moon, the moon doesn’t know”
“do you like the moon? now the moon is yours”
he yan and xiao jue are THEE power couple of the century, the very definition of fated love.
this book had everything i love:
-well written strong, smart, charismatic, funny female lead
-revenge plot
-slow burn romance done RIGHT
-good male lead who is calm and mysterious but secretly has a big heart and doesn’t mess around about his girl
-world building and political intrigue
-good fight scenes
-loveable side characters
“do you like the moon? now the moon is yours”
he yan and xiao jue are THEE power couple of the century, the very definition of fated love.
this book had everything i love:
-well written strong, smart, charismatic, funny female lead
-revenge plot
-slow burn romance done RIGHT
-good male lead who is calm and mysterious but secretly has a big heart and doesn’t mess around about his girl
-world building and political intrigue
-good fight scenes
-loveable side characters
adventurous
inspiring
fast-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
"She is the scene in my eyes, the person in my heart."
When I first heard of the drama:
Legend of the Female General<
I was really excited. But even better, when I heard that there is a novel. I need that ASAP. Here I am binge reading this for over a week.
This novel is like a warm blanket in a rainy day. Chinese novel are always beautifully written and this one was not a miss.
Not only there are many captivating plots, but I loved every single characters, whether their are good or bad. Let’s start with the leads.
Our FMC, He Yue. She is an extremely strong warrior and brave. She was forced to become a steppingstone for her family and became a replacement for her male cousin. He’s been using his name and create an identity as a general. She was forced to wear a mask the whole time. So no one can ever know her real face. Why? To not only bring shame to the family because she was a woman but also to put her cousin back to it. All the talents, praises that she had created, all were taken from her.
After through all that, she was pretty much sold to get married. And then she was fed poison to make her blind. And then her husband mistress made her drown while pregnant.
The present plot? She was reincarnated or transmigrated into another girl body who is the daughter of a war general. Who has the same name as her previous “body” (so she does and in the same timeline is reincarnated into a new one).
While using that new body, she will go into military all over again, and seek revenge on her family who betrayed her. That was her main goal, but she decided to follow her old path by disguising as man to become a soldier which she almost die many times without even touching a hair of the enemy.
She will get into few dramas that the old frail “He Yan” was getting into. And that body is weak but with a lot of practise, she became stronger after hard training. Where she will meet many people from her past life. Including MMC, Xiao Jue.
He isn’t present as much as I expected. Which is understandable because the main goal for the story was He Yan to disguise as a man and go to the military. Xiao Jue doesn’t suspect her to be a man until much later in the story. Pretty much like Mulan.
He doesn’t have a lot of personality but, he has been a huge impact and a great inspiration for He Yan for both of her lives(previous and now). There is another character that stood out so much; Lin Shuanghe. The man that he is. The best wingman ever. He is pretty much saying things that all readers were thinking; whether it is pushing Xiao Jue to “claim” He Yue as his person.
The ending was HEA, but I am thankful to see other characters life as a young age. Yan He’s love story was so sad to read. The author pulled my heartstrings out…
Overall, I read this for a drama, and it made me have a higher expectations for the show. Hopefully it didn’t ruin the whole genre and also ruin theses three iconic and memorable characters…
When I first heard of the drama:
Legend of the Female General<
I was really excited. But even better, when I heard that there is a novel. I need that ASAP. Here I am binge reading this for over a week.
This novel is like a warm blanket in a rainy day. Chinese novel are always beautifully written and this one was not a miss.
Not only there are many captivating plots, but I loved every single characters, whether their are good or bad. Let’s start with the leads.
Our FMC, He Yue. She is an extremely strong warrior and brave. She was forced to become a steppingstone for her family and became a replacement for her male cousin. He’s been using his name and create an identity as a general. She was forced to wear a mask the whole time. So no one can ever know her real face. Why? To not only bring shame to the family because she was a woman but also to put her cousin back to it. All the talents, praises that she had created, all were taken from her.
After through all that, she was pretty much sold to get married. And then she was fed poison to make her blind. And then her husband mistress made her drown while pregnant.
The present plot? She was reincarnated or transmigrated into another girl body who is the daughter of a war general. Who has the same name as her previous “body” (so she does and in the same timeline is reincarnated into a new one).
While using that new body, she will go into military all over again, and seek revenge on her family who betrayed her. That was her main goal, but she decided to follow her old path by disguising as man to become a soldier which she almost die many times without even touching a hair of the enemy.
She will get into few dramas that the old frail “He Yan” was getting into. And that body is weak but with a lot of practise, she became stronger after hard training. Where she will meet many people from her past life. Including MMC, Xiao Jue.
He isn’t present as much as I expected. Which is understandable because the main goal for the story was He Yan to disguise as a man and go to the military. Xiao Jue doesn’t suspect her to be a man until much later in the story. Pretty much like Mulan.
He doesn’t have a lot of personality but, he has been a huge impact and a great inspiration for He Yan for both of her lives(previous and now). There is another character that stood out so much; Lin Shuanghe. The man that he is. The best wingman ever. He is pretty much saying things that all readers were thinking; whether it is pushing Xiao Jue to “claim” He Yue as his person.
The ending was HEA, but I am thankful to see other characters life as a young age.
Overall, I read this for a drama, and it made me have a higher expectations for the show. Hopefully it didn’t ruin the whole genre and also ruin theses three iconic and memorable characters…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail
I recently binged the cdrama, The Double (2024) and liked the engrossing plot, the green flag romance, and that the female villains were well written. Picked up this author's other book and am pleasantly surprised to find this just as bingeable. Mo Shu Bai still sets the standard for a good romance for me but the love story between the main leads was very sweet and wholesome. I also liked the constant plot twists and numerous plot developments. I've read a lot of cnovels and it's been a while since family politicking and political intrigue captures my attention (I did skim the first 20 chapters of this LOL). I read her malicious empress rebirth novel (read about 50 chapters or so?) and didn't like it but this is good.
This follows the story of a girl who secretly takes on the identity of her brother, realizes she excels at the military, and becomes a renowned general. Due to circumstances, she is killed by her husband due to political scheming. She's reborn in the body of a young lady who has the same name as her. With this do-over, she gets revenge. She joins the army in disguise as a boy again (Mulan vibes) and catches the eye of the commander. She levels up in military prowess and proves herself.
Pretty similar premise as The Double, and it's full of my favorite tropes like hidden identity, secret past, fake marriage, etc. I really like that this author's heroines don't revolve around their relationships; in fact, they're constantly hustling for their careers and there are arcs where the heroines handle trouble by themselves with their formidable talents.
On to this author's other novels. Her revenge rebirth stories are really good.
This follows the story of a girl who secretly takes on the identity of her brother, realizes she excels at the military, and becomes a renowned general. Due to circumstances, she is killed by her husband due to political scheming. She's reborn in the body of a young lady who has the same name as her. With this do-over, she gets revenge. She joins the army in disguise as a boy again (Mulan vibes) and catches the eye of the commander. She levels up in military prowess and proves herself.
Pretty similar premise as The Double, and it's full of my favorite tropes like hidden identity, secret past, fake marriage, etc. I really like that this author's heroines don't revolve around their relationships; in fact, they're constantly hustling for their careers and there are arcs where the heroines handle trouble by themselves with their formidable talents.
On to this author's other novels. Her revenge rebirth stories are really good.
this was such a great book to me, it had everything I ever want and enjoy in a book. the side characters and stories were great, the female lead was so loveable and our male protagonist was so powerful and loved her SO MUCH. this was such a long read but it felt short i already miss my parents He Yan and Xiao Jue. apart from the absolutely cute and heart-warming love story, the journey yan yan went through to become a general again was so satisfying and interesting, I felt so happy by the end!!! I love that it is kind of implied that xiao jue loves Yan Yan more than she loves her 🥺🫶
medium-paced
Cannot wait for the drama, loved these two so much. I do wonder how they will do the supernatural aspect of this but I do think they can do what they did with The Double here.
I recently binged the cdrama, The Double (2024) and liked the engrossing plot, the green flag romance, and that the female villains were well written. Picked up this author's other book and am pleasantly surprised to find this just as bingeable. Mo Shu Bai still sets the standard for a good romance for me but the love story between the main leads was very sweet and wholesome. I also liked the constant plot twists and numerous plot developments. I've read a lot of cnovels and it's been a while since family politicking and political intrigue captures my attention (I did skim the first 20 chapters of this LOL). I read her malicious empress rebirth novel (read about 50 chapters or so?) and didn't like it but this is good.
This follows the story of a girl who secretly takes on the identity of her brother, realizes she excels at the military, and becomes a renowned general. Due to circumstances, she is killed by her husband due to political scheming. She's reborn in the body of a young lady who has the same name as her. With this do-over, she gets revenge. She joins the army in disguise as a boy again (Mulan vibes) and catches the eye of the commander. She levels up in military prowess and proves herself.
Pretty similar premise as The Double, and it's full of my favorite tropes like hidden identity, secret past, fake marriage, etc. I really like that this author's heroines don't revolve around their relationships; in fact, they're constantly hustling for their careers and there are arcs where the heroines handle trouble by themselves with their formidable talents.
On to this author's other novels. Her revenge rebirth stories are really good.
This follows the story of a girl who secretly takes on the identity of her brother, realizes she excels at the military, and becomes a renowned general. Due to circumstances, she is killed by her husband due to political scheming. She's reborn in the body of a young lady who has the same name as her. With this do-over, she gets revenge. She joins the army in disguise as a boy again (Mulan vibes) and catches the eye of the commander. She levels up in military prowess and proves herself.
Pretty similar premise as The Double, and it's full of my favorite tropes like hidden identity, secret past, fake marriage, etc. I really like that this author's heroines don't revolve around their relationships; in fact, they're constantly hustling for their careers and there are arcs where the heroines handle trouble by themselves with their formidable talents.
On to this author's other novels. Her revenge rebirth stories are really good.
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Blood, War
This sort of betrayal... I can't handle it. The author will pay for my broken heart! I must say the only reason the main character didn't die was because of her plot armour... otherwise how could my sweet general die but not her??