Meili is a once-in-a-generation beauty raised in secrecy in the inner courtyards. To keep her safe from the palace concubine selections, her family conspires to make everyone, including her, believe that she's ugly. The secret's revealed when 3 peeping Tom’s get more than they bargained for spying on the 'ugly sister' bathing.
The perverts are best friends, a young commander, the second prince, and an admired poet, and the 3 young men compete fiercely for her affections. As Meili emerges from 16 years in seclusion, her deeply rooted body dysmorphia has hilarious consequences as she misreads her interactions with men and proves to be a far more complex puzzle to woo than any of them are equipped for.
A cdrama romcom where a young girl is a glittering prize trying her hardest not to be won.
[#teen #lovequadrangle #historicalromance #romcom #cdrama #sweetromance]
EXTRACT: Meili slipped out of her robe and sat on a ledge in the warm pool. Her long black hair cascaded down her back, tiny silver bells tinkled as she moved.
It felt wonderful to be free of her chest binding. It was starting to get quite painful. She didn't dare stop wearing it in case it encouraged her already disconcertingly large breasts to keep expanding.
It was onto this scene that the Commander, the Prince and the poet happened, as they soundlessly raised their heads above the peaked roofline. For a full minute not one of them moved or breathed.
Her long hair covered her generous curves, allowing tantalising glimpses. She reached behind her neck to push back her hair.
Commander Bai, realising what was about to happen, clamped each of his hands firmly over the eyes of the Prince and Tan Bowen. A fight broke out on the ridge-line as the men clawed and scratched in a panicked attempt to see what came next.
Meili looked up in fright, just as the commander forcefully pushed his two friends, sliding them down the steep rooftop.
For just a split second, the eyes of Commander Bai and Meili met.
I'm up to chapter 28 and so far loving this. The FL is super sweet and the 3 ML's are all very detailed and interesting characters. I thought I liked the Commander but the Prince is winning me over - love the burn. Can't wait for more of the two of them. Keep going dear author! You'll get my one vote a day :)
Just finished reading the 63 chapters and I'll be waiting for the new chapter releases. I'm hooked on the FL's relationship with the 3 ML's. Kicks off around Ch 10. She's so cute and she's driving these boys crazy. I'm voting for the Prince. They would be sizzling together!!! Hope it gets picked up - need more chapters now pls author!!!
Hello Dear Readers, Thank you for checking out my historical romance novel. The story is loosely set in the Ming Dynasty, but with some poetic licence. The FL is naive and innocent because she's been raised in the inner courtyards, but she's smart, talented and she knows what she wants. 3 ML's are competing for her affections. The prince is arrogant, aggressive and used to getting his way, the poet is free-spirited, happy-go-lucky and handsome, the commander is stoney-faced and puts duty first. Chapter 10 is where this love quadrangle kicks-off and the rivalry between these three friends gets increasingly fierce! Who will our FL choose, or will her parents choose for her? How does a once-in-a-generation beauty avoid the mandatory concubine selections at the palace? Being raised in a bubble where everyone tells her she's ugly, there's plenty of comedy as she's allowed out of the mansion and misunderstands the effect her face has on men. And then there's the problem of an increasingly curvaceous figure when everything you've been taught tells you that female beauty only comes in a slim package. If you enjoy Asian historical romance, cdrama/kdrama, love triangles, jealousy and possessiveness, FL in a slow-burn love story, arranged marriages, pure and innocent love with YA spiciness, then this is for you. I hope readers will support me with votes, reviews and comments - with your support for the book I will release >20 chapters a week. Looking forward to hearing from you dear readers <3