Late in the Hour of the Goat

Historical Romance

Looking for historical novels. No transmigration or rebirth, just a story set in ancient times. I want an engaging plot, distinctive characters, and no ridiculous melodrama.

Underrated Historical Romance with Excellent Writing: No Transmigration, No Cheats, No Brain-Dead Characters

Historical Romance

Any historical romance with both leads inexperienced?

Looking for Tragedies, but Not the Idiotic Kind. Keep the Characters’ Values Straight

I don't want angst for the sake of angst. I like stories with sound values that are relatively realistic. Historical or modern settings are both fine, something like He Is in Yunnan and One and Only. My eyes are already swollen from crying...

Truly Stunning Historical Romance

Please avoid overly cliché tropes.

Tomato Novel's Top Ten Tearjerkers

Tomato Novel’s ten most tearjerking stories.

Please, I Want a Heroine Who Hits the Hero or Makes Him Kneel, and Doesn’t Go Soft

The hero does something wrong, and the heroine punishes him without going soft.

Tragic Romance, Extremely Angsty!!! Even More Heartbreaking Than A Life Slashed by the Sword. I’m Hard to Make Cry

Any super-angsty stories? *Devouring Love* didn't make me cry. I want the kind where the leads are deeply in love, but the male lead abandons the female lead for power, then has to grovel to win her back.

Looking for an Elegant Historical Chinese Romance Without Outlandish, Over-the-Top, or Brain-Dead Tropes

I want something with elegant, delicate writing. Not the kind that opens with someone getting disfigured or having their heart cut out. That's too melodramatic and clumsy. And no side characters like concubine-born daughters or female antagonists publicly attacking the heroine at banquets. People like that wouldn't survive three hours in ancient times unless they were faking their deaths. It's so unrealistic.

"Your Highness, This Concubine Congratulates You on Gaining Another Beauty" The Empress of Tianlan... Su Mianyue

Just three days after their wedding, he took a concubine, removed his wife's phoenix crown and put it on the concubine, then strode away. The royals were left dumbfounded...

Seeking High-Quality Historical Romance, No Transmigration, Rebirth, or System

I like food, palace intrigue, the imperial examinations, political schemes, and crime-solving. On Tomato, I’ve read The Strongest Female Grand Secretary Rises Against the Odds; for palace intrigue, Zhaohua Weiyang, Palace Willows, and Deep Palace Strategy: The Tale of Qingzhi; for food, Chang’an Snack Shop (I can’t remember if it was on Tomato).

Extremely Angsty, Heartbreakingly Painful Stories

Looking for books similar to Longcheng Prisoner’s Love: Fu Shao’s Bride of Atonement. Both leads are reborn. At first, the male lead sends the female lead to prison, causing her to miscarry. She’s also terminally ill, and he deeply regrets what he’s done. They’re both reborn to before their wedding, and he has to grovel to win her back. The female lead suffers a lot early on.

Period Tragedies Like Eastern Palace

Guys, I once read a short historical romance tragedy with a plot a lot like Eastern Palace. The title felt a bit like Palace Wall Willow. Does anyone know what it might be? 😭

Historical Romance Angst with Tenderness and Mutual Purity

Looking for stories like Late in the Hour. Both leads are pure, heartwarming romance, rebirth, angsty love, palace intrigue, pursuing the wife, happy ending. This story has two pure leads!! “Remember, a daughter of the Cui family of Qinghe or the Lu family of Fanyang can never become empress!” But, Brother Che, since...

Any Tragedies That Are Heartbreaking from Beginning to End?

It can become sweet in the end.

Ancient-Era Novels Adapted Into TV Dramas

Short Historical Romance Tragedies

Something so heartbreaking it hurts, but short enough to finish in one night.

Angsty Novels: I Want Something as Heartbreaking as A Life Slain by Love, the Kind That Makes You Cry 😭

Looking for books similar to *A Life Mired in Misery*.

The Young Emperor's First Temper Tantrum Costs Him the Love of His Life Forever

Historical Romance with a Bad Ending!

I want a long palace-intrigue story that’s sweet for most of the way, but has a tragic ending and a little angst.

Ask for BE Ancient Words, the Sadomasochism Between the Emperor and His Concubines

Palace Wall Willow can also be used similar to

Abuse, It Means We Have Been Together for Several Lifetimes, but We Are Still Bes, Entangled for the Rest of Our Lives.

I beg you for help. The male and female protagonists have been in love for several lifetimes, but have never been together. I beg you for a similar story like this.

Looking for Historical Tragedies with Bad Endings!!!