In the Courtyard (GB)
院里（gb）
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 148k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Ancient Era
- Updated
- 6mo ago
- English
- Request a translation
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See allGB Category, So Good
My Favorite Girl-Boy Romance
Delicious Gender-Bender Romance, Yum Yum
The dynamics follow GB conventions, and anything unusual will be clearly marked. I’m fine with heroines having typical or atypical anatomy. Please check for your own dealbreakers. All are monogamous, the men are all virgins, and they have happy endings.
GB (No Female-Lead or Male-Lead Stans)
GB Recommendations and Warnings (A Little Female-Dominant Romance)
I only read 1v1, mostly ABO. I have a lot of dealbreakers, so whether something is a dealbreaker or a recommendation depends on personal taste. (6, the list can’t exceed 100 books, so I’ve started a new one.)
Private Reading List: Reading Disability 3
GB/BL Completed and Ongoing, For Personal Use
Just My Taste
Good enough to reread!
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The Things That Really Hit My Kinks Back Then
Gender-Bender Romance (Male Lead Is a Virgin)
Quality Gender-Bender Reads Worth Revisiting
GB (More or Less)
Since everyone’s being so generous, I’ll recommend a few of my all-time favorites too
Romance: Girl-Boy-Girl
Mostly girl/boy romances, with a few boy/girl romances and matriarchal settings. I personally prefer romance-focused stories and only read 1v1. I'll label boy/girl romances or anything I'm unsure about.
Recommended: Girl-on-Boy, Female Top and Male Bottom, Alpha Female and Omega Male
Mutual-spoiling fans, come on in! Strong female leads, handsome men, and spicy romance. Three stars: decent. Four stars: good. Five stars: really good. These are my personal opinions, and I read every book carefully. What I wanted to say is in the comments.
Gender-Bender Stories
A record of the stories I've read
Romance Novel Recommendations from a Seven-Year Reader
Historical Romance
Historical romance or cultivation stories I’ve read, with a little gender-bender. I may lean toward equally strong couples and healing stories. Please don’t hesitate to send me other recommendations
The Heroine Isn’t Beautiful
The female lead is average-looking, at most a little above average. Please recommend more!
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Not into fan favorites. I like love built on mutual respect.
Five-Star Books I Fully Purchased
My baseline is mutual affection. I like relationships built on equality, so this list isn’t for extreme fans of one character.
Pretty Good
GB: So Delicious, I Love It
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Start writing! Start writing! When are you going to stop resting? (Throws a tantrum)
It's so well written, I feel like I could read it a second time. I wish the author would write more GB (gigabytes).
It's so good! T's writing is so inspired, not at all pretentious, truly living up to its reputation. The story is so compelling, it brought me to tears.
After watching Hua Zi, she became my favorite female lead. She's so charming—gentle, strong, tolerant, rational, insightful, free-spirited, loyal, and occasionally showing a naive and adorable side, with unwavering sincerity and a deep sense of gratitude. Hua Zi is wonderful! I think Liangliang's views on love are excellent. In love, both men and women should protect and sacrifice for each other, avoiding misunderstandings, awkwardness, and wasting precious time.
The quantity is huge, I will follow you for life, it's so beautiful!
Miss Tan Hua is truly the most free-spirited and unique female protagonist I've ever read about in a novel! 🎉🎉🎉
Yay! The author is such a great writer! I finished it in one go, it was so good! 🤩😚 I really want to read their modern-day side story! 😳 I'm so curious!
Sigh, it's been four years. I've been reading a lot of novels for four years.
A small token of my support, wishing T a long and prosperous writing career!
The quantity... It's already October! 😭😭😭