Novels like Dark Devotion
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Dark Devotion, best match first.
- 1 Oh No! The Wolf Cub I Took In Has Won Me Over 糟糕！被捡到的狼崽子攻略了 A lonely witch who has spent years in the city meets a little wolf. She grants nearly every wish of the wolf cub she raised herself. The cub says the witch is the light that saved her. But the witch thinks: You’re my moon. Chu Yi: Haunted by fear of her identity since childhood, she deliberately keeps people at a distance. Yet she longs for someone to keep her company. Once she has someone, she refuses to let go. Torn up inside and possessive by nature. Shi Wu: A werewolf whose identity is a m 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Could We Meet One More Time? 再见一次，好不好 “Lingsi, I like women. You know that, right?” “I like you, Lingsi.” “I'm sorry, Lingsi.” It seems I never got to hear those words, “I'm sorry” and “I love you,” after all. 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Sophisticated Executive Reborn as a Disgraced Consort: Tortured from the Start, I'll Make Them Pay in Blood 1 知性高管重生废妃，开局就惨遭折磨，我要血债血偿1 A savvy executive is reborn as a disgraced concubine and is tormented from the start. I'll make them pay for every drop of blood. 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After the Rain, the Mountain Is Fresh 空山新雨后 After the Rain in the Empty Mountains 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 You Were Never Someone I Should Have Loved 你本就是我不该爱的人啊 Two people who had nothing to do with each other became connected in countless ways after an accident. The gears of fate bound them tightly together. Gu Xingyi: “I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you back then.” Lu Lin: “No. It's because of what happened back then that we have what we have now, isn't it?” There's no System in the rest of the story. That was a mistake. A little angst. Angst first, then sweetness. 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Master Has Fallen for the Mortal World 《师父她动了凡心》 My Master Has Given in to Mortal Desires 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Twin Shells 双生壳 Twin Shells 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After I Met You 和你相遇后 You are the brightest star in the galaxy of my life, forever shining. I draw back the curtain on a dream and wish for a lifetime of breathtaking beauty. Most lives are simple. In my simple life, meeting you made everything incredibly complicated. “Long time no see,” Xu Qingmeng said. “Y-yeah, long time no see.” It was such a simple sentence, yet Chen Xinghe still stumbled over it, unsure whether she was shocked or excited. Only later did she understand. “Maybe I should let the stars fall and s 101Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 9 Upon the Evergreen Bough 长青枝上 A powerhouse duo with a bitter history. Older, rational, and domineering VS younger, sensitive, and aloof Because our bodies are alike, love becomes all the more pure. Have you read To the Oak Tree? 60Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 10 The Noblewoman Chancellor Wants to Rebel 豪门女相要造反 System: “The task you need to complete is helping the male lead ascend the throne...” You: “What? Kill the male lead and take the throne myself?” System: “...” You: “Can I start a rebellion?” System: “Do you want to die?” You: “Then never mind...” What? The Emperor has arranged a marriage? Marrying her isn’t out of the question, but he’d better prepare a hundred and eight loads of dowry. What? Someone is spreading rumors that I’m greedy for money? Greedy for money? I’m worth every penny! What? T 31Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 11 The Spring of the Thirteenth Year 第十三年春时 (Modern city + campus + pure yuri + tragic ending, not a power fantasy) [Well-behaved student girl VS fiercely protective female big shot] When I first saw the splendor of the big city, I met her: dazzlingly beautiful and full of spirit. The second time we met, she tossed me a card loaded with over three hundred yuan and kept me for four years. After learning the truth, I decided to get back at her by clinging to her for the rest of my life. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The CEO’s Frail White Moonlight Is Delicate and Soft 岺总的病弱白月光，她又娇又软 Two female leads, healing and super sweet, older woman/younger woman, both pure Sweet at first, then angsty, with a suicide plotline Her: frail and innocent x her: gentle and strong, but a little possessive It takes more courage to seize happiness than to endure pain. It was a long time before Ling Yan learned that every second Yun Suisui spent with her, she was thinking about how to die. “Even though you can’t keep me here, that doesn’t mean I don’t love you.” Yun Suisui stared blankly as a te 724Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 13 The Final Song of the White-Haired Girl 白发少女的终焉曲 [Girls' love + sweet and angsty + winning her back + devoted to each other] [No transmigration, no rebirth. Read with caution if that bothers you.] [Domineering, tsundere heiress × depressed, withdrawn little girl] She's clearly a lunatic, so why is she suddenly being so nice to me? She must have found a new way to torment me. She's just a lowly slave for me to take my frustrations out on, so why do I depend on her and want to protect her? I must be sick! The two girls have suffered similar 3.5kReads—Score61714d adds
- 14 She Was Buried When the Jasmine Bloomed 她葬在茉莉花期 Dual female leads · Ultimate bittersweet tragedy · Tortured romance and suspense A fatal tenderness about obsession and redemption. When the jasmine blooms, she sleeps forever. She leaves behind an unsent letter, a promise unfulfilled, and another woman searching for the truth for the rest of her life. If we can’t live together, then let’s leave together. She coughs up blood while brewing medicine for me, fills my bedside with jasmine, yet keeps me imprisoned. As the truth emerges with that unse 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 There Are Monsters in Her Eyes 她的眼睛里有怪物 There Are Monsters in Her Eyes 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Today Last Year, Inside This Very Gate 去年今日此门中 Though the one I love is gone, the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze. [Dual female leads + heartbreaking angst + unrequited love] Tragic ending Heaven granted us the chance to meet, but not the chance to stay together forever. How could someone who lives in darkness dare to hope for sunlight? I secretly touched you once, never expecting you to scatter like a dandelion. After you drifted away, your shadow was everywhere. Lin Weihan could no longer hold back her tears. Her face was d 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Embracing Each Other Amid the Ruins 在破碎处相拥 This story features two female leads, unrequited love, rekindled romance, and mutual healing. Xia Tong and Zhou Keyi were friends in middle school. They spent three years apart in high school, one going to university and the other ending up at the bottom of society. When they met again, their bond was still as strong as ever. Life never goes smoothly for everyone. Some people lose their way along the journey, and these two became each other’s ties and each other’s salvation. 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Guide to Taming a Yandere 驯养病娇手册 [Dual female leads + ABO + human-animal romance + imprisonment + revenge + yandere + both leads are each other's only partners throughout] A collection of short yandere stories with two female leads. No moral compass. If you want one, please look elsewhere. When I was young, I went to sea with my father. As we reached the deep ocean, dark clouds gathered, and a beautiful song drifted from the reefs in the distance. That day, I saw the most beautiful woman in the world. 240Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Dreambane 斥梦 [Coming of Age + Dreams] [Detached and obsessive, with a sensitive heart × Gentle on the surface, smiling for everyone] She said they would journey through time together, fall together, and seek together. In the end, all they could do was forget together. Later, the pages curled at the corners, the blazing sun melted the snow, everyone who should have stayed left, and the dream she clung to could no longer be changed. Even if time crushes her life to pieces, she must remember her dream. 90Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 20 The Making of a Movie Queen 影后缔造之路 [A coming-of-age story at its core] [Sweet and angsty × Both Pure] What role should you take in loving someone? What kind of happy ending could make up for all the hardships along the way? Song Jun: Deeply calculating, cold, and unpredictable, she is a ray of light in the darkness, protecting a small corner of peace. Lian Jing: Proud and strong-willed, though secretly afraid and insecure, she is an aloof beauty who works hard to grow stronger, one step at a time. Beneath the spotlight, Lian Jing 102Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 21 The Empty Cocoon and the Light-Year 空茧与光年 [Two female leads|Mental illness|Aesthetics of pain|Realistic fiction|Happy ending] The year I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, my pillbox held seven kinds of white tablets. The doctor said it was a lifelong illness and I would have to learn to live with it. The day I met Su Wan, her eyes told me that I deserved to be loved, too. University separated us at opposite ends of Beijing. She pursued her artistic dreams at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, while I fought the waves of emotion at a 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 In the End, You Never Loved Me 你最终还是没爱过我 “I told you, if the day ever comes when I have to die, I want to die by your sword. Sister Yun, kill me.” Two female leads, no male lead, bad ending, angsty story, fictional ancient setting. 292Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Memories of a Moonlit Dream 皎温忆梦 [Weepy artist Wen Jue × aloof, fastidious architect Cheng Jiaoci] [Pure love + angst + tragic ending + younger seme] Cheng Jiaoci: intensely possessive and controlling / love kept hidden / rational and controlled A lofty beauty in the world of architecture, cold and aloof, with her heart tightly shut. Wen Jue: prone to uncontrollable tears / gives too much because of trauma / clumsily romantic Wen Jue: At nineteen, I met Cheng Jiaoci for the first time and learned what it meant to fall head over 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 After the Breakup, Ms. Cheng Chases Her Wife Around the World 分手后，程女士你满世界追妻 (A remorseful chase + two female leads + angst) Xia Yimian got together with Cheng Jiabao when she was eighteen. Now, eight years later, she thought they could stay together forever. Until Cheng Jiabao’s beloved first love returned from overseas... There was no longer any place for Xia Yimian by Cheng Jiabao’s side. Later, Xia Yimian fell ill and hid away on her own. Cheng Jiabao regretted everything and searched for her everywhere. 2.3kReads7.1Score24914d adds
- 25 I Once Wanted to Spend My Life with Her 曾想与她一生 [Two female leads · top student ice queen vs. sweet, mischievous little bully · youth and school life · love grows over time · tragic romance · unhappy ending] If I’d known we would end up like this, I wouldn’t have become a good girl back then... 91Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 26 The Bright Moon Is Yours 明月予卿 [Strong female lead, badass heroine] The Defender of the Nation General has killed countless people and is ruthless in his methods. But after meeting Miss Shi, his icy heart gradually melts. A mighty general and a delicate young lady collide, and love begins. [This story is entirely fictional. Please read the synopsis before starting.] 28Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 27 In My Next Life, I'll Still Love You 下辈子，我还爱你 [Dual Heroines, Tragic Ending, Short Story, Skip if that's not for you] If Zuo Nan hadn't left Ye Xingxu alone that night, if Zuo Nan hadn't opened the diary, could their story have started over? The wind on the rooftop buffeted them until they could barely keep their footing. Carrying the red spider lilies Xingxu had left behind, Zuo Nan finally reached the moment when they could cast off the world's conventions and the rumors, and stay together forever. 297Reads8.2Score11114d adds
- 28 Shen Shi, Where Do You Think You're Running? 沈诗妹妹，你想往哪里跑啊？ [Two Female Leads] [Slight Angst] [Lots of Intimacy]… My name is Liu Lin. I'm a female monster with severe psychological problems. I'm not making this up. At least, that's what everyone around me says about me. … They're not exactly wrong. My childhood family circumstances left me cold and distant, with no regard for other people's feelings. I'm even downright heartless. I never cared about any of that, until… I met her… “An angel fallen into hell, heh heh heh… Then I'll make her fall completely 1kReads6.8Score10914d adds
- 29 My Dear Zhu Xiaoli 亲爱的祝小黎 Dual female leads Xie Zhaozhao would remember that day until her dying breath: Zhu Xiaoli walked into the classroom in a pale yellow dress under the blazing midsummer sun. After introducing herself, Zhu Xiaoli pointed to the empty seat beside Xie Zhaozhao. “Teacher, I want to sit there.” “My name is Zhu Xiaoli. The Li is the one in ‘dawn.’ What's your name?” “Xie Zhaozhao.” “Which ‘zhao’?” “The ‘zhao’ in ‘living from day to day.’” 199Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 30 Don't Love Me, I'm Too Unhinged! 别爱我，太疯癫！ [Dual female leads]+ [No System, no transmigration]+ [Illness + imprisonment + madness + angst]+ [Fast-paced, no dragging] [This is a story about suffocating love] [In high school, Su Zhinian helped Zhou Yanzi when she was being bullied, and the two became best friends. Zhou Yanzi always saw her as her guiding light, but one confession changed everything. Zhou Yanzi wasn’t straight. When she confessed, she pushed that light away with her own hands…] I thought we’d never see each other again in 563Reads7.3Score10614d adds
- 31 I'll Forget You When the Next Dawn Comes 我会忘记你，在下一个天明 Angst. Qi Jin × Yu Luo'an, who has depression. Two female leads. At the beginning of the story, the gears of fate began to turn. Qi Jin was irritable and sharp-tongued: “My intolerance for stupidity is acting up. You really are an idiot.” But the longer she spent with this quiet, fragile-looking girl, the less she could control where she looked. And so Qi Jin glimpsed the young woman’s secret and couldn’t help being kind to her, hoping she would be safe and happy. At the end of the story, Qi Jin 151Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 32 Reborn, I Was Putty in the Hands of My Ex, the Movie Star 重生后被前任影后拿捏了 Two heroines + rebirth + rekindled love + redemption + older sister as the pursuer + angst first, then intensely sweet romance + raising a child + both pure in love Before her rebirth, Xia Chuyu was a vain, washed-up nobody who dumped Qi Yunxi. Her father goaded her into stepping on Qi Yunxi to climb the ladder, and she ended up losing her family. Reborn at a welcome banquet, she ran into Qi Yunxi, now a three-time award-winning actress. This time, she put aside her greed and only dared to quiet 667Reads5.7Score10314d adds
- 33 Alas, the Princess Loves Her Country 奈何公主爱江山 Gao Wei, a young expert in cultural relic restoration, transmigrated into the body of the tomb's owner, Murong Xiaoxiao, while restoring a newly excavated epitaph. Murong Xiaoxiao was only thirteen, the daughter of a disgraced official who had been sent to the imperial palace's women's quarters. According to the epitaph, Murong Xiaoxiao was destined to become a powerful female chancellor at twenty and die in a palace coup at thirty. Determined to live out her natural lifespan, Gao Wei decided to 389Reads8.6Score10914d adds
- 34 After Falling for Her 喜欢上她之后 When Jiang Wancheng was ten, her mother had only just died when her father brought home a young woman and told her to call the woman her stepmother. The woman was strikingly beautiful and cool, with an air of otherworldly grace. She was gentle yet distant, and had a face no one could forget. Jiang Wancheng hated her for years and never treated her kindly. It was only after she went to college that her attitude slowly began to change... 117Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 35 Am I the One You Love? 你爱的是我吗？ Dual female leads After finally overcoming her depression, Su Xin steps onto her university campus, filled with boundless hope for the life ahead. She hopes to find herself a sweet romance, but instead catches the eye of a crazy senior, who’s also a woman. From then on, she’s dragged against her will into a tangled substitute-love affair… (The blurb doesn’t do it justice. Please read the story.) 376Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 36 Sis, I Won't Agree to a Divorce 姐姐，我不同意离婚 [Reborn + switches + groveling pursuit + rekindled romance + happy ending + don't read if you dislike it] * The moment she took the hallucinogen, the eldest daughter of the Qin family lost all her memories overnight. She no longer remembered Yu Chizhou, or how Yu Chizhou had spent a long time in a wheelchair to save her. With her memories gone, she fell in love with the eldest daughter of the Bo family. She thought the one she loved deeply was Bo Yitian. She didn't remember Yu Chizhou and told h 591Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 37 Starting as a Sacrificial Adopted Daughter, I Hunt the Cold and Aloof Progenitor 从祭品养女开始，狩猎高冷始祖 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 211Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 38 She Returned from Her Undercover Mission, but I Had Already Become a Demon of Obsession 她卧底归来，我已执念成魔 An Jingxi and Yan Yu stood out from childhood, true favorites of fate. They got into the same university, but after graduation, they were assigned to different places. Neither of them ever confessed the feelings that had quietly grown between them. An Jingxi went on to become a fearless special operations officer, often sent on dangerous missions. Then, all at once, news of her death came in, plunging her comrades, friends, and family into overwhelming grief. Yan Yu was utterly devastated... Yea 1.1kReads8.7Score13114d adds
- 39 Love at First Sight with Qingxin 一见清忻 A quiet, invisible girl x a sweet, sociable girl After being placed in different classes in high school, two girls with very different personalities had no reason to cross paths. Then, one day, a change of seats brought them together, and they began talking for the first time… Bai Xinxin and Ji Qingqing came up with the ship name “Love at First Qingxin.” Bai Xinxin: I’ll walk you to the school gate. I’ll walk you home. Ji Qingqing: My wish is to stay by Bai Xinxin’s side for many years to co 92Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 40 Secrets Beyond Money 金钱之上的秘密 [Two Female Leads] [The Pursuit After Losing Her] [Substitute] [Bad Ending] They were people from different worlds, with different fates, but a deal brought their lives together... Jiang Li kept Tang Lan by her side, playing the role of her savior. It took Tang Lan ten years to realize she had always been nothing more than someone else's substitute. Looking back on all the changes Jiang Li had asked her to make over the years, she realized she had become a perfect replica of that person. At last 677Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 41 After the Loli Succubus Spy Was Captured 萝莉魅魔间谍被捕后 [Yuri, angst, cuddly romance, succubus, Cold War setting, groveling for her wife’s forgiveness, misleading blurb (not really)] Beneath the iron curtain ruled by succubi, hatred is etched into bone, and love is born in purgatory. The Red Alliance’s blade, the “Silver Fox” Alia, carries the blood feud of her slaughtered clan in her petite frame. She succeeds in striking at the heart of the Beacon of Freedom, its hypocritical energy minister, Amelia Canglan. But victory leaves her cornered, and the 229Reads8.4Score13114d adds
- 42 My Drunken Master Wants to Abstain? I’ll Feed Her Mouth-to-Mouth 酒鬼师父要禁欲？我直接对嘴喂 The rating is low because it was just released! [Two heroines + 1v1 + devoted to each other + everyday cultivation + a touch of ensemble cast + happy ending + main character on top] [Obsessive, puppy-like, teary-eyed disciple on top X softhearted, patient, gentle master on the bottom] Forbidden love between master and disciple The heroine is not someone who transmigrated into a book. She is a native of this world. She starts out as a spear cultivator and later becomes a dual spear-and-sword cult 1.1kReads8.4Score19514d adds
- 43 Could It Be Ten Years 莫非十年 [Short story + two female leads + based on real people + BE] ㅤ Zhen Yufei: “My sister and I really are a match made in heaven~” Wan Miao: “Take the betrothal gifts. Just think of it as me having married you in this lifetime.” ㅤ Sometimes, parting and love are not necessarily at odds. If anything, it’s precisely because I love you too much. That’s why I don’t want to see you troubled, in tears, or suffering because of me. I choose to keep loving you, while letting you go and freeing myself, too. 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 After Becoming a Scummy Alpha, She Gave Everything to Atone 穿成渣A后她为了赎罪倾尽所有 Jiang Chen wakes up to find herself in a book, inhabiting the body of a notorious scumbag Alpha. She is the expendable villain who forcefully marks Lin Wanzhi, a top Omega star, abuses her in body and mind, and eventually gets killed in revenge, her glands destroyed. Facing the reborn heroine, whose beauty is breathtaking but whose eyes are frozen over, Jiang Chen has only one thought: survive and atone for her sins! She nervously turns over a new leaf: Resources? She offers them all up! Trou 1.9kReads7.4Score15214d adds
- 45 The Department Beauty Can't Win Over the Campus Queen 系花追不上校花 Dual female leads: Gu Weixi, an innocent college girl, × Bai Qingwan, an elegant older woman with high emotional intelligence. Law student Gu Weixi pursues campus beauty Bai Qingwan. Expect plenty of push and pull, sweetness and angst, and a deeply painful romance. Read with caution if you’re sensitive. This is a sad ending. Even after a year of pretending to be a couple, Gu Weixi still couldn’t win Bai Qingwan over. The two only crossed paths because Bai Qingwan urgently needed money... 703Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 46 Transmigrating and Falling for My Villainous Senior Sister 穿越之爱上反派师姐 Innocent Hedgehog Spirit ✖️ Scheming Senior Sister Synopsis: Lu Wan transmigrated into a book, but not as a human. She became a hedgehog spirit who was about to kick the bucket. Other people transmigrate as royalty or noble daughters. At worst, they become villainesses and fight their way to survival. But her... Before Lu Wan could even complain, the original heroine handed her over to Luo Zhirou, the book’s eccentric, bloodthirsty villainous senior sister, whose corruption level was off the ch 980Reads8.4Score10414d adds
- 47 The Wretched One Who Doesn't Want to Be Saved 不想被救赎的小可怜 Girls’ Love + Yandere + The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium A Fragile, Depressed Spirit-Clan Loli x A Dominant, Forceful Vampire Queen The snow in the frost-covered woods melted as soon as it fell, just like their love: when it burned hot, it could melt the vampires’ icy hearts; when it turned cold, it could freeze the spirit clan’s petals until they cracked. You Sui was once Song Yan’s lily of the valley, silver-white hair twined around her fingertips as she promised she would always breathe in the 295Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Mom, I’m Afraid It’ll Hurt 妈妈，我怕疼啊 When you have the chance to make a choice, don't let yourself live with regret. If she could do it all over again, Bibi Dong would pick up the little one, kiss her gently on the forehead, and tell her she was sorry. 890Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 After Transmigrating Into a Book, My Unhinged Sister Feeds Me Mouth to Mouth Every Day 穿书后，疯批姐姐每天嘴对嘴喂饭 [Dual heroines | Transmigration into a book | Unhinged obsessive love | Coercive romance] Ruan Nuo transmigrated into a “pet” who had been kept captive for fourteen years. To survive, she acted like a fool and pretended to be obedient. She even used hide-and-seek to make the antagonist let her guard down, all so she could wait for the day her older brother from the original story came to find her. But after enduring so much to force the door open and beg for help, her brother coldly tossed her a 15.9kReads7.1Score2k14d adds
- 50 Trying to Run? Keep Dreaming! 想逃？她做梦！ Dual heroines + yandere protagonist + coercion + escape + wuxia slice of life + pure 1v1 romance (The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later. Enjoy without worry.) Shen Lingwei has power within her grasp and is riding high, yet she lets her guard down completely around Song Jingyun, the loyal servant she has kept under her thumb for years. Just as she is about to reach the pinnacle of power, a flash of cold steel appears! The “dog” she trusted most, and had even begun to fall for, plunges a po 246Reads7.3Score12014d adds
