10 'bedside' books for romance novel fans
(Baonghean.vn) - Romance novels are a genre of novels written about love stories, stories revolving around married life, troubled love affairs, or forced love affairs, homosexual relationships... fanciful and somewhat far from reality.
Modern love novels are of interest to many young readers because of their romantic writing style, dramatic plots, and the male and female protagonists are built according to the cinematic model with beautiful, elegant, and individualistic appearances; at the same time, the stories often contain views on love, gender, etc. that are suitable for the psychology of the "rebellious" age group.
The 10 newest books of 2016 below are considered 'bedside books' for fans of romance novels.
1. Picky - Sui Hou Zhou
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Picky all the time but still can't be satisfied. Close your eyes, who is in your heart? Open your eyes, who is beside you? |
2. Fireworks - Luc Xu
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“No matter how brilliant the fireworks are, they are only for a moment. In the end, the person you love the most is still not me.” Her love is like fireworks, brilliant for a moment, beautiful for a moment, then turned into dust blown away by the wind. |
3. Please Be Serious - Minh Nguyet Thong Phong
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The first time they met, in his eyes she was a lazy, playful girl, in her eyes he was a serious, upright, workaholic vice president, worthy of the title Please Be Serious. He saw her as goalless and without ambition, she saw him as stiff and boring. By chance, he helped her, she returned the favor with a red thread, and from then on the two of them met again and again. |
4. The Bravest Story - Scotland's Chiet Nhi Mieu
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With the tone of a lyrical, gentle, and calm ballad, “The Bravest Story” is the first work that Scotland Chiet Nhi Mieu sends to Vietnamese readers as a warm and intimate greeting. The work consists of fourteen chapters, telling about the pure, romantic but also stormy love story of graduate student On Nhiem and her dignified, well-groomed teacher, Diep Di Trinh, eight years older than her. |
5. Vanity Promise - Lam Bach Sac
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“All my life, I only wish for someone to hide me, give me peace, protect me carefully. Not let me be afraid, not make me sad, not let me drift, not leave me without a place to rely on. That person seemed like he would never come, until I met you again…” (Vanity Promise) |
6. The Great War of the Golden Age - Cuu Nguyet Hy
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If you want to witness a high society full of intrigue and malice; want to find a love that must go through challenges; like a female protagonist who is a “strong woman”, possessing qualities completely opposite to other female protagonists – a girl who faces the dangers around her on her own – then surely, this is the book that will satisfy you. |
7. Rose of Memory – Lam Dich Nhi
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“It turns out that love is, even if you change your face, forget your memories. My eyes will still shine for you. My heart will still beat faster for you.” |
8. Old Love Awakens - Huyen Mac
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Huyen Mac was once loved by Vietnamese readers through his works: Forever Love, Because of You I Came and Forever Love. If you have ever loved Love Forever with the cold and profound Mr. Hoa, then Awakened Love is the book for you. The female lead Mac Tang in this book is built by the author with a strong personality (due to her rather special profession - in an underground organization) along with an elegant but equally profound and mysterious Duong Tung, surely will create a very desirable couple. |
9. Together Forever - Mo Fei Bao Bao
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If you have ever loved Mo Bao Fei Bao through the works “Really Miss, Really Miss You”, “Beauty Bones” or “Tuyen Bien Phong Hoa”… then “Forever Together” is a work that cannot be missed. With a gentle, sweet and profound writing style, Mo Bao Fei Bao has drawn a beautiful and very real love story. Reading the story, we will no longer feel like a reader standing outside observing, but will be transformed into the character to live, to love, making us unable to take our eyes off until the last pages of the book. |
10. October Promise - Tan Di O
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“Thăng ngày ượm hen” is the latest work of writer Tân Di Ổ published in Vietnam. If you have read Tân Di Ổ’s works such as “Anh có thích nước Mỹ không?”, “Hoa ra anh van o day”,… then you definitely cannot miss this book. |
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