Girlish Reads: February Edition

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Girlish Reads is a new division of Cute & Steamy that will highlight translations of Japanese Shoujo and Josei Light Novels, both professional and amateur releases.

Professional

My Life As a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

This is one of the most popular Otome Game Isekai stories. It’s a funny read that is sure to become one of your favorites!

tags: otome, game, fantasy, romantic comedy, reverse harem, humor, airhead, shojo, isekai

After hitting her head particularly hard one day, Duke Claes’ daughter, Katarina, suddenly recalls all the memories of her past life: that of a teenage Japanese girl. Just before her untimely death, this girl recalls playing an otome game… that is exactly like the world she’s living in now! She is now Katarina Claes, the antagonist of the otome game, who nastily hounded the protagonist until the end. Knowing all the possible outcomes of the game, she realizes that every single possible route ends with Katarina being murdered or exiled! In order to avoid these Catastrophic Bad Ends, she has to use her knowledge of the game and her own wiles, starting with breaking off this engagement with the prince… Will Katarina survive while making her way through this world, where bad flags trip at every turn? Find out in this reverse-harem rom-com, led by everybody’s favorite villainess!

Find out more at J-Novel Club

The Violet Knight

These are light and cute reads, perfect with a cuppa of strawberry tea! As a bonus, they’re also on Kindle Unlimited!

tags: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Cross World, Adventure, Josei, Romance

Yuki was just your average high school girl—that is, if you consider having violet eyes and not aging a day since her tenth birthday as average. The day before her university entrance ceremony, Yuki’s father tells her he’s from another world, before throwing her off their condo’s balcony on the 14th floor.

The next thing she knows she’s rescued by the handsome Fourth Prince of Adolunde and forced into a contract with him. Yuki travels to the front lines of a war she knows nothing about to keep out of reach of the psychotic First Prince of Adolunde. He will go to any lengths to sacrifice her as the Legendary Witch she resembles.

What will happen to Yuki? Will she revert to her true age and return home? Or will Adolunde’s first prince burn her at the stake?

Find out more at Cross Infinite World!

Fan Translations

I’m Troubled My Fiance Is A Villian

This totally adorable story is a fun read! The translation is exceptionally high quality as a bonus! Though a tag mentions violence, it is minimal and not graphic.

tags: R-15, violence, isekai reincarnation, otome game reincarnation, doting, Iris Romance F First Prize 5

Lizia got reincarnated into a mob character in an otome game world. With memories of her past life, she’s decided to live a happy life and give back to her parents, but she ended up getting engaged to the Prince Route’s ultimate villain, Bernhardt. This is the struggle of Lizia as she somehow aims for a peaceful life.

Read and subscribe at Crappy-Ass Translations!

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