Dear readers, 

Happy Lunar New Year! The Year of the Rabbit! Do we have any bunnies in the house?   I hope you’re all having a safe and productive 2023! Today, I have interviewed Choco Lily! Choco Lily has been reading on our site for years! I recalled six years ago, she wanted to write a novel about us, and asked if I could be part of her story.

I, of course, said yes! I ended up getting a pervy role, but I quite like it. Hehe. It’s called beauty appreciation! *flips hair*

Here is a snippet:

If you’re interested, read it here. *wink wink* 

Without further ado, here is the interview!

1. How did you discover volarenovels?

I first discovered Volare using the Novelupdates site, chasing after a Chinese transmigrated novel. After that, I stayed for other novels in Volare, and got roped into their discord site. Discord allowed me to make friends with translators, editors and other fellow readers with the same hobby!

2. What inspired you to create Voltaire Dynasty?

This… starts from a joke? With a little… okay, I admit, a lot...

Dear readers,

Poison Genius Consort is finally complete after a bit over six years!!! Thank you to Ruyi for not giving up despite how much she *hated* PGC by the very end.   

If you guys would like to follow Ruyi, you could do so here:

Ruyi's personal translation site 

Ruyi's carrd with other links included

Ruyi's twitter (but she changes her handle from time to time)

Ruyi's tumblr

Ruyi's other translation projects:

Too Bad Master Died Early (a completed BL, ancient transmigration, hosted at Chrysanthemum Garden)

Pretty State Preceptor Saves The Planet (in progress, also BL, and also hosted at Chrysanthemum Garden)

Falling Dreams of Fang Hua (Ruyi's first translation project)

Unruly Phoenix Xiaoyao (A shameless, cute, violent female MC)

Happy reading!

Note: In case you're wondering, Ruyi will NOT be translating the PGC sequel. 

Hey readers!

Physician, Not A Consort has recently ended! It's definitely a wild, frustrating, and addictive novel. If you haven't read it yet, do give it a try! You can binge it all at once. :)

Secondly, BPC wishes everyone a roaring Year of the Tiger! In celebration, Choufleur is holding a Discord Nitro giveaway for one lucky winner (or bonus chapter dedicated to the winner if you'd rather have that). From Feb 1st to Feb 14th, write a review and add BPC to your reading/recommendation list on Novelupdates to enter the giveaway. Winners will be announced by the 20th via dm on NU. We look forward to hearing from y'all!

Check out the super gorgeous banner Yuuko has made for BPC! Check out Bone Painting Coroner if you haven't already! It's so good! Put on your detective hat and see if you are pro or not.   

In addition to this amazing banner, Yuuko also made another GRACE TIME cover for me!!!   

My latest Grace Time post is about how people may feel left behind.   

"Seeing all my friends move on with their lives… getting...

With many lockdowns and restrictions, most of us have become even more reliant on the internet than ever before. Hopefully, apart from social media, you’ve discovered us and read a bunch of FREE novels on volare! 

To give back to our wonderful readers, we would like to give you guys a chance to win a month of Discord Nitro!! Discord Nitro allows you to customize your own video backgrounds, use custom stickers, use a different avatar in each of your servers, use your favourite emojis anywhere and make them animated, and many more! 

All you have to do is to comment your favourite volare novel under our social media post (facebook, instagram, or twitter), follow, like and share the post, and tag three friends! 

Contest ends on the 24^th of December. The winner will be chosen on Christmas!

Note: We will randomly select 3 winners, and each person is allowed one submission. 

P.S. We must be able to see your shared post. If you share our post and your account is private, please take a screenshot to show us. 

Readers,

We have a new novel!! It’s called, Physician, Not a Consort. Initially, this was a project that I was going to translate after finishing Unruly Phoenix Xiaoyao. But due to many factors, I no longer had time, so I got a team to help me. 

I would like to thank Cosy, Ri, Mazu, Chai, Felis, Elaine and House for their hard work. House and Elaine will be finishing the novel!

Without further ado, here’s the synopsis:

The modern day doctor Lin Haihai has transmigrated into the body of the sixth princess consort. The woman who had been mistreated her whole life was going to be divorced by her husband, the Sixth Prince, to make room for his childhood lover. Lin Haihai couldn't care less. All she wanted was to start her own hospital and focus on her career. Equipped with her knowledge as a 21st century woman, she soon won over the hearts of the common people, and perhaps a few men's. She didn't need love, of course, or so she thought. Fate had other plans for her, and she found herself falling for a man she shouldn't...

Dear readers, 

I have AMAZING news. A hardcore, relentless, obsessed reader of ours emailed us a few months ago offering to restore ALL the comments from the old site. This means, the comments that were posted on disqus from 2-5 years ago are now viewable!!

As a software engineer, she wrote multiple emails trying to convince us it was worth the trouble. I quote, “Re-reading the novels with comments will certainly be an enjoyable experience. Especially for new users... who had not read the previous comments.”

“I am just an avid reader who wants to obsessively restore around 234,000 comments posted by other readers on volare. Even if each and every one of those comments is just a simple "Thank you translator", I still want to restore them.”

It wasn’t that we did not want to restore the comments, but it was soooooooo much work. However, this insane reader was persistent and ended up spending weeks mapping all the old url to the new ones. 

We are incredibly lucky to have someone who loves our novels so much. 

Now, it is...

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!

For some of you, it's already here. For others, it's coming up after midnight today. Whatever the case, it's time for a special event: Ruyi's Reader Review Raffle! From now until the end of February, readers who leave reviews on any of my qualifying translation projects will have the chance to enter a raffle! The prize? A free Steam key to an otome visual novel set in ancient China: My Vow to My Liege!

You can scroll to the end for raffle instructions, or read out to find out what you're getting yourself into first. ;)

THE PRIZE

My Vow to My Liege is set in the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history (apprx 771~476BCE) and features historical characters such as Gou Jian, Fu Chai, and Xi Shi. What's the twist?

In this game you play as the younger sister to Fu Chai who's forced to disguise herself as her dead brother and rule over the kingdom while fighting against a terrible curse. Along the way, protect your people and find true love in a sea of potential allies, enemies, and traitors. If...

Hey everyone! We have a new novel launching today! The name of the novel is called 《一見鍾情，毒寵絕色小嬌妻》. However, it’s too ridiculous to use the actual name “Love at First Sight: Pampering the Remarkably Beautiful Delicate Wife.” Haha. Our translator, Olivia, has decided to call it “Their Love Stories”.

Without further ado, here is the synopsis:

Mo Suqing woke up one morning to find a stranger on the bed beside her and decided to accept the handsome guy's offer of marriage on the spot. What seemed to be a rash decision to get over with her ex turned out to be the love of her life. However, dark secrets began to come to light one by one as she learned more about the man. Will they be able to get through all the obstacles presented in their way? Meanwhile, the other characters were also writing their own love stories…

You can read the first 12 chapters here! Their Love Stories will be released daily!

Thoughts from translator: This is the first time I translate something heavy with slang or cultural words and phrases, which,...

Hey readers!

For those of you who enjoy comics, I have a treat for you! Our RPS translator, Seth, has created his own comic!!! It's hilarious, cute, and very heartwarming to read. I hope you guys will also enjoy! Let us know what you think!

Haha! Isn't it so cute?! Seth is so incredibly talented! If you want to find out what happens next, click here!

You can also follow Seth on his instagram to see more of his art! 

P.S. If you haven't already, make sure you follow us on IG too! Our wonderful Rakumon, Choufleur, and Etvo also post a lot of great content that may interest you! Check out CTF, BPC, and ROS if you haven't already done so! 

We are back with another interview! This time, I have interviewed our awesome Jimmi and our brainy BPC team!! Without further ado, here are the questions:

1. What do you like most about BPC/ROTH?

2. What quote has always stuck with you?

3. If you could be any character in a novel, what type of role would you want? 

4. If time wasn’t an issue and you had forever to master a skill, what skill would you master?

For Ye Ci, the happiest thing in the world for her was a chance to right all her past wrongs.

She walked down a dark path, abandoning all for the sake of an empty glory in a game, leading to her own demise. Suddenly Ye Ci reincarnates back into a time when she still had her parents' love. For the sake of her family and a new beginning, she began her life as a professional gamer. She's no longer a Human Sorceress, she plays as an Elven Huntress. Read ROTH here! 

Featuring Jimminx, the translator of ROTH

1. What do I like the most about ROTH? Hmmmm....... Probably the fact that it balances things going on IRL with...