Kaiser_Nephilim Maybe it's the thought of melting the CEO's cold heart or taming his playboy attitude that riles up readers, that and the (maybe?) smut scenes that leave your heart racing.

Personally, I don't read those CEO novels so I have no idea what's going on in their minds.

    Here’s a list of what the ML has to be:
    - CEO
    - Alpha of the wolves (never beta)
    - Emperor or prince soon to be emperor
    - Most powerful Vampire
    - Mafia Leader
    - Strongest martial artist
    - High ranked god
    - Fearless top general

      Clowniac no omg it's actually dripping with sarcasm... how can you not tell?
      tbh I prefer psychopaths (not in a romantic sense lmao) bc they're actually really fascinating though I don't think there is (or ever will be) an actual novel on webnovel that writes it a decently so I go to other places to dig that stuff up.

          yaoyueyi

          Living in America, I've been told first-hand by women that non-consensual control, emotional abuse, psychological manipulation, and physical violence are sexy.

          And by more than a few women, too. Still don't really know how to get past that. lol

              Clowniac uhhhh what women have you been around? lmao
              living in america, I've been told first hand (or thought first hand?) that non-consensual control is essentially rape, and that's not okay. people are a little messed up if they're into that stuff. I get if women think that a dominant man is sexy, but there's a pretty bold line between dominance & abuse/violence...

                  Fourclovers guilty of the prince-soon-to-be-emperor but my other male lead is just an ordinary scholar/painter from a wealthy but not the richest family. :)

                      LuoYeYouLing reversed rape??

                      Clowniac Powerful, wealthy, handsome, cold, controlling, sociopathic...

                      Yup n dats d reason dat i got bored with dis typical ceo storyline novels.....dats also d reason y i m into A Star Reborn: The Queen is Back! a friendly ceo ML (￣∇￣)

                            Kaiser_Nephilim Welcome to Webnovel XD :smile_cat:

                            It's a nice dream to be in good with a rich, successful, kind, loving business person, nice house and car, good life and lots of love and devotion with a Porsche as an anniversary gift XD.

                                Well, abusive male leads apparently works in terms of attracting readers. I can see why. Thoroughly decent leads who won't even look at other women make for pretty boring reads. You basically removed one half of the problem (problems always being assets for the author) from the romance.

                                That leaves you with female leads sporting concrete for brains in order to be fearful of every potential rival the author introduces in the story.

                                Can it be done? Well, yeah, that's pretty much standard fare in Japanese shoujo romance manga. Decent guy -- block headaded girl.

                                  This generation is too much influenced by "fifty shades of gray"....
                                  Its irritating to know that to other women thinks that bad attributes are sexy, then complain about it after a while...

                                    Veronica8 thanks for welcoming me here... Though I've been a member a little bit more than a year now, i'm just not active in the forum... I focus more on reading...

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