As the Vice President of ELN’s secretarial office, Han Seo-won is impersonating her brother as a newly employed secretary.
Because of his new secretary, Vice President Lee Kang-joon can’t sleep.
Would his vivid dreams spiral the man out of control?
“Sir, I think you should stop and rest.”
“Rest? Because of you, I can’t sleep.”
Her heart thumped at that answer; somehow she knew this was something different from their past relationship.
“I’m going crazy dreaming of you moaning under me every night.”
“Wh-what?”
“So I advise you to run away before you get eaten by me.”
Can Seo-won keep her secret to the end?!
A straight guy is wondering why he’s falling in love with his male secretary. He was thinking he has got some problems yet he doesn’t know that his secretary is actually a girl disguised as a male. This is what Namjang Secretary is about. Namjang Secretary actually means ” Disguised As Male Secretary” in English.
Namjang Secretary As A Reverse Harem Novel
Namjang Secretary is originally a Korean Manga Series that was later on adapted into an English novel following a genre of reverse harem romance. One female protagonist and three or more male love interests make up a reverse harem.
Popular romance novels like This Namjang Secretary are seeing growth in this brand-new subgenre since the majority of reverse harem stories are amusing, and they are typically written very differently from traditional romance and fantasy tales, which is the key factor in their appeal.
Namjang Secretary really fits into this genre, as in the opening chapters there are already lots of funny scenes, much more if you will read the manga version too.
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- Part 1: Summary of Namjang Secretary
- Part 2: Evaluating Namjang Secretary
- Part 3: Recommending Similar Book To Namjang Secretary
Part 1: Summary of Namjang Secretary
” Can you take my place? I really wanted that job.”
These were the words of Seowon’s brothers that changed her life. Seowon is the Namjang Secretary. How did she end up like that? It started when she heard that her brother had a car accident.
Rushing to the hospital, worried and crying about her brother’s life, yet when she got into his room she was instead placed in a situation difficult to refuse – her brother pleaded to her to take his job while he was still in recovery. At first, Seowon was reluctant. She’s a female, that’s impossible.
But his brother told her that being the secretary in ELN was really his dream job, and it can’t be ruined just because he had an accident. So, Seowon being the good sister had no choice but ended up disguise herself as his brother, the male secretary to Vice President Kang. Thus, she becomes the Namjang Secretary.
Meanwhile, in ELN, Vice President Kang was rumored as having this special closeness to his secretary. There were rumors circulating that he likes males, particularly his secretary. This reached the chairman, to his dad, and he got scolded.
The chairman warned him that he should prove himself worthy of the company, and of his position as there is another person in their family who is waiting for him to make a mistake – Lee Dong Jin.
Vice President Kang suddenly realized that he mistakenly blamed Seowon as being a corporate spy and that it was actually his cousin Lee Dong Jin who could possibly be responsible for the document leak.
Now, the question here in the Namjang Secretary is: What will Vice President Kang’s reaction be once he finds out that Seowon is actually a girl? And Lee Dong Jin just a competitor in the company or a love rival too?
Well, if you’re intrigued and want to find out, you can read Namjang Secretary, but in the meantime, you can read this review to decide if Namjang Secretary is really worth your time.
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Part 2: Evaluating Namjang Secretary
The Character Building
There are actually two guys betting for Seowon’s heart here in Namjang Secretary but I would just like to highlight the characterization of the main protagonists – Vice President Kang and Seowon.
Vice President Kang Jun is the typical male lead you will usually see in CEO romance stories. He’s tough, aristocratic aura, smart and strict, hot and handsome. As his employees always commended, Kang Jun is almost perfect in all aspects except that he prefers men. I actually find that office gossiping scene funny.
So, here in Namjang Secretary, we got a male lead who’s confused about himself and why he’s attracted to his secretary, that’s another funny thing in the plot. I mean, it’s the show and tells of that scene that makes it funny.
As for Seowon, she’s effective as the Namjang Secretary. It was like we were given two glimpses of her personality here in Namjang Secretary. She’s different when she’s in the office, and she’s different too when she’s with her brother.
The Plot Of Namjang Secretary
As I mentioned earlier, Namjang Secretary is appealing to readers mainly because of its genre – reverse harem. Yet, I think what really carried the plot through was its humorous part, particularly the bubbly character of Seowon. Plus, of course, readers are intrigued by its conflict – what if the boss finds out she’s actually a girl?
Though we could imagine it would be thrilling and Kang Jun could sigh relief yet, there might be legal consequences. Will the Vice President protect her if ever? So, here in Namjang Secretary, the conflict itself is also a cliffhanger, and that was indeed brilliant.
Part 3: Recommending Similar Book To Namjang Secretary
” I’m Violet and I’m 17. Everyone calls me a nerd because of my appearance”
If you like the romantic disguise concept of Namjang Secretary, I think you will like A Beauty In Nerd Disguise too. Though this isn’t a reverse harem but the element of protagonists disguising here as another person makes the plot exciting. A Beauty In Nerd Disguise is the story of Violet Wilson who thinks her beautiful face is a curse, so she pretends to be an ugly one.
Violet Wilson is her name. She’s smart, kind, and very gorgeous. But she believed that her beauty would only bring destruction to her family, so she decided to disguise herself as a nerd to cover up her beauty. She has a terrible nightmare every night about her miserable past that’s been haunting her; and since ‘that day’, she hasn’t laughed, smiled, or cried again.
She lived her life pretty much emotionless as she didn’t want to ever feel pain again. True love is when someone accepts the worst of you, will Violet meet her true love while wearing that nerd disguise of hers?
