My Fiancé Cheated, But a New Love Rings! Volume 1

by Ehito, Chris Craigo (Translator), Koyukomu (Illustrator)

Sophelia Lotus is the epitome of nobility and grace, tirelessly pouring herself into her royal duties as fiancée to the crown prince. In her short fifteen years of life, she had learned, above all else, to endure. Unfortunately, however, her fiancée wasn’t quite so noble—a fact Sophelia learns firsthand when she catches him half-naked with her very own sister! Running to Sophelia’s aid is none other than Livionis, a knight of the kingdom who has long been secretly in love with her. Captivating the forlorn Sophelia at first sight, Livionis invites her to flee the kingdom and run away with him.
Making up her mind in an instant, Sophelia takes Livionis’s hand and leaves behind the only life she’d ever known. Concealing her past and taking on a new identity as “Sophie,” she tumbles headfirst into a riveting romance with Livionis. Venturing into the unknown wilderness of an uncertain future, just where will this young duo find themselves as new love rings?

Genres: Light Novel, Romance, Fantasy

286 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 12, 2025

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate to say it, but this is too sweet.

[Sharakael · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the novel straight after finishing the first volume of the manga. Odd to say, but I think the manga was better.

The manga felt like it had better pacing overall, that the flow just made more sense, with things like when to start a flashback.

The light novel also had a lot more monologue from the MC, which had a side effect of making her seem more like a ditz whose brain got scrambled by love. Like... the story painted her as a calm, clever girl, and those monologues made her seem like she wasn't. The manga cut out the monologues so it felt like she was more "grounded". It also felt rather odd that she went from "duty and responsibility" to "LOVE!" so quickly. In the manga, at least, it's not framed as outright love and more like being fascinated by the ML's looks.

I enjoyed the side stories though, showing the other characters and what they thought.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

The manga was a million times better than this crap. Especially once it got to the bonus stories (a huge portion), and it reveals just how actually empty headed her stepmother, sister, and the prince are, the rest of the royal family is just…I can’t even describe them, but kind of sociopathic, and her father is cartoonishly bad. Like he always super doted on his second wife and younger daughter, and abused the older daughter (and almost certainly murdered his first wife). Once the older daughter is gone, he’s suddenly abusing his wife.

The emperor doesn’t care about crimes that don’t affect the empire. Uh…so allowing injustices like obvious murder DOES affect the empire. It is pretty basic to have a system of law and order in place to maintain an orderly society. The Lotus family is supposedly of royal blood and important, but gets tossed out easily. The much more normal solution to the entire mess would be to have Sophie rule, as she is competent, caring, and intelligent, and has royal blood. But nope, now she’s run off with the best knight and is just…doing stuff.

The writing is absolutely terrible, do not waste your time. The manga was at least funny, so someone worked hard on that adaptation.

[Carmen · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 20%. The manga is 100x better.