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Love Interests
Love Interests are referred to like those characters who can be romanced through the stories and be chosen as the players' happily-ever-after. The amounts of them varied depending on the plots and genres of the series.

Currently, Choices consists of  191  love interests.

Not-Meant-to-Bes
On the other hand, some characters may have the same traits as Love Interests, but they can't be chosen as the end-game for the players. These characters are referred to as "Not-Meant-to-Bes". It is unlikely for them to be promoted as official Love Interests due to their roles in their respective stories. However, Sledge from Wake the Dead is the first character who was Not-Meant-to-be before her promotion as an official one. On the other hand, some characters may be revealed as love interests, but degraded through the story progress, the notable example is Hazel Nguyen from Hot Couture.

Addition
It is unlikely for PB to promote those characters who were not love interests in the story as the book is almost finished editing upon their release. However, some characters who weren't intended as love interests may be promoted due to popular demands and players can romance them in the subsequent sequels. So far, characters who had been promoted included:


 * Val Greaves: Originally a freelance mercenary who allied with Will Jackson, she later become one of Kenna's allies and followed her through the adventurous journey. In Book 2, she will distance herself after witnessing Dom's accidentally injured Kenna by burning her. After Kenna healed, the players can choose to have an one-on-one moment which ensure her loyalty toward her. Val is the first love interest who is promoted as an official love interest in subsequent sequel.


 * Zig Ortega: Originally a bartender at Hartfeld University, he is restricted to enroll the college due to his criminal records. Eventually, he eventually enrolls the college with the help of Chris and Emily. If players romanced Zig but also remained relationships with Chris, Kaitlyn or James, they will discover your affair and breakdown afterward. The players can choose to break up with them to pursue Zig's path. Zig is the first love interest who doesn't appear in any prequel but promoted as an official love interest directly.


 * Becca Davenport: Originally served as an antagonist for players, she redeemed herself around Book 3 followed her parent's divorce and later bankruptcy. If you acted kindly toward her at that moment, her attitude toward you will become friendlier and kinder, even actively asked to hang out with Emily. In The Sophomore series, she had been kicked out for her sorority house given her changed status, Emily will offer her a habitant and she will become one of her roommates throughout the story. Becca is the first character who originally served as an antagonist, but redeemed herself and been promoted as a love interest afterward.


 * Thomas Hunt: Originally served as a minor character in Book 1. Followed the collaboration with Jessica for a new movie in Book 2, he is promoted as a major character as well as a love interest throughout the story. However, players can only confirm their relationship at the finale of Book 2. Thomas Hunt is the first love interest who isn't originated from Choices, but another game - Hollywood U. He is also the first love interest to have his own social account, followed by another additional love interest - Bianca Sandoval.


 * Alana Kusuma: Originally served as an antagonist who betrayed you to Eros, you have the chance to redeem her by recruiting her. Regardless, she will serve as your ally to rescue the incardinated Damien in Book 2. You also have the chance to openly flirt with her and ended up in a long distance relationship with her.


 * Khaan Mousavi: A computer programmer who formerly worked for Eros, after leaving the company, he used several alibis to prevent revealing his location to Eros. You asked him for helps regarding rescuing Damien, although he declined the request first, but eventually accept after your persuasion. Through the collaboration, you have the chance to know him more and openly flirt with him. If he and Sloane aren't your love interests, you may matchmade them through the story too. Following Zig, he is the second character who doesn't appear in the prequel and been promoted as a love interest directly.

Alternately, some characters may not made to be love interests through the story development, but got promoted halfway the story release or even later. These characters are named as "Last Minute Love Interests" given their circumstances. They are:


 * Maxwell Beaumont: He is your sponsor regarding competing as the potential fiancee for Liam. His upbeat, funny and silly personalities had attracted a majority of players who eventually requested him to become a love interest. However, PB debunked the idea when asked and the reason given is story development constrained. However, PB changed their ideas and eventually promoted him as one on December 17, 2017, marking Maxwell as the first character to be promoted through the story release.


 * Kate O'Malley: Your college friend who went missing during her wedding night, and later found drugged but incardinated due to being assumed as Tanner's murderer, she eventually cleaned her name and further discovered her pregnancy. Several players are attracted by her sweet and tender personalities, as well as the chemistry between her and Jesse. Although PB formerly denied the possibility of her become a love interest on Facebook, but eventually changed her mind and promoted her as one in the series finale, which published on September 7, 2018. Following her addition, she is the first love interest who has been promoted as one at the very last minute.


 * Bianca Sandoval and Slater Dominguez:
 * Contestants in the famous television show - America's Most Eligible. Bianca instantly become popular among the players based on her appearance as well as her personality if players are on her good side. However, given the potential she can be eliminated early, her confirmation as love interest had been debunked in Book 1. In Book 2, she came back alongside with the love interests and the big bad of the story - Ivy, which made players suspected on her possibility of become one. In addition, players discover they can reach "in love status" with her, which can only reached with other love interests, this further made players believe she will be one eventually. However, given her possibility of being eliminated early again, and can't be chosen as the one who players want to tie with in Book 2. This further debunked the idea of her become a love interest again.


 * Slater made his appearance in Book 2, according to Derek, he was the champion in Season 6. In the beginning of the story, he has been given the same treatments as other love interests, which players theorized he will become one throughout the story. Similar to Bianca, the players can also reach "in love status" with him, which further strengthened the theory. However, halfway through the story, he may be eliminated if players decide to collaborate with Ivy. However, regardless if you eliminate him or not and your current relationship status, he will temporarily serve as an antagonist through Book 2 and he isn't an option for players' happily-ever-after, which further debunked the theory.


 * However, after the hiatus of Book 3, players discovered that depending on your fiancee's gender, either Slater or Bianca will be inclined to have feelings toward Jamie. During the bachelor/ette party, players can choose to kiss Bianca or Slater, which will finalize your option. If the players reply positively regarding their feelings, you can marry one of them at the end of the story. Regarding their sudden addition, many players have theorized that they originally weren't supposed to be love interests, but got promoted in the last minute due to popular demands.


 * Poppy Min-Sinclair: As the queen bee of the Belvoire University, her selfish, manipulative and cruel personality made her having several enemies in the university. Players can take her down by increasing her rankings and collect evidences regarding Poppy's dirty backstories. Regardless if you won or not, she still saw your as her mortal enemy as her influences start to fade away afterward. Although her role is slightly reduced in the sequel, but she still remained as an antagonist throughout the story. As a love interest, she is quite unique in contrast with other love interests, as she can be romanced throughout the series, unlike any of the last minute additions. Moreover, she also remained her status as an antagonist even though she is promoted, since many antagonists who were promoted as officials after their respective redemption, such as Becca from The Freshman series.


 * Sledge: The leader of The Raiders, a group who only seeks for power. Originally, the group served as an antagonist due to not on good terms with Olympus. However, Ash broke the situation by asking for helps regarding the situation of being bitten. After he/she successfully defeat the monster zombies based on their request, he/she becomes one of the members can The Raiders become one of the allies. Many evidences point out Sledge was an afterthought as she is the only love interest who didn't featured in a sneak peek, nor get an art scene through the story. Furthermore, PB pointed out the book has 4 love interests prior to the story release and Sledge is a modified version of Octavia, a character from Distant Shores, as opposed to the unspoken rule regarding love interest's design. Coincidentally, her romance path starts after the hiatus, which strengthened players' theory.

Reuse
Since Love Interests played a major role in the series, they are unlikely to be reused due to their importance. However, in recent years, more and more Love Interests' character models are reused as minor characters in other series. They can either be modified but kept the same appearances, like Hayden Young from the Perfect Match series, or directly reused such as Khaan Mousavi, who is also from the Perfect Match series.

Furthermore, their importance had led them to have new appearances to avoid similarity with others. However, there still has the possibility of them reusing assets from other characters, the notable examples include Ava Lawrence from My Two First Loves and Sledge from Wake the Dead. However, in their cases, they are heavily modified to differentiate themselves with their role models.