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My favourite books/series
in no particular order:
 * The Crown and the Flame
 * Rules of Engagement
 * Bloodbound/Nightbound
 * The Royal Romance/The Royal Heir
 * High School Story
 * Hero
 * The Heist: Monaco
 * Most Wanted
 * It Lives in the Woods
 * Wishful Thinking
 * Platinum
 * Bachelorette Party
 * Mother of the Year
 * Across the Void
 * Blades of Light and Shadow
 * The Royal Masquerade

Books I wished they were continued
in no particular order:
 * Most Wanted
 * Hero
 * Wishful Thinking (wasted potential)
 * Nightbound (the whole book read as if they were doing world-building for the real story to start)
 * It Lives
 * The Elementalists (I'm gonna miss my Griffin, even if he was sidelined in Book 2)
 * Across the Void

Awards of Proven Awesome
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My least favourite books/series
Queen B: if the only love interests are the professor and Zoey, then please let me be single. The MC shows signs of obsession when she constantly pushes herself on the professor against my choices and even though the professor rejects her. It's stated in the narrative that MC's advances (that happen regardless of choices) make Professor Kingsley uncomfortable. How to solve the problem? Just find a way to get closer by getting rid of the assistant. We're in the year 2020 and they couldn't think of anything better than the "to get the (potentially) male love interest, you have to get rid of another woman because her mere existence is a threat to you" plot? Doesn't help that said woman can be potentially recruited in the same chapter. It also bothers me how little effect the good girl route has (at least MC warned Chloe about Poppy's plan). MC still calls Penelope a b..."witch" and looks down on Benji. The major way to earn reputation is to buy outfits and matching accessories because the message seems to be that to get ahead, it's more important to look good than to be clever. The book is constantly enhancing rivalry between women to advance the plot (MC vs Poppy, Poppy vs Chloe, MC against Penelope) and okays behaviour that borders on harassment. Gaining an all-female posse is paywalled. Or at least gaining a posse that is actually a posse and not a single person. In free path, you're stuck with Zoey who constantly talks about the professor who can be male. The writing is inconsistent and the story is annoying.

Redeeming qualities? I have only found one. The artwork of MC and the professor kissing in the rain, which varies depending on the chosen professor model and MC's outfit. Please let this story be finally over soon and never return. Update: looking forward to another diamond mine. Still cannot believe this mess is popular enough to get a sequel. -.-

Witness: no plot. The chapters are too short and barely anything happens. Too many premium choices to be a decent... or at least not a rude person. Any information that may lead to understanding the only love interest - who happens to be the only character present most of the time)... is paywalled. That's not how how to get me interested in spending any diamonds.

Passport to Romance: soo... boring without diamonds. So many things are wrong and could have been avoided by proofreading. Main characters are mostly irresponsible and Ahmed should abandon them instead of risking his job. And why oh why do they travel south when they need to go north? And instead of taking another means of transportation, they waste time. Why do they celebrate so long before Ahmed's game and why is Ahmed still on the team? Why isn't Ahmed with his team to talk strategy? Why is the MC browsing through Elliot's stuff without his knowledge live on camera? Why do they always sleep through the alarms? I wouldn't want to hire someone who keeps being late... at least the Berlin team consists of Water-Atts lol and it's only good to make fun of everything that is wrong...

Sunkissed: boring, nothing really happens, expected to pay for things like marinara sauce, spending time with family, etc. Don't like any of the characters except maybe Heathcliff and Sai who rarely appear in the story. Nate is creepy and not professional.

Ride or Die: while some chapters in the middle were entertaining... terrible story, terrible best friend, all love interests are criminals, the only two interesting characters - Dad and Darius - are seriously sidelined, forced to pick one of three terrible characters for prom and forced to cuddle instead of going stag.

Others in no particular order

Home for the Holidays: lack of interesting LI personality, both MC and Nick are wrong

Endless Summer: +character 1 = -character 2; tough choices; the lightning effects; most of the story in Books 2 and 3; no matter if you found all free clues in an act, in 7 out of 8 acts only premium clues count; annoying characters such as Cetus, Yvonne and Malatesta; Yvonne's faulty French; the ending; the best characters weren't available as LI; did I already mention the ending?

America's Most Eligible : +character 1 = -character 2, I don't like reality TV, no interesting characters, some terrible clothes, forced to pick one of four uninteresting love interests, forced into an unwanted engagement!

Haunting of Braidwood Manor: spent diamonds on Victor and stayed single without proper explanation. Found out I'd have to spend a lot more to change that, too expensive for such a short book

It Lives Beneath: since I played without diamonds, Parker left and told MC not to contact him anymore, way too many premium choices

Red Carpet Diaries 3: a complete mess that shouldn't have passed they way it is. Way to ruin a series that started well and then went downhill in Book 2 onward. They should have proofread what they wrote. There are too many storylines (filming, stalker, wedding) but none of them are executed well and therefore they all fell short. No matter the LI, s/he was mostly absent - which is especially problematic with Thomas who was introduced later in the series and therefore less involved. If you didn't know him from Hollywood U (like me), you literally had to pay to get any information on him. Then there's the absurd situation of ruining a story to be adapted into a film by cutting the female character and making the book about yet another man fighting another man. All things that would have made the story unique were cut. I am glad I didn't spend diamonds to help Chazz and Crash as in Book 3, Chazz becomes annoying and they are a happy couple regardless. Plus... Marco got an identity crisis and became Julio, and Markus forgot he's actually married?

Save the Date: mostly annoying MC and mostly annoying interaction with Justin Mercado (Best Man). Had to restart Chapter 1 because one flirty option gave way too many romance points. Luckily, it gets a little better later on.

Open Heart 2: so my MC exclusively romanced Rafael in Book 1. Book 2 started off without any mention of him altogether and when he did appear, it was only to introduce that he's dating his childhood sweetheart now. No explanation whatsoever why he and MC broke up. Offscreen. Sometime between books. The book is almost done and still no explanation. If it continues like that, I want my diamonds back.

The new interns are mostly not present and MC hardly gets to be a mentor to his/her intern. Ethan keeps being annoying with all his family drama that according to players doesn't fit the information established in Book 1. You want to be MC's superior? Maybe you should start to act like one... the other love interests are mostly not present as well. The patient cases are less interesting. Players noted plot similarities to House, M.D... the moment Rafael can be romanced again in one scene, he disappears. The setup of Esme's plot with Levi feels like they recycled MC's plot with Mrs. M.

Redeeming quality? Your choice actually determines Garrett Thorne's health. Rafael becomes available again after Chapter 11(!!). But his romance is still not as developed as the other three love interests.

Distant Shores: I don't like pirates but gave the book a fair chance, especially after learning that it would feature time travel. However, the execution was underwhelming. They introduced far too many characters to let them have enough screentime and make me get attached to any of them. Why should I have to pay diamonds on someone I don't like or don't know anything about. Declining premium scenes to recruit members was easy like that. Edward and Charlie were annoyingly present while Oliver is absent throughout almost the whole book. Almost all interactions with him like with other characters were paywalled. So I lost all interest in him as well and hoped to stay single. Unfortunately, they forced me to choose a love interest in the penultimate chapter and I was hardly ever less interested in the one I chose, the only other series being America's Most Eligible that pulled the same nonsense. The only thing that redeems the story a little for me is that there are male MC options and timed choices. I am not sad this story is over.

Rising Tides: As much as I am interested in the general theme, this book is underwhelming in comparison to the expectations I had. The MC and her sisters are rather walking textbooks than humans interacting normally with each other. The love interests are either an afterthought or paywalled most of the time. After 11 chapters, PB still fails to make me grow attached to the characters enough to spend any diamonds on literally anything. The love interests mostly remain strangers to me, a similar situation as the love interests in Hot Couture. I don't like this overall tendency. Another problem is that the book keeps on mixing climate change and illegal disposal of toxic materials and therefore sometimes remains on the surface of both topics.

Baby Bump: Even though I like parts of it and bought two scenes, it's not a good story. The two antagonists - who are so unremarkable that I keep forgetting their names - are not fleshed out. They don't even act as real people. They are just there to be hated and therefore only say despicable things. There's three-dimensional writing, one-dimensional writing,... and then there's Baby Bump. Even Isabella and Bradshaw had more personality.

Past, current, and future LIs

 * A Courtesan of Rome: Arin x Syphax
 * A Very Scandalous Proposal: TBD
 * Across the Void: Eos x Lyra/Oberon/Deimos/Zekei / Nova x Zekei / Pax x Holmes
 * America's Most Eligible: Jamie x Adam since I was forced to pick one and Ronan wasn't available
 * Baby Bump: Jen x Clint? (unfortunately, the book doesn't allow to stay single)
 * Bachelorette Party: Mandy x Reed
 * Big Sky Country: Morgan x Dallas
 * Blades of Light and Shadow: Raine x Tyril. Kissed Aerin and later hoped he could be saved.
 * Bloodbound: Amy x Adrian
 * Desire & Decorum: Clara x Ernest
 * Distant Shores: Peyton x no one if Oliver doesn't get to be a decent love interest
 * Endless Summer: Taylor stayed single/dated Sean. In both plays, Taylor chose the Vaanu ending.
 * Foreign Affairs: Mx. (!!) Kennedy Monroe x Tatum/Blaine?
 * Haunting of Braidwood Manor: Hannah x Victor
 * Hero: Alex x Grayson/Kenji
 * High School Story: Jordan x Michael
 * High School Story - Class Act: Bailey x Rory
 * Home for the Holidays: Scarlett stayed single/dated Nick
 * Hot Couture: Emma Moore x Travis/Marco?
 * It Lives in the Woods: Devon x Ava/Andy/Lucas
 * It Lives Beneath: Harper stayed single since Parker left and didn't return, maybe Tom in the future
 * Lovehacks: Dani x Ben/Mark / Cole x Amir / Horatio x Tara
 * Most Wanted: Sam x Dave (or Ryan if he's a love interest)
 * Mother of the Year: Tara x Thomas
 * My Two First Loves: Emma x Mason
 * Nightbound: Alex x Cal/Nik?
 * Open Heart: Casey x Rafael/Bryce since Elijah is unavailable; no one if Rafael turns out to be a not-meant-to-be love interest. Initially also interested in Ethan but now he's only annoying.
 * Passport to Romance: Charlie x no one since that plot is soo bad that I don't like anyone anymore
 * Perfect Match: MC x Damien/Hayden/Sloane/Khaan
 * Platinum: Cadence x Raleigh/Shane
 * Queen B: please let me be single and end this mess
 * Red Carpet Diaries: Jessica x Seth/Matt/Hunt?
 * Ride or Die: Ellie x no one since Darius doesn't seem to be an option
 * Rising Tides: Harriet? x Robin/Cassidy? (Such a disappointment including the love interests)
 * Rules of Engagement: Katie x Dean/William/Leo / Alex x Elena / Jess x Blake / Nicole x Audrey/no one / Violet x Chaz
 * Save the Date: Lauren x Simon
 * Sunkissed: Aria x no one
 * The Crown & The Flame: Kenna x Dom/Raydan/Diavolos/Annelyse/Val/Tevan (in different playthroughs)
 * The Elementalists: Eli/Eliza x Griffin. Initially also interested in Beckett but now he's only annoying.
 * The Freshman/Sophomore/Junior/Senior: Sarah x James. Emily x Kaitlyn, Jessica × Chris
 * The Heist: Monaco: Lee x Rye/Fabien? Would have liked to see Jones as LI
 * The Nanny Affair: Anna x no one if possible
 * The Royal Masquerade: Julia x Kayden, married Fabian in the first playthrough
 * The Royal Romance/Heir: Riley x Drake/Liam/Maxwell
 * Untitled Mystery Book: TBD
 * Veil of Secrets: Jesse/Jessica left town
 * Wishful Thinking: Lydia x Jaime
 * With Every Heartbeat: TBD
 * Witness: A Bodyguard Romance: Keira/Niamh x Cassian/Cassie

Already matchmade

 * Zack & Brandon (The Freshman 1)
 * Luis & Emma (High School Story)
 * Mia & Sydney (High School Story)
 * Casey & Erin (Class Act)
 * Kaitlyn & Annisa (The Sophomore)
 * Autumn & Julian / Autumn & Wes (High School Story)
 * Madison & Tripp / Madison & Logan (The Freshman 2)
 * Clint & Graham (Class Act)
 * Avery & Dylan (Home for the Holidays)
 * Linda & Charles (Home for the Holidays)
 * Argo & Corvus (Across the Void)
 * Darren & Amara (The Freshman)
 * Scott & Julia (High School Story)
 * Felix & Isabel (LoveHacks)
 * Garrus & Krom (Nightbound)
 * Maggie & June (Wishful Thinking)
 * Bartholomew & Yusuf (Desire & Decorum)

Planned/in progress

 * Cingerix & Euthymios (A Courtesan of Rome)
 * Cliff & Anna-Marie (Big Sky Country)
 * Nadia & Steve (Perfect Match) ?
 * Caleb & Jade (High School Story)
 * Aiden & Cameron (High School Story)
 * Skye & Lilith (Class Act)
 * Annalisa & Percival (The Royal Masquerade)

Main Characters

 * Kenna (TC&TF)
 * Sam (Most Wanted)
 * Dom (TC&TF)
 * Dave (Most Wanted)
 * Your Character (Hero)
 * Your Character (HSS)
 * Your Character (VoS)
 * Your Character (TRR/TRH)

Other characters (no Love Interests)
In no particular order


 * Diego (Endless Summer)
 * Darius (Ride or Die)
 * Elijah (Open Heart)
 * Hazel (Hero)
 * Jones (The Heist: Monaco)
 * Eda (TC&TF)
 * Sybil (The Heist: Monaco)
 * Santiago and Isabella (Rules of Engagement)
 * Dames (Perfect Match)
 * Grace (Endless Summer)
 * Atlas (The Elementalists)
 * Tim (The Elementalists)
 * Scott (High School Story)
 * Linda Ortega (The Sophomore)
 * AJ (The Freshman/The Sophomore)
 * Daughter (Mother of the Year)
 * Pompadour (The Royal Masquerade)
 * Percival Richards
 * Ronan (America's Most Eligible)
 * Alan & Faith (Class Act)

Main Characters

 * Your Character (PtR)
 * Your Character (Open Heart)
 * Your Character (Save the Date)
 * Your Character (Nightbound)
 * Your Character (Baby Bump)
 * Your Character (Witness: A Bodyguard Romance)
 * Your Character (Queen B)

Love Interests

 * Beckett Harrington
 * Ethan Ramsey
 * Logan (Ride or Die)
 * Mona
 * Colt Kaneko
 * Marc Antony
 * Elliot Langdon
 * Ahmed Khabbaz
 * Marisa Pires
 * Aubrey Watson
 * Nick Peralta
 * Nate
 * Jake McKenzie
 * Chris Powell (TF1)
 * Best Friend

Other characters

 * Viktor Montmartre
 * Yasmin Udoka
 * TJ
 * Brian Crandall
 * Tad Princeton
 * Rodger & Loretta Crandall
 * Quandry
 * Lester Castellanos
 * Priya Lacroix
 * Jocelyn Wu
 * Cody
 * Ben
 * The Baron
 * Adam Vega
 * Yvonne
 * Henry
 * Alexis
 * Cassandra Taylor
 * Craig Finch
 * Guy Ledford
 * Gaius Augustine
 * Bradshaw & Isabella Achilles

Animals
adopted:
 * Hamster (High School Story)
 * Dog (High School Story: Class Act)
 * Corgi (including Lady Corgi & puppies)
 * Ocelot
 * Turtle, Chinchilla & Fennec Fox (Open Heart)
 * Jinx (Wishful Thinking)
 * Bunny (Baby Bump)
 * Pompadour

planned:
 * Puppy (The Senior)
 * UWU (Perfect Match)?
 * Puppy (Wishful Thinking)
 * Puppy (Save the Date) ?

The Crown & The Flame Allies
recruited:
 * Tevan
 * Aurynn
 * Lia

planned:
 * Bear (?)
 * Mechataur (?)
 * Madeline (?)

Official Soundtracks
only links from official sources, no fanmade videos etc
 * A Courtesan of Rome: Bacchanalia; The Will of the Goddess; We Who Are About to Die, Salute You
 * The Elementalists: Enchanted, Belonging, Double the Trouble
 * The Freshman: Campus Tour, Weekend Vibes, Crash Course, All Nighter, Road Trip
 * Perfect Match: Electric Sheep
 * Veil of Secrets: Lighthouse, Secrets Uncovered
 * Endless Summer
 * High School Story: Double Overtime, Senior Prank
 * It Lives
 * Across the Void: Sky Captain, Another Confrontation, Galaxy of Possibilities, Galactic War, Saying Goodbye, Alone With You

Other links

 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000005246
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/c5a2s0/adapting_choices_books_chazz_style/
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/c62bjn/witney_carson_as_one_of_the_mcs_from_nb_and_vos_i/
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/c6ovz0/es_crossover_in_bloodbound/
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/ca3i94/milo_manheim_as_noah_from_ilitw/
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/cc6gox/when_you_are_trying_to_sing_a_song_but_you_forget/
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:87164 artwork
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000006825/ BSC
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000007041 game
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000009035/ game
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/ddq4jv/take_the_rchoices_annual_community_survey_2019/
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000009408/ bird
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000009532 ad
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000009667 movies
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/dkx9xg/a_comparison_of_four_visual_story_apps_choices/ comparison
 * https://choices-stories-you-play.fandom.com/f/p/3100000000000010221 another game
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/e4d4yt/a_comparison_of_7_visual_story_apps_choices/ comparison 2
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/e6ysy6/the_writers_might_be_sailor_moon_fans_lol/ reference
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/edyqnf/the_capitalist_hellscape_of_passport_to_romance/ analysis PtR
 * https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/comments/enqw4r/underrepd_mcs_5_nonbinary_and_proud/ probably my favourite MC