User blog comment:JESSIEJJD13/2019: Year In Review/@comment-35059467-20191230045348

First of all, let me say that I really missed being part of the community. I remember always updating my profile on all the achievements I've gotten. I don't even play any of the current stuff now. I haven't even played Winter's Past.

I wanted to write more reviews, but felt no desire to.

I used to count down the seconds before each new chapter was released. Now, I don't play any of the current stuff. Not even ones of franchised I like. (Bloodbound, America's Most Eligible)

I don't even fast tap new stuff for diamonds anymore, either. I want to let the statistics know "I don't read it". I don't even want to give indirect support to them.

1) 2019 was by far the worst year! Out of all of them, I only loved two books (Bachelorette Party and Platinum), thought four were... okay at best, but mediocre at worst (Mother of the Year, Open Heart, Book 1, Passport to Romance, The Royal Masquerade) and absolutley HATED the rest. Even all the female love interests were bland! I did not like any of them. At all. I only chose one because they were the least boring. Courtney Van Ness was PERFECT, but not an option. DX But I will say I appreciated they made Bianca Sandoval a love interest. (The only ones I actually liked were Thomas Mendez, Shane Parker, and Aubrey Watson... I am still straight) Plus Platinum and The Royal Masquerade were huge missed oppurtunities with gender customizable hot love interests! DX DX DX

2) Sigh... I have no idea. Even they admited themselves in a livestream that they were doing too many locked ones.

3) Honestly... no. I'm not looking forward to Blades of Light &amp; Shadow. It looks like it's going to be really expensive. That at there will be "too many choices".

4) Isn't it obvous? Money. They were easy to make, and there was a market for them. An audience.

Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance, Book 1 was the end of the beginning. The Elementalists getting axed THE DAY AFTER Nightbound did was the beginning of the end, where a ton of people finally checked out. To be honest, I was happy Nightbound got cancelled. I know it's selfish, but it was so bad, I would rather watch Cats (2019).

Also, I wouldn't classify The Royal Heir as a new franchise. I would call it the same as The Royal Romance.