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Facts/Tropes used in Books

Most Wanted, Book 1


 * Men Use Violence, Women Use Communication: Inverted. Dave tries to solve problems by talking, while Sam prefers to shoot first and ask questions later. Sam even mocks Dave for this in one scene when they are surrounded by flames and she sarcastically suggests that he can talk the fire into leaving them alone.


 * Broken Base: There is a large group of players who have become increasingly frustrated with Pixelberry's excuses to not work on a sequel, believing that they are owed a second book after more than two years have passed. There is another group who believes that the story wasn't that good to begin with, believe it was a poor move to reveal one of the main villains (John Tull) in the very first chapter and make it obvious he was a bad guy, and have stated they will be fine if the story never returns.


 * Pretty Boy: Daves's nickname that Sam gave him and it isn’t a compliment. She means the phrase in The Dandy sense, i.e. “a foppish, ineffectual man”. This turns out to be untrue — the ineffectual part, at least. He does care about how he looks, just not excessively. He’s a Pretty Boy in the TV Tropes sense too: clean-shaven handsome appearance with corresponding styled hair.

General Facts


 * And You Thought It Would Fail: Several books were greeted with little enthusiasm upon their announcement but ended up being quite popular, the most prominent examples being Bloodbound, Desire And Decorum, and Ride Or Die A Bad Boy Romance. Inverted with Across The Void, which the fans eagerly anticipated but ended up being disappointed by.


 * There are two main groups of readers: the romance genre fans, and the non-romance fans, who constantly debate one another over which should be the focus of the app. Romance fans complain that the mystery and action books focus too little on character relationships. Non-romance fans complain that the excessive focus on romance in some books comes across as Strangled by the Red String distractions from the actual plot and character development, and that the non-romance stories ironically have better romance than the romance stories.


 * Creator's Pet: One of the primary criticisms Choices receives is the habit of favoring one Love Interest in each story, usually male, by giving them more than enough screen time and plot relevance at the expense of other love interests. It becomes more outrageous when another love interest, usually female, becomes Out of Focus and any potential they have in the story wasted. This results in the favored love interests getting hated as they are forced on the player.