#vip wolf bride

[lavastories]

UPDATE!!!Everything I’m Currently Reading to Completed to Everything on my Interactive TBR!

LOL, brace yourself guys this is gonna be a pretty long list from all of my interactive platforms across the grid. This will be going by apps with list of stories.

What I completed reading will be in red crossed out. What I’m currently reading will be in green. What’s on my TBR will be in pink. And what I’m considering to read will be in orange. And what I’m unsure about will be in purple. And what I’ll drop reading will be in blue. And undecided will be in black.

Romance Club

1. And The Haze Will Take Us

2. 7 Brothers

3. Astrea’s Broken Heart

4. The One: Vol 2

5. Garden of Eden

6. Soulless

7. W: Time Catcher

8. Song of the Crimson Nile

9. Elite Tag

10. The Desert Rose

11. Vying for Versailles

12. Psi

13. The One: Vol 1

14. Hell and High Water

15. Theodora

16. The Flower from Tiamat’s Fire

17. Heart of Trespia

18. Gladiator Chrronicles

19. Seduced by the Rythum

20. Arcanum

21. Shadows of Sanitfour

22. Sophie’s Ten Wishes

23. Path of the Valkyrie

24. Love from Outer Space

25. Dracula. A Love Story

26. Legend of the Willow

27. Wave Patrol

28. Queen in 30 Days

29. Sails in the Fog

30. Heaven’s Secret- Requiem

31. Kali: Flame of Samsara

32. Love, Sin, & Evil: Vol 1

33. Chasing You 2

34. Heaven’s Secret 2 (Currently rereading for LI)

35. Kali: Call of Darkness

36. On Thin Ice

37. Sins of London

38. Rage of the Titans

39. Heaven’s Secret

40. Chasing You

41. My Hollywood Story

42. Moonborn

43. The Thunderstorms Saga

CHAPTERS (Keep in mind this app has SOOOO many books, so I’ll be putting the one’s I’ve started, all 27 books. I see to which ones I’ll be continuing, finished read, on my TBR, or not going to continue.)

1. Paying My Dues - Story by ME

2. Knocked Up By the Hockey Team

3. Bride of Anubis

4. Bad Boy Blues

5. Dangerous Guilty Pleasure - User Story

6. My Best Friend’s Baby

7. Having the Convict’s Baby

8. I Lost My Innocence to the Mafia Boss

9. Slashes In The Snow

10. Hot Hot Hate

11. Ruined

12. Pregnant by my Ex’s Dad

13. Addicted

14. My First Time - User Story

15. Our Story - User Story

16. The Darkest Kiss

17. Emergency Engagement

18. Night Prince 3: Bound by Flames

19. Love In the Deep End

20. COLE

21. Seven Day Fiancé

22. Burn for Me

23. The Dark Ones

24. Promise Me - User Story

25. Nico: A Mafia Romance

26. HALO

27. Waking up Pregnant

Choices (For the sake of the post, I’ll keep the books for this general and away from the VIP books. However, only will have the books of the VIP books that became wide release)

1. The Ghost of Us

2. BloodBound Series

3. The Royal Romance Series

4. The Nanny Affair Series

5. Rules of Engagement Series

6. Open Heart Series

7. Laws of Attraction Series

8. Roommates With Benefits

9. The Royal Masquerade

10. With Every Heartbeat

11. Rising Tides

12. Hot Shot

13. Alpha

14. Dirty Little Secrets

15. The Billionaire’s Baby

16. Surrender

17. Untameable

18. Shipwrecked

19. Kiss of Death

20. Wolf Bride

21. Witness: A Bodyguard Romance

22. Endless Summer Series

23. Hero

24. The Heist: Monaco

25. The Phantom Agent

26. Most Wanted

27. Across the Void

28. Ship of Dreams

29. Desire and Decorum Series

30. A Courtesan of Rome

31. Distant Shores

32. The Duchess Affair

33. Murder at Homecoming

34. High School Series

35. My Two First Loves

36. Ride-or-die: A Bad Boy Romance

37. The Elementalists Series

38. HSS: Class Act Series

39. Immortal Desires Series

40. Wake the Dead

41. It Lives Series

42. Nightbound

44. Haunting of Braidwood Manor

45. Perfect Match Series

46. Foreign Affairs

47. Mother of the Year

48. Bachelorette Party

49. Kindred

50. Blades of Light and Shadow Series

51. The Cursed Heart Series

52. The Crown & Flame Series

53. Guinevere

54. Baby Bump Series

55. First Comes Love

56. A Very Scandalous Proposal

57. LoveHacks Series

58. Passport to Romance

59. Along Came Treble

60. Red Carpet Diaries Series

61. America’s Most Eligible Series

62. Hot Couture

63. Platinum

64. Slow Burn

65. Queen B Series

66. The Freshman Series

67. Wishful Thinking

68. Getaway Girls

69. The Deadliest Series

70. Crimes of Passion Series

71. Veil of Secrets

72. The Unexpected Heriess

73. Big Sky Country Series

74. Ms. Match

75. Save the Date

76. The Princess Swap

77. Home for the Holidays

78. Guarded

79. Hearts on Fire Series

80: Open Heart Series

Episode (So just like Chapters, keeping it close to my history. Because there is so many books)

1. The Mafia Bride

2. Eat Me Up

3. Flirting with the Villian

4. Barely Mine

5. Rule Breaker

6. Tempting Devil

7. Playing Princess

8. Blood Lust

9. Pregnant by a Vampire: The Curse

10. The Gamer Girl

11. Love Life

12. It’ll Be Our Secret

13. Feel Me

14. VAMPS & HUMANS

15. Behind His Mask

16. Unexpectedly Expecting

17. Kidnapped by a Prince

Journeys (This app specifically is more like the more stories you read the more books you’ll have access to. So, I’ll list the ones I have so far.)

1. Linda Brown Series

2. Recipe of Love

3. Don’t Forget Me

4. Love Lessons

5. Vampyra

6. #3SUM

My Candy Love (This app is pretty much one story but progressing with the MC life, which I love!)

1. My Candy Love: High School

2. My Candy Love: College Life

3. My Candy Love: Adulting

5. My Candy Love: Alternate Life

6. My Candy Love: Next Gen

Another World’s History (Wasn’t long since I discovered this app. Fairly new to me like some others that will be in this post but it’s great.)

1. My Name Is Hope

2. Neoxites: Child of Light

3. Codex of Consistency

4. Speculum

5. Parallels

6. Chimera

Forbidden Fruit (This app is very new. They only have 4 books so far. And I haven’t gotten around to reading any of them. So they are all on my TBR)

1. The Legacy of Rosefield

2. Undermind

3. Ghostpice

4. Daughter of the North Wind

League of Dreamers (Discovered this app not too long ago.)

1. Laws of the Beast

2. Wondering Spirit

3. Lullaby of Witches

4. Tablet of Isis

5. The Seal of Nostradammus

6. Silence of the Sea

7. Blooming Garden

8. Chronicles of Ark Dryden

9. Gates of Samhain

YourStoryLand (Discovered this app just recently, and it’s also fairly new as well. Most of the books are on my TBR and my not sure list)

1. Rock Wave

2. Audrey’s Dairy

3. Blue Abuss

4. Behind The Wall

5. The Lily of the Sands

6. City of Nightmares

Real Love (This app freshly discovered with 4 books. Haven’t started any of the books yet. Most are on the TBR.)

1. Look Around

2. Lame

3. The Codex of a Chess Player

4. Empire of Shadows

Seven Hearts Stories (This app recently made 2 years with 8 books. I honestly do like this app and have started reading one book from this app.)

1. The Deadly Biome

2. Illusion of Fame

3. Legend of the Celestials

4. The Era of Fatum

5. The Villain’s Last Wish

6. Mission Fortune

7. The Heart of Atlantean

8. Bride for a Vampire

TWISTMAX! (This app I freashly discovered just last week. Already started one book from there. And I got most on my TBR.)

1. Billionaire’s Revenge

2. Happily Ever After

3. The Boy Next Desk

4. Love & Scandal

5. Ace!

6. My Prince

7. Princess Escape

8. Touched by Love

9. The Prince’s Consultant

10. Threads of Desire

11. Love to Hate

12. All His Secrets

13. About Last Night

14. The Price of Polanco

15. Surprise Husband

16. Tutoring the Football Star

17. Freshman Flirt

18. Living With Guys

19. Undercover Lover

20. Broadway Baby

21. Forbidden Island

22. His Melody

23. Hometown Hookup

24. Lone Star Lovers

25. Go Fur Gold

26. Blood Red Moon

27. Stuck in the Past

28. A Powerful Choice

29. Handcuff Him!

30. Sultry on Set

31. Seduce Me, Senator

32. Chef’s Kiss

33. Dirty Work

34. Cold Case Chemistry

Dream Zone (Also discovered this last week. Haven’t started a story from here yet. So wee will leave all of the stories undecided.)

1. Hostel Story Series

2. Singles in Your Area

3. Half Human Series

4. Wildest Dreams Series

5. Behind the Counter Series

6. Teaching Undercover Series

7. Going Places Series

8. Incognito Mode Series

9. The Impossible Game Series

10. Devil’s Deal Series

11. Project Prometheus Series

12. Rogue Gang Series

13. Man for Hirer Series

14. Ubers Series

15. Time and Time Again Series

16. Colorblind Series

17. My Bloody Classmates Series

18. The Lookalikes Series

19. Honeywood Series

20. Family Business Series

21. Therapy Sessions Series

And the rest of the stories I read are single story apps which are…

1. Havenless

2. Dangerous Fellows

3. Killing Kiss

4. Henri’s Secret

5. Uncoven

I do plan to keep this list and update it with time. But I am happy I have this list so I can update as I go and keep ya’ll up to date. But this is going to be hella fun. Feel free to have this list if you are also using the same app as myself.

[gaiuskamilah]

why do you think that confession was "eww sex so gross porn is sinful" and not "pb is gonna keep making crappy porn books with sex every chapter bc it what makes them money instead making stories with substance"

like. have you seen the vip books.

i know this ask is rhetorical and you're not looking for an actual answer but i'm going to take this as an opportunity to vocalize all my thoughts regarding the trend anyway.

for the record, no, i don't play the smut books. i'm more interested in PB's adventure and horror books, and thus those are the ones i actually invest myself in most. if i wanted to consume porn i would look for it elsewhere because choices' smut books don't interest me for a number of reasons. i also don't play or pay for VIP. however, i know enough about the vip and smut books to know enough about them they cater to a very specific audience: older women interested in escapist, arguably "taboo" sexual fantasies who are willing and have the means to spend money on the sex stories they like.

i have no idea if anyone in this fandom has actually bothered to understand economics or even recognize that we live under a capitalist system, but the way a good number of people and career complainers take it out on the writers and how PB just "chose" to make porn never sat right with me. especially since most of these people, again, do not take into account or even vehemently refuse to consider the context and circumstances of the production behind the games. the writers have time and time again been open regarding the circumstances behind book production, and they have always mentioned that economic factors play a large part in it because they work within a capitalist market. here are some times they've spoken about it, particularly andrew in 2019 (writer for blades, bloodbound, endless summer, crimes, etc.) and kara in 2023 (TRR, TCATF):

the trend of smut and single LI books started in 2020 with the release of books like the nanny affair, queen b, and wolf bride. if you check the top 10 category on the app, TNA and WB are both in it — an indication that they do well revenue-wise. companies are driven by data and when they're successful, in kara's words, "it's easier to make a case for making more like them." also please remember that 2020 was the year covid broke out and no doubt affected the production in pixelberry in a negative way the way it did other industries. it's no wonder then that they've since resorted to making smut books since they need to make up for the losses in 2020 as well as keep up with global inflation (this is my own hypothesis— i haven't had the time to check pb's reports, but they are public for anyone who wants to look them up. i have seen a post detailing that PB's revenue has been declining in the past year or so).

it's easy for people to just say and complain "pb is gonna keep making crappy porn books with sex every chapter bc it what makes them money instead making stories with substance" and to an extent i agree. they are going to make "crappy porn books" because it's what makes them money. but they aren't greedy assholes and even your beloved andrew shvarts has asked fans to not portray them that way.

i found that confession dramatic because i think it exemplifies two trends that i've seen in the choices fandom in the past few years i've been here: the tendency to regard the writers as money-hungry cunts without understanding the capitalist circumstances and the liberal "everything must be pure and wholesome and respectable" push back against anything that isn't god-revering missionary sex.

"Honestly the fact that choices' porn-masquerading-as-plot books makes the most money for them scares me. A lot." please ask yourself why that scares you. aside from the obvious fact that people don't seem to or just refuse to understand the economic reason for creating these books, please ask yourself why choices' mediocre porn "scares you". these stories cater to a specific audience as i mentioned before: older women interested in escapist and "taboo" sex fantasies. having these fantasies aren't bad and we really do not need people acting like entertaining them through a self-insert app game (with warnings holding your fucking hand and telling you this isn't necessarily good and giving you the chance to opt out should you please) is akin to being a sex offender. the only thing you're doing is reinventing thoughtcrimes.

sex is one of the most normal things in the world. whether or not you personally have sex you can't deny that it's been a factor in the lives of many and frankly you wouldn't even be alive if your parents didn't decide to suck and fuck. in a world where women's desires are suppressed and aren't taken seriously, why do so-called "progressive" fans find it disgusting that some women might want to spend some money to safely explore their sexual fantasies? enough to be disgusted by it that they say they are "scared" by it? it's trashy, it's stupid, it lacks substance, and who the fuck cares? you are not inherently better than these women, and 95% of the time all i see in the tags are people focusing on the romance aspect of these "substantial" books anyway. if you seriously think that an app game like choices can magically make cheating and having affairs a "normal and good" thing irl then you're just a fucking idiot. if game of thrones and house of the dragon didn't make siblings worldwide suck and fuck then what makes you think that choices can abolish the western institution of monogamy overnight?

at some point some people just have to realize that they have the choice (lmao) to close the app and delete it if they aren't happy with it. if you don't like their porn books then go play something else, they have an expansive library and beyond that there are tons of interactive fiction games, dating sims, and visual novels to explore. that's not even touching the fact that you can, i don't know, read an actual fucking book if you want. i see no point in consciously sitting and tapping through these books when you know they just make you miserable and add to the statistics of people playing it. you can't dismantle the capitalist system overnight but you can choose to just not play an app game if it makes you want to peel your skin off.

[choices-binglebonkus]

Ranking of "obligatory best friend for the MC" characters (like Bree from HFTH, Jenny from TNA, Malorie from Surrender, Faith from KOD, and any others I missed. From best (or least terrible) to worst. Go.

Sorry this took so long, I finally got around to making the list (which is actually going to be worst to best sorry anon).

So before we actually get into the list, there are a couple of (loose) criteria I had for determining who would be included in the list. One, no love interest best friends are allowed, so no Zoey, Jaime, Lily, etc. Two, it had to be CLEAR that the character in question was the MC's best friend. For instance, the OPH MC doesn't have a clearly defined best friend, so I avoided including any of the roommates on the list, same with Zeph from TE because it's not totally clear who the MC's best friend is.

22. Jenny (The Nanny Affair). I hate Jenny. I hate her I hate her I hate her. She is my enemy. She's boring, uncool, unfunny, and serves no real purpose in the story. She's useless. And worse, the MC enables Jenny and Aditya's affair. Boo. Boooooooooo.

21. Malorie (Surrender). Malorie isn't as awful as Jenny, but my god, she has no filter. And that's coming from an autistic person. Malorie spews the creepiest, grossest, out of pocket shit, AT HER WORKPLACE NONETHELESS. The writers try to play it off as funny but it's not. It's really creepy. If I were her coworker I would feel incredibly uncomfortable around her every day.

20. Bree (Home For the Holidays). Undoubtedly the most forgettable "best friend" on this list. I'm going to bet no one remembers her because she did nothing and was a Nothing Character.

19. Mandy (Untameable). Boring, bland, does nothing of note in the story except fall for our misogynistic brother. Blech.

18. Eddie (Rising Tides). Another Nothing Character, but helps the MC in a small way. He's a reused asset.

17. Nigel (A Very Scandalous Proposal). Another Nothing Character, but helps the MC in a slightly bigger way. He's also a reused asset.

16. Nadia (Perfect Match). Definitely my most controversial ranking on this list. Nadia always got on my nerves and I never cared about her as a character. She just...consistently annoyed me.

15. Chazz (Red Carpet Diaries). Chazz also annoyed the hell out of me, but slightly less than Nadia. I found nothing about him compelling.

14. Layla (Wolf Bride). She didn't serve a purpose in the story, and wasn't terribly interesting. She is the very definition of the Obligatory Best Friend because there was no one else in the pack who would've befriended the MC. Also, I'm severely tokophobic and every time she appeared in the story I got really lightheaded and sometimes had to put the app down for a few minutes.

13. Riya (Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance). Riya didn't do much in the story either, and the most interesting part of her character was her relationship troubles with Darius, which really wasn't interesting at all.

12. Faith (Kiss of Death). I am tentatively ranking Faith at number 12 because I haven't played much of KOD (non-VIP) but she's not terrible from what I've seen so far.

11. Faye (The Princess Swap). A lot of people strongly disliked Faye, but I honestly didn't mind her. She's kind of ditzy and absent-minded, but she's not actively harmful, nor is she bland on the same level as most of the others on the list. However, she's far from perfect.

10. Amy (With Every Heartbeat). Amy isn't a terrible character. She helps the MC and Dakota and wishes them the best even though Dakota is her ex. She's not super present in the story, though, but I liked her well enough.

9. Aveline (The Princess Swap). Aveline is honestly so goated for keeping the MC and her sister's secret throughout the story. She's kind and very loyal and is someone I'd love as a real friend. Unfortunately, she isn't really her own person and doesn't have a lot background-wise.

8. Maggie (Ms. Match). Props to Maggie for being one of three characters in Ms. Match I actually liked. She was a competent assistant and was really sweet without falling all over the MC.

7. Poppy (Hero). Poppy Patel is the only valid Poppy in Choices. She's got a killer sense of style, is funny, sweet, and is immensely loyal to your character. I hated the unnecessary drama between her and Dax, but I really liked seeing them actually get together because they just work.

6. Vivian (The Phantom Agent). Vivian and Rowan were the only two characters in TPA I could actually stomach. Vivian is smart as hell, brave as hell (she helps GAIA even though she was initially terrified), and let's be honest. She was the REAL hero. Vivian probably has back problems now because she CARRIED that team.

5. Briar (Desire & Decorum). Briar is kind of chaotic and I love that. Her best friend moves away to a noble estate and she's immediately like "sounds fly as hell, I'm down" and becomes her lady's maid. Honestly though, that's also kind of my biggest complaint about her. Her life is so MC-centric. I mean, she even names her baby after the MC. Nonetheless, she's otherwise really likable to have around and serves as the MC's closest confidant throughout the series.

4. Dionne (Foreign Affairs). Dionne is really sweet, kind of goofy at times, smart, and generous. IIRC it's stated that she volunteers at an animal orphanage. It's too bad FA was such a flop because I really liked Dionne (AND MURPHY!!!)

3. Alma (Mother of the Year). Alma is really kind but also flips a switch and becomes kind of a hard ass in like an instant. It's hilarious and I love it, and I love her. Alma truly was the backbone of MOTY and she helped the MC so many times.

2. Zack (The Freshman). Zack is the only one of the MC's friends who deserved the title of best friend, which is a title he thankfully actually got otherwise he wouldn't be on this list. He was always there for her even when the others were absorbed in their own drama and though he wasn't perfect, he was definitely the least problematic of the bunch.

1. Diego (Endless Summer). Who else could I put at number 1 other than Diego? No one, that's who. Diego was so gentle and kind and even though he'd had a rough time making friends, had a homophobic family, and later on in the series gets stuck with the Vaanti for six months, he never let his bad experiences make him a bitter person. He was friendly to absolutely everyone in the group and there was no drama to be spoken of with him. Diego was such a loyal best friend to not just the MC, but to everyone around him. And his catalyst idol reflects that: he was Canis, and the Endless even refers to him as "my loyal Diego" as they're remembering all their friends just moments away from death. Diego truly is one best friend to rule them all.

[asphyxiateher]

Worst Choices LI???

So I checked everyone’s least favorite LI on Reddit and with so many new VIP books out, I wanted to see who was everyone’s least favorite LI to deal with in any series and why? MC is also an option because lately, some of them are frustrating to play.

Bastien from Wolf Bride for hopefully obvious reasons. Dude gave me the ICK and couldn’t finish the book; books with one male and one female LI are questionable to me because the diamond choices often force us on the LIs we don’t want but we pick it to progress the story, which is so stupid to be honest. I can’t do Unbridled either because i don’t want Ryder but the diamond options contain a crumb for a better chapter outcome vs ignoring the diamond option for the worst outcome. I just want a werewolf book that isn’t Alpha because I’m currently unsure of how I feel about the writing and plot at the moment. I will restart so I can get better feels for it.

Worst LI award goes to Justin from Save the Date. Also not getting the option to tell the main brides of the story that you don’t want to be friends outside your MC’s job was a huge bummer for me. That whole ordeal was tedious and for mc to go above and beyond especially with an asshole cosplaying a love interest hounding you from the get go really disappointed me. I loved Lindsay but man, I wanted to tell the main clients to fuck off so badly lol 😂

I could write a novel on STD because I liked the story but the choices involving Justin pissed me off.

Ms Match or whatever it’s called threw me off immediately because of the competitiveness and I hated that Jackie from Open Heart was so competitive that she was letting it affect the relationship between MC & her. Open Heart was good though, I ended up picking Bryce and the character development was great. Just hate competitiveness between mc and LIs usually cause it can get ugly y’all. Hot Shot is getting me so riled up at MC and not Jordan that I do kinda want to see an ending where you choose not to be with them. I like that kind of dynamic with characters cause it feels real. I like what they’re doing there.

there are some other books with terrible LIs but I’d like to see where everyone else stands.

Passport to Romance was baaaad cause it felt like I was reading a book about nothing lol

[taedeco]

.*• 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐜𝐢'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

✧ -> artist i listen a lot

artists and songs are listed from favourite to least favourite (though i LOVE all these artists and songs ofc) and the artist's genre is mentioned too

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *. ☽ .* :☆ ﾟ｡ ･ ───

Electric Callboy ✧ (metal/techno)

VIP

Hypa hypa

Hate/love

Pump it

We got the moves

Arrow of love

i saw these guys live ^^

Get scared ✧ (rock)

Puppet

Start to fall

Don't you dare forget the sun

Sarcasm

Voodoo

Whore

My nightmare

i'm so sad they disbanded :(

TX2 ✧ (rock)

Step over a body

Pull the plug

Vampire by rumor

Drop dead

Bring me the horizon ✧ (metal/alt metal/alt rock)

Obey

Throne

Parasite eve

1x1

Kingslayer

Dear diary,

Palaye Royale ✧ (glam metal/glam rock)

Nightmares in paradise

Massacre, the new american dream

Lonely

Fever dream

Don't feel quite right

Mr. doctor man

Dying in a hot tub

Set It Off ✧ (alternative/indie)

Wolf in sheep's clothing

Projector

Kill the lights

Partners in crime

Anarbor ✧ (pop punk/pop rock)

Freaks

I hate you so much

Before the world ends

Every high has a come down

Whiskey in hell

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Special mention: Presumably dead arm (617 sessions) by Sidney Gish I love this song so much 🫂

.*• 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝;

Falling In Reverse ✧ (glam metal/alternative)

Black Veil Brides ✧ (poprock/glam rock)

P!ATD ✧ (pop punk/rock)

Yungblud (alternative rock)

Ashnikko (pop/rock/punk)

Ghost9 (kpop)

Chloe Moriondo (alternative/indie)

Melanie Martinez (art pop/indie pop)

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *. ☽ .* :☆ ﾟ｡ ･ ───

don't bite me if the genres aren't accurate, it's what google told me

[monterisso]

Kindred definitely has Charmed as main inspo. Out of these VIPs I'm looking forward to it the most.

I thought Dirty Little Secrets would be based off Pretty Little Liars but the title font / design is throwing me off. Maybe something cabaret/Moulin Rouge related???

Alpha isn't genderlocked, but I'm still curious in which direction they'll go since we've had werewolves in Nightbound and Wolf Bride already, how will they make the story still feel fresh?

Ship of Dreams... Titanic.... they've gotten bold since Storyscape kicked the bucket lmao. Bet they're gonna reuse D&D faces and have tons of D&D and TUH characters as backgrounders. But it's something we've already seen many times, again, how will they keep it fresh???

Haven't played Guinevere yet, but it confuses me why they're choosing these types of retelling stories where so much is already familiar and set in stone? Creatively it feels very cheap and lazy. Wish they'd take more risks and creative freedom, especially for stories that have romance as a sub-genre...

[lilyoffandoms]

hey ! i'm curious: what choices stories are you currently reading?

Rereading CoP book 1 and just restarted TH:M (Sonia!!!!) yesterday.

Of current releases, I’m reading Blades and Kindred. Of VIP releases, I’m actively reading DLS (I had to since I saw a sneak peek of the body choice two clothing. It’s about effin time we got something slutty).

I haven’t decided on whether to read Alpha because I don’t trust PB after Wolf Bride (ugh I hated that book big time). But at the same time, I told myself I’d play any book that gave us the semblance of goc.

I tried Titanic Desire & Decorum on a Ship Ship of Dreams but I closed it immediately upon seeing the male LI sprites haha (what is up with their necks??) and I know I will just cringe at the coded writing if I pick the f!LI.

[thefirstcourtesan]

We are three years into Choices VIP and honestly, it is an impressive roll-out. Obviously there has been lots of conflicting feelings and pushback about it (and there are aspects I hate) but looking at the business element, they have done a great job with it.

First, they did a seven month roll-out, a limited testing phase. I remember how salty this made me, because I wasn’t chosen, but it obviously accomplished what it was supposed to. It let them test the VIP books and try out different price points, it also generated interest amongst the fandom. I was just about desperate to give them money by the time it went wide release.

And then in July 2020, it went wide release. They settled on a price point and released it. At the time of release, VIP came with 3 completed books and one weekly book. Over the course of the next year, there would be a total of 4 weekly VIP books and the completed books were very, very slowly released to the general fandom.

While this had the side effect of killing the fandom, I think PB was using this period to gauge interest and see how many of their big spenders would switch over to VIP. In mobile app games, the majority of the money comes from a small amount of players and PB’s main goal was likely to try and keep these players and move them over to VIP.

That first year saw a VIP book (Wolf Bride) make the list of the top ten grossing* books. This meant that VIP books could perform well, even when limited to a small section of the fandom. I think this was a critical step for what came next.

Early Access. Instead of having VIP exclusive books that are withheld from the general fandom for a year or so and are pretty much impossible to make sequels for, release every book as VIP for a short period of time. It means books aren’t in limbo for a year, making it easier to produce sequels, it also gives VIPs more content at once. Instead of one exclusive VIP book updating for a few months there are usually 2 or 3 updating at any given time.

It also lets PB test their market. Early access saw a ton of different genres released, including several that were frequently asked for on various social media platforms such as murder mysteries, vampires, zombies and spy thrillers. Early Access meant they could see once and for all who was playing these books. Was it free players saving their diamonds or the heavy spenders? By releasing the first half of the book to VIPs, they could gauge interest and profit and adjust their decision accordingly.

And then after a year of that, they announced the third and final phase: that all books, including sequels, would be VIP and there would be no general release books. This means they don’t have to balance VIP and wide releases and make sure there are always enough VIP books at any time, but it also means they got the answers that they wanted and they are confident that they will retain their paying base with the move.

I don’t agree with the choice to lock content, but I do think that PB played it pretty smart with how they did the rollout. Which is why I also don’t think they are going to change their minds any time soon.

*PB has never confirmed the criteria of their top 10, but if you look at the list, it seems pretty clear that it is based on revenue.

[marichan980]

Mari's Choices: Stories You Play Tracker

I used to play Choices: Stories You Play but stopped for a while due to life and being overwhelmed.  I’ve thought about playing again since it has been a few years.  I wasn’t sure where to start after all this time, but figured why not at the very beginning?  Not sure how long it would take for me to catch up but figured it would be easy to track everything here.

Below is a list of books from the app as of 2023-06-11.  Some titles are available to the general public, others are available via VIP only, and the rest are yet to be released.

The Freshman (start: 2023-06-11, end: 2023-

The Sophomore

The Junior

The Senior

The Crown and the Flame

Most Wanted

Rules of Engagement

Endless Summer

LoveHacks

The Haunting of Braidwood Manor

The Royal Romance

The Royal Heir

Hero

High School Story

High School Story: Class Act

It Lives in the Woods

It Lives Beneath

Home for the Holidays

Red Carpet Diaries

Perfect Match

Bloodbound

Veil of Secrets

America’s Most Eligible

Desire & Decorum

Across the Void

Big Sky Country

The Elementalists

A Courtesan of Rome

The Heist: Monaco

Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance

Open Heart

Passport to Romance

Wishful Thinking

Nightbound

Platinum

Sunkissed

Bachelorette Party

Mother of the Year

Save the Date

The Royal Masquerade

Baby Bump

Hot Couture

With Every Heartbeat

Blades of Light and Shadow

Witness: A Bodyguard Romance

Distant Shores

The Nanny Affair

A Very Scandalous Proposal

Queen B

The Unexpected Heiress

My Two First Loves

Ms. Match

Rising Tides

Wolf Bride

Foreign Affairs

Slow Burn

Laws of Attraction

Shipwrecked

Wake the Dead

Surrender

Crimes of Passion

Untameable

The Princess Swap

The Cursed Heart

Immortal Desires

Murder at Homecoming

The Phantom Agent

Guinevere

Kiss of Death

Getaway Girls

Roommates with Benefits

First Comes Love

Kindred

The Billionaire’s Baby

Dirty Little Secrets

Alpha

Ship of Dreams

Guarded

[masked-alien-lesbian]

Apart from Blades, I think all the books that are left to come out this year are gonna be single LI after seeing TBB LI

Yeah apart from Blades and Kindred, I bet you're right! That's the vibes I'm getting from all the books being released the last of this year. From what I've heard of Dirty Little Secrets and Unbridled, it sounds like they're more than likely single LI. TBB is definitely single LI. Alpha gives me single LI goc Wolf Bride vibes and all that's left is Ship of Dreams (SOD) for vip in November and we don't know much about SOD but it sounds like a Titanic like book and imo that sounds like a single LI book but of course we could be surprised but 🤷‍♀️.

[malbontesvicky]

This whole scene was just beautiful... 🥰 she reassured him that she only loves him and only wants him. I love as well that they have promised their commitment to each other. The vows were so sweet! ❤️❤️

[jjlover01]

This book has serious Twilight vibes. 🥴

Team Jacob all the way! 😍

[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by anonymous

'My problem is less so with the fact that PB writes toxic LIs like in SR, WB, TCH, etc. It's generally not my cup of tea, but my issue is more with the fact that there is no warning at the start for these type of LIs. Some people fantasize about that type of stuff in fiction and that doesn't mean they think it's ok IRL, but there are also players who A) may be impressionable and B) may be triggered by these sort of behaviors. It's the reason AO3 has tags, and PB should be doing the same.'

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[hell-chronicles]

Wolf bride art team really said "yeah this fire" and basically released this

[kcnnarys]

i hate this i hate the sassy #girlboss hand on the hip bipedal pose with acrylics and a tiny waist and curves wolf bride art team you get jail time for this one

[sunshineandviolets]

ok this is pretty

Gemma, my beloved 🥰💖