My Lady's Choosing

ReRead November 2022

Well, I reread one full path and started a second but got distracted and... Yeah. Fun and cheesy and corny and everything that we poke good-natured fun at in historical romances.


Original Review

There's four main paths to this book, the main story that diverges into two, then each one diverges again, a little later on. That makes it feel a bit like there's two main romances and then two ‘bonus' ones - but none of them feel tacked on in the least.

I definitely liked two of the stories much more than the other two, which, not in the slightest bit coincidentally, were the first two I read. Each story deals with a typical historical romance type character and, because I know myself so well, I figured which ones I'd like the most.

My first one was the Mr. Darcy-esque man that constantly banters with ‘you.' The second was the widowed Lady Adventurer, who is usually relegated to the best friend or a cautionary tale and here was a love interest. (Those two were my favorites and I'd be hard pressed to choose which one I liked more.)

The third one was a you're typical Scottish gentleman - who was actually nicer than they usually are. (Forgettable, I thought.) The fourth and final one is the ‘mysterious' lord of the windswept (and haunted) manor. (This one was without a doubt my least favorite, possibly because there were some pretty heavy rape undertones to it. Like usual. Which was especially jarring after my readthrough of the Scotsman had no sex.)

Anyway, the stories were mostly fun, and there's probably something here for everyone. The only thing I'd have liked was more choices. I know there were quite a few, but...I just would have liked more. (That didn't cause me to drop my rating though, because I know these things are already super long.) Also, some of the choices definitely feel like ‘right' and ‘wrong' choices. Would have preferred less of that.

Fun, adult CYOA that I hope starts a trend because I do love these things.