Playing Through Every Choices Book, In Order (Part 45: Hot Couture)

Hey! Today we take to the upper leagues of the fashion industry as we attempt to scope out a foothold for ourselves as a designer. Will we succeed, or plummet, in a lovely dress, to a gorge in Paris?

Next time, we take up as a lawyer at the prestigious law firm of McGraw-Byrne. Can we bang our hot boss, bang a hot firefighter, bang a hot private investigator, bang a movie star, and I guess help people out in court too? Be wary, there's betrayal in every courtoom, as Ace Attorney has taught me...

Link to previous reviews: https://www.reddit.com/user/stresseatingdog/comments/sj3s3m/all_choices_reviews_megapost/

SPOILER WARNING, AS ALWAYS

Hot Couture

M/C: Stella Valentine

Final LI: Marco

Favorite Chapter: The Last One

Favorite Character(s): Marco, Tristan, Felix, Cleo, Luz, Hazel

Least Favorite Character(s): Bridgette, Otto

Overall Rating: 7/10

Review:

I really don’t get why this book is genderlocked - is something about fashion unseemly for men? When one of the LI’s is literally a male model? Something’s not adding up here…

Anyways, if this book were GOC, that probably still wouldn’t save it for me. For a fashion-centered book, some of the outfits are atrocious. I also didn’t really enjoy any of the premium hairstyles, and the final outfit you get for unlocking all the mood board things isn’t even all that - it reminds me of an over-designed Pokemon. As for the LI’s, I really liked both Marco and Tristan. They’re both really hot, and I love both their personalities. Luz is for the girlies, but I trust she’s a decent LI. Hazel’s kind of weird in that she’s not a LI, as you can’t end up with her and you there’s no sex scene with her, but I thought it was neat that they let you do anything with her at all. Bridgette is goddamn insufferable omg, and here I was thinking they were going to redeem her and pair her up with Cleo, although Cleo could do so much better. Otto is also so icky, and he reminds me of a sleazy Hollywood director. The conflict in this book is alright, I guess, though I find it hard to believe that M/C has this much luck in her designing career. Like, hosting your own open house and then landing a spot at Paris fashion week, with only some modeling experience, a few industry friends, and a bachelor’s degree in fashion design? That’s some mad luck (or skills, I guess)! All in all, this book was just sort of bland. There’s some form of a teaser for a sequel at the end with Bridgette’s ominous message, but I don’t think we’re ever getting a sequel. If this book had been GOC, I would have been a little nicer, but alas, it does not have that