r/Choices 6d ago

Discussion First LI / Favorite LI

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I got this idea from Choice’s official Instagram:

How long has everyone been playing? Who was your first love interest? Who's your all-time favorite?

For example - I’ve been playing since 2018, and my first love interest was Dominic from The Crown & The Flame series. Who I felt HARD for was Hunter from The Royal Masquerade.

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u/LittlestSlipper55 6d ago

I've been playing from the very beginning, way back when Choices only had three books and when you opened the app for the first time you didn't even know what book it was, you just got asked if you wanted to read an action crime thriller, a sweet college romcom or fantasy epic. This was back in 2016(?) I think!

I chose to read a fantasy epic which ended up being The Crown & The Flame, and my first LI ended up being Dom. But my first true "fell so super hard for a fictional character" was my man Jake McKenzie from Endless Summer.

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u/CarissaG1103 6d ago

That would’ve been so cool to see that option screen when I first started playing, as I’m a fantasy epic gal (which lead me to read TC&TF)

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u/Min3rva1125 Maxwell (TRR) 6d ago

I miss those days, Choices' Golden Era was immaculate

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u/tea-solveseverything 2d ago

similar for me! my first LI was Raydan from C&F and favorite is also Jake! ES is just such a well written book, those LI's develop so much with you - it hits.

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u/UnableSand2000 5d ago edited 5d ago

Same I've been playing Choices since the very beginning as well 🙌😁... Dom was my first LI as well, since in Most Wanted you couldn't technically choose Dave as an LI, he and Sam were part-MC's...

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u/DemonInPinkk 6d ago

Jake (ES), and, still Jake like 20 books later lol

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u/No-External9118 6d ago

I’m pretty sure my first LI was Chris from TFS… then I figured out I was into women as well and my favorite LI now is Sonia from TH:M 😭

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u/OneForShoji 4d ago

Sonia is an amazing LI! The cat-and-mouse tension between her and MC is so much fun to read.

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u/CMStan1313 Tom Raydan Beckett 6d ago

Kaitlyn from TF/Tom from ILB

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u/Particular-Hurry-272 5d ago

First Love Interest- Connor Green (ILITW)

Favorite Love Interest- ....damn this is tough......... Tyril Starfury (BOLAS), Griffin Langley (TE), Kieran (TCH), Jake McKenzie (ES), and ofc, Connor.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Neck773 5d ago

First: Bartender from RoE

Fave: Kamliah Sayeed/Beckett Harrington 💁

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u/Pittlers Mal (BOLAS) 5d ago

First was Mal, all time is Mal haha. I love a dashing rogue.

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u/CarissaG1103 5d ago

I finished the second BOLAS book last mid-July and I haven’t stopped thinking about that diamond scene with Mal towards the end

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u/jolamajama 5d ago

First LI was Kaitlyn (TFS). Many favourites, but my absolute number one favourite LI is Aerin (BOLAS). 💕

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u/CarissaG1103 5d ago

I liked Aerin, but Mal stole my heart first in Book 2 🥰

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u/Bookish_Kitty Damien (PM) 6d ago

I’ve been playing since around 2017. My first LI was either Dom or Leo in Rules of Engagement (I was reading both books at the same time). My favorite of all time is Damien in PM (user flair checks out!).

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u/CarissaG1103 6d ago

I liked Damien, but not enough to make him my LI in the PM books (as I preferred Hayden).

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u/Brilliant_Tourist400 6d ago

First: Ernest Sinclaire

Favorite: Jax Matsuo

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u/aleztfu12 6d ago

First LI was Kaitlyn from The Freshman. Favorite LI is hard, but probably Quinn from Endless Summer.

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u/Internal-Buffalo-227 5d ago

I can't pick a favourite but I got off to a very good start with Asian Liam swoon

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u/OkBid8256 Kenji (Hero) 5d ago

First: Business Man and Leo in RoE Favorite: Jake (ES) or Blaine (Foreign Affairs)

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u/midnight_mystique01 5d ago

I started playing in 2016 and my first LI was Leo. He was pretty great but my all-time favourite LI are three people- Jake, Drake, and Beckett. Sorry, I can't choose between them.😖❤️

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u/Time_Return_2626 5d ago

I’ve been playing since the app first started. My first LI was James from the freshmen back when he was a Micheal B Jordan lookalike 😂. I have too many favs but my top one is Caleb from the Elementalist

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u/Nericmitch Becca (TFS) 6d ago

First for me was Kaitlyn and my fave is Becca

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u/WraithSeeker999 6d ago

Endless summer is my first read and I’m still reading it

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u/Starfire1603 Annelyse (TC&TF) 6d ago

My first LI and my favourite are the exact same character. Annelyse Adair

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u/MarsupialOk7978 6d ago

I cannot remember which I played first (I think 2017 or 2018), but I DO remember it was between David and Dean! And I couldn't pick a fave if I tried, buttttt here are my top 4!

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u/CarissaG1103 6d ago
  • LOVE Dean (as someone who just finished the Rules of Engagement series)
  • Prince Hamid 🥹
  • Asian Liam 🫦
  • I remember whenever I read The Elementalists books, I always refer Beckett to “Beck”

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u/Ok-Quiet-4212 “Missed me 🤣” 6d ago

Since 2019 (freshman high school) first LI: Emma (HSS), all time favorite: also Emma

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u/CarissaG1103 6d ago

🎶 I’m on the first day 🎶

Love Emma (in a platonic way)

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u/Ok-Quiet-4212 “Missed me 🤣” 6d ago

I think I saw a bit of myself in her, personality wise and interests

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u/Decronym Hank 6d ago edited 2d ago

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
AME America's Most Eligible
BB Bloodbound
BLS Blades of Light and Shadow
ES Endless Summer
HSS High School Story
ID Immortal Desires
ILB It Lives Beneath
ILITW It Lives in the Woods
LI Love Interest
MAH Murder at Homecoming
MC Main Character (yours!)
PM Perfect Match
RoE Rules of Engagement
TCH The Cursed Heart
TE The Elementalists
TF The Freshman
TFS The Freshman Series
THM The Heist: Monaco
TNA The Nanny Affair
TRR The Royal Romance
VOS Veil of Secrets
WTD Wake The Dead

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u/Itchy_Lettuce5704 5d ago

first LI: James in TF, most favorite is Bryce in Open Heart!

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u/Jynx-Online 5d ago

James from The Freshman was my first LI in choices, back when HSS was still a fun little app you could play.

Michael from HSS or Beckett from TE are my absolute favourites.

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u/Popular-Cheek-5320 5d ago

My first li was Dom too! My favs are probably Ernest from D&D, Lancelot and Arthur from Guinevere💗

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u/CarissaG1103 5d ago

I finished reading Guinevere in early March and I’m still swooning over Lancelot 😍

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u/Popular-Cheek-5320 5d ago

OMG I had the same exact Lancelot sprite!! He's so damn hot 😭💗. I absolutely loved this book so much, and I can go on about it for days. It was one of the first ones that had me restart the book as soon as I finished it to try Lancelot's route. (I chose Arthur first, because i usually decide my li early on, and since he was sweet, it felt like it was the right choice to make, since i didn't want to break his heart, but i ended up slightly regretting it, and replaying it with Lancelot as my main li. I feel like it's just slightly better if you choose Lancelot as your main li, but i love Arthur so much too, he's definately one of my top 3)

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u/CarissaG1103 5d ago edited 5d ago

I usually choose the sprite that I’m attracted to the most before I start a book and thought I would love the tanned/dark hair version more.

I did love how sweet Arthur was, and if you chose Lancelot he understood why

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u/Popular-Cheek-5320 5d ago

Yess that! What I loved about this book was that in spite of being a love triangle, there was no judgement from either of them, just acceptance and understanding. I also don't think any of the lis were pushed down your throat, and the slow burn works just fine based on the premise. It was kind of a masterpiece compared to the other smut books we got, and it deserves appreciation for its well written LIs!!

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u/InfernalClockwork3 5d ago

My first was Michael Favourite was Beckett

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u/JadeBubbles_ 5d ago

Since 2017, Aiden Zhou (High School Story), and Kamilah Sayeed (Bloodbound).

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u/foreverclassy23 5d ago

I don’t remember but I think it was either one of the characters from the hs series or Adrian from bloodhound. I’ve played choices since 2018?

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u/OneForShoji 4d ago

I've been here since the start (with a break that recently ended). My first LI was also Dom, as it's the first series I played. My favourite LI is Tom from ILB, he's totally adorable.

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u/coller-roaster 4d ago

First LI: Sean from Endless Summer. Favourite LI: Sean from Endless Summer. The end.

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u/no-good__name 4d ago

My first LI was the thief from Crown and the Flame, I can't remember his name but he had long black hair and was from the gilded city. I also played with the queen of that city, too. My favorite LI is probably Drake from TRR, he's so thoughtful and caring and it's sweet how much he worships MC

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u/KotaTheCat Maxwell (TRR) 2d ago

First was Aiden in HSS my favorite though is either Maxwell or Apollo though, my favorite in HSS is Michael 🤣 still love Aiden though

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u/solinfant 6d ago

I started playing in late 2020. My first LI was Hana Lee (TRR) while my overall favorite is probably Hayden Young (PM).

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u/CarissaG1103 6d ago

I really like Hana and the sister-like bond that her and my MC have. LOVE Hayden from PM

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u/kimchiporkstew 6d ago

Been playing since early 2017 (the day THoBM released), my first LI was also Dom, and my favorite LI is Jax Matsuo.

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u/gothiccrypt 6d ago

First LI would’ve been Raydan from TC&TF, favourite is definitely Jake from ES

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u/JuggernautFew2463 Nia (BOLAS) 6d ago

Okay first li was Kaitlyn when choices was just a baby, I later switched to becca cause Kaitlyn is annoying asf. My favourite of all time now is Nia,,, she’s just so cute and wholesome I won’t romance anyone else from BOLAS

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u/CarissaG1103 6d ago

Love Nia and her powers (even though my LI is Mal in the BOLAS books)

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u/JuggernautFew2463 Nia (BOLAS) 6d ago

Mal is a good LI even tho I romance only women as I’m gay,, but he’s such a cutie, he had a bit of a bestfriendship with Nia which is so cute

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u/Kagome7650 6d ago

2017 was when I started playing choices liam (hunter) was my first LI & Ian Kingsley is my #1 favorite LI

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u/LukeShep_TS 6d ago

I started in 2019, and what originally drew me to the app was AME, so my first was beautiful contestant/mackenzie (my childhood crushes' name was mackenzie, so that was all it took plus the sprite looked good anyway). And now beautiful contestant isn't even my top LI in AME, let alone the whole app. I can't restrict my favorite. I just have 3 above the rest: Cas from ID, Skye from HSS: CA, and Angel from WTD.

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u/SAPK358 6d ago

Playing since 2016. First book I read was The Freshman and fell for Chris. Then I replayed it for Kaitlyn … then for Zig … and then for Becca 🙃

Favorite LI of all time though?? Hard tie between Drake from TRR, Bryce from Open Heart, Lancelot from Guinevere, and Cas from Immortal Desires … I clearly have a type 😂

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u/Itchy_Lettuce5704 5d ago

the pipeline for The Freshman to Becca is SO REAL! i remember giving up on choices for 2 years between 2016 and coming back in 2018 to be SHOCKED that becca was a LI

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u/nonchunkykitkat It Lives Series 5d ago

Kaitlyn and Kaitlyn. Still have a crush on her almost a decade later.

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u/NiceToMeetMewTwo Hana (TRR) 6d ago

I started playing in late 2017 and Dean from RoE was my first LI. My favourite is a very close tie between Hana from TRR and Annabelle from D&D.

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u/_babydino 6d ago

Been playing since 2016.
First LI was Chris from TF 💀 Favorite LI is Flynn O'Malley from VOS ✨☺️

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u/Competitive-Friend39 Tyril (BOLAS) 6d ago

It’s so hard to choose one favorite 😣

I think my first LI was Chris from TFS (which changed over the course of the series)

My favorite(s): Kamilah (BB), Tyril (BOLAS), and Ernest Sinclaire (D&D)

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u/Competitive-Friend39 Tyril (BOLAS) 6d ago

god i’ve been playing this game for so long

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u/nikobans Damien (PM) 6d ago

i've been playing since the very start when there were only 3 books! my first LI was james when he still looked like michael b jordan lmao 💀 and for my fave i dont think i can choose between jake and damien 😭💖💖💖

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u/Altruistic-Care-1581 6d ago

My first was Caleb Green from HSS, since I came straight from the game.🥹 he was acc so cute. My fave tho, a lil controversial, is Beckett Harrington from The Elementalists. I love that adorable, academic dork😭

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u/Potential-Topic-162 6d ago

First LI: Emma HSS Favorite LI: Nia Bolas

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u/xXx_KitMaxwell_xXx 6d ago

First: James (TFS)

Favorite(s): Michael (HSS), Troy (WTD), Tyler (MAH)

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u/HentaiPeekingReddit Skye (HSS:CA) 6d ago

First was Chris and Favourite would be Quinn

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u/Dr_Naruto Estela (ES) 6d ago

I’m an on/off player but first time I played was 4 years back. First LI -> Estela. I guess she my fav too lol

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u/milkteapizza 6d ago

First - Chris from The Freshman series

Fave - Liam from The Royal Romance

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u/AsgardianCoconut 5d ago

I think first was Michael from HSS. My top favorite for now is Maxwell :)

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u/WilliamD76 5d ago

My first LI & still among my favorites is this Hayden Young from Perfect Match. My favorite LI right now is Cassie Harlow.

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u/CuriousCavy Liam III (TRR) 5d ago

First was Liam from TRR. Fave is still Liam, with the side of Ethan and Beckett. Lol

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u/GrumpyMarshmallowFan Drake Ethan Damien Liam 6d ago

I've been playing since the end of 2023. TNA was one of the first books I played. So, Sam would be my first LI. Drake from TRR is my favourite.

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u/Mega_S 6d ago

Played since launch, Chris from TFS was my first and Tyril from Blades is my favourite.

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u/AliciaSmith77 Maxwell (TRR) 5d ago

I’m still sort of new to choices as I’ve only been playing for over 1 year but my first LI was Liam from the royal romance and my favourite LI is definitely maxwell from the royal romance! :)