(I didn’t realize you had to initially pick one of the male love interests-the aforementioned Benedict aka Mr.

I knew that one of the happy endings featured the heroine in a lesbian relationship, so as a queer woman I was obviously keen on tracking down that plot line. It was the third or fourth time starting the story from the beginning again that it really sunk in how different reading in this non-linear and collaborative way was. Darcy, with a promise to engage in witty banter and carriage sex forever) it had a great emotionally satisfying ending that all good romance novels have, but with the added bonus that that was just the beginning! It was so exciting to be choosing my own destiny and seeing the outcomes of my decisions! When I arrived at my first happy ending (an enemies to lovers marriage to Benedict, aka Mr. (You should see my Goodreads updates for the book). I was so thrilled with this new but also strangely familiar reading experience that I just couldn’t help but share, perhaps excessively, along the way. What I wasn’t expecting with My Lady’s Choosing was how different the interactive aspect made the reading experience. The sheer nostalgia of seeing a book for grown-ups-and an historical romance to boot!-in the same format made me feel I had no choice but to purchase it. I particularly remember the despair of arriving at an ending where you died and the triumph of getting to an ending where you prevailed. Like a lot of kids who grew up in the ’90s, I gobbled up choose-your-own-adventure books when I was young. Yes, that’s right, My Lady’s Choosing (now you’re getting the title, right?) is an interactive book, aka one of those choose-your-own-adventure books for adults.

My Lady’s Choosing is an historical romance, starring a “plucky but penniless heroine in the center of eighteenth-century society.” The twist, however, is that that plucky penniless heroine is YOU. In the romance section I came across this book that I just couldn’t resist buying: My Lady’s Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris. As every book worm knows, this was a dangerous idea of course, I didn’t walk out empty-handed. About a month ago while waiting for a prescription to be filled, I popped into a bookstore to browse.

My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran