A review by rachelhelps
Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance: Pick Your Plot, Meet Your Man, and Create the Holiday Love Story of a Lifetime by Riane Konc

5.0

A very silly and hilarious parody of Christmas romance movies, with the added bonus of being a pick-your-plot-style story. Most of the endings happened in the last choice, but there were a few instances where your earlier decision could affect how the story played out (you can choose to ignore your mother's phone call initially. You also choose whether your high school friend was a boyfriend or rival). Kong did this by simply having the reader remember their previous choice. This has the added bonus of being able to see when your choices are affecting the story. The main drawback is that you can't expect a reader to remember lots of choices, so you are limited to doing 2-3 variables this way. It was helpful to have this example of remembering analog choices when I made my own Twine Christmas zine.