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Mina Howell's avatar

I chose the second one and I'm literally about to cry, it was so beautiful and peaceful, a truly calm ending in the midst of a storm of chaos. I'm about to go read the first one now, but I loved this!

I missed the CYOA and this one was so powerful!

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

Ahhhh they were both heartfelt. I love that. I also noticed the tone shift between the two stories as well. A was gritty and dark but shifted after a struggle for life. While the heartfelt tone was very warm in B. If that makes sense! With that being said I think I liked B more. Just for the simple fact that it’s so wholesome. Amazing as always.

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Your analysis is spot-on as always! Yeah, despite the darker path, I wanted the key takeaway to be that they always cross paths in every universe.

Fun fact, the “third” universe where the asteroid gets destroyed is the setting of my upcoming cosmic horror novel. Bennu is the name of the asteroid in that book as well. 👀

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

Yesss, thank you! I’m glad my insights aren’t too jumbled. And when Benuu is said like THAT, is when it gets a little CREEPY. Looking so forward to it.

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

YES, wanted the love story and I got it. Even if it was hella sad. I feel you let the reader fill in the details with their life and that was amazing. My mind wandered about the love birds and it makes you BUILD a connection on top of the tight dialogue. Time for the horror one

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

I can't make up my mind.

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Haha, the choice is meant to make you think for sure. That being said, I think I prefer Universe A myself, though the ending is the same regardless. 🙏

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Rachel Tribble's avatar

Idk which was better. But the end!! What an ending!! This is amazing! 👏👏👏

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Thank you so much, Rachel! I wanted the takeaway here to be that, in every universe, they find each other.

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Rachel Tribble's avatar

I love it! Was such a fun read!

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Fistbump the Sky's avatar

Dunno if I did it correctly but UNIVERSE A ALL THE WAY!

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Haha, there's no "right or wrong path" for this story. The ending is the same regardless, which was the experiment here. Universe A is my preference as well, but I love to see which options people pick!

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Sarah Rusch's avatar

My -totally- unbiased opinion is that this is awesome. 🥹

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Haha, unbiased or not, I still appreciate you checking it out! 🥰

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