I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

Review

This is now my third interactive book I have read. I greatly enjoy them. It provides the reader with a new experience each time the book is read. In the first chapter the reader can begin to make their own choices.

I liked deciding how this story played out and would highly recommend this book.

This is only the second adult "choose your own adventure" style book I've read. I love the format. However, the first one I couldn't rate a perfect 5 due to storyline issues. This one is perfect. I enjoyed all of the separate storylines, the characters, and the situations. Really good writing too for a novella. Usually, the shorter format can mean that the plot suffers. However, despite a dystopian, apocalypse style of story this one is uplifting and romantic. I really enjoyed this story. I highly recommend it and look forward to more by this author.

I received this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was a new experience. I never read a game book back in the day, so this was the first time for me with a branched book.
The first reaction: PANIC! Oh my God, what do I choose??? I'm not used to decide what the heroine must do!!!
The final reaction: total satisfaction. I loved it!!! It was so funny. I reread it al last 5 times.
Vote: 4 stars

* I RECEIVED A FREE copy of this BOOK from http://www.netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review.*

This is a unique BOOK. It is published by SilkWords. “Silkwords is the go-to source for interactive women’s fiction.”

This BOOK is like the choose-your-own-adventure stories that I remember reading as a kid. The introduction at the beginning of the BOOK describes it best.

“Blurring the line between fiction and gaming, SilkWords OFFERS quality romance and erotica that allows individual readers to choose how stories proceed.”

Wow! What a great idea. This is a unique reading experience and one that I highly recommend to everyone.

TOXIC LOVE is a novella about a woman named Chloe Parikh.

The air all across the United States is filled with Tox75, a poison which causes almost instantaneous death. Chloe has not been outside since she was three years old, back when the air was still clean enough to breathe.

Chloe has just moved to Las VEGAS from Oklahoma City. She has taken the job of a performer. It took a lot of hard work and effort to obtain a one year visa to work in entertainment in VEGAS and Chloe wants to make the visa permanent.

A freak event exposes Chloe to Tox75 and she finds out that she is one of a small number of people who are immune to the toxic air.

When GenFriends finds out about her immunity they OFFER her a permanent visa. They want her to partner with another immune and make babies. After four babies she can “retire” with a modest income.

Chloe must decide what to do.

It is at this point that readers must choose the direction the story will take. As the story progresses the reader must make more choices.

As a reader it can sometimes be frustrating when a character makes a decision that the reader disagrees with. This book gives the reader all the power.

I absolutely LOVED reading this novella and there was no way I could stop at reading it just once. I had to go back after finishing each version of the story & make different choices just to see what would happen.

It is not just the fact that readers get to make choices that makes TOXIC LOVE such a great read. It is also the quality of the writing and the fact that the romance is well written. I also admire the detail of the world the author was able to include in such a short span of time. I also love that the author calls the setting the atoxalypse rather than the apocalypse. Very clever!

I heartily rate this novella as 5 out of 5 stars.

To read the first chapter FREE ONLINE go to: https://www.silkwords.com/stories/toxic_love_novella.

To learn more about this author visit http://www.jaxgarren.com

Toxic Love is a "Choose Your Own Adventure" type story. At the beginning, we meet Chloe Parikh, an actress on a temporary work visa in Las Vegas. Only a few years old when the Tox75 poison was released, Chloe hasn't been outside in twenty years. When her helmet is cracked while skydiving to her new job in Vegas, Chloe discovers that she is one of a very small percentage immune to Tox75. Contacted by GenFriends, Chloe is given the opportunity to receive a permanent visa that would allow her to stay in Vegas, with the stipulation that she join the GenFriends program and breed children with other Immunes.

This is where the story first branches, and you have the opportunity to help decide Chloe's story. Does she stay in Vegas and join GenFriends? Doe she refuse and try to find a way to stay in Vegas? Does she go back to her Ex in Oklahoma City? This is a fun and interesting story that explores a civilization shrouded by poisoned air, with only a few lucky people able to go outside. Well-written with likeable characters, I immediately found myself rooting for Chloe and wanting her to be happy. None of the story paths lead to an unhappy ending, though some endings are obviously better than others. The sections flow together well, so that it's easy to follow the different paths without it feeling disjointed. I was very happy with this book and the different paths available, and it was fun to see how one decision can completely change the live of the character... Often for the better!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.