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--> [[spoiler:'''April''']]: You know the worst part of it all? I feel like we could have been friends under different circumstances. ''([[spoiler:April]] flexes the bat)'' But you're just too smart. Goodbye, Valentine Blake Stone. ''(SmashToBlack)''

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--> ---> [[spoiler:'''April''']]: You know the worst part of it all? I feel like we could have been friends under different circumstances. ''([[spoiler:April]] flexes the bat)'' But you're just too smart. Goodbye, Valentine Blake Stone. ''(SmashToBlack)''
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** Finally, [[spoiler: April]] prepares to kill Blake.

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** *** Finally, [[spoiler: April]] prepares to kill Blake.
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** The last few chapters seemed to indicate there was a criminal conspiracy at the Hospital and Perdita may have been investigating it, but again, it didn't get much focus and was never resolved.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Is she still alive, or is she really dead? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.



** Joanna Morgan has things even worse. She was sent to conversion therapy ''at the age of 12'', and by the time it was over, she hated everything about herself, but her parents didn't care as long as she was "cured". Her secret girlfriend was murdered on Homecoming night (just before they were about to elope), her teacher (who was helping her through the whole ordeal) was arrested for something he didn't even do, and she's forced to out herself to prove him innocent (after which she is disowned by her parents).
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Is she still alive, or is she really dead? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.

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** Joanna Morgan has things even worse. She was sent to conversion therapy ''at the age of 12'', and by the time it was over, she hated everything about herself, but her parents didn't care as long as she was "cured". Her secret girlfriend was murdered on Homecoming night (just before they were about to elope), her teacher (who was helping her through the whole ordeal) was arrested for something he didn't even do, and she's forced to out herself to prove him innocent (after which she is disowned by her parents).
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Is she still alive, or is she really dead? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.
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** Finally, [[spoiler: April prepares to kill Blake]].

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** Finally, [[spoiler: April April]] prepares to kill Blake]].Blake.
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* LGBTFanbase: While many ''Choices'' stories have this in some capacity (owing to its relaxed attitude towards same-sex relationships), this book pulls out all the stops for LGBT representation, and fans applauded it. The main character has several different dialogue choices when the topic of LGBT representation comes up that describe their experiences both good and bad (ranging from having a loving community to experiencing queerphobia and people "not getting" their sexuality or gender identity), two of the love interests are canonically bisexual instead of the usual "playersexual", [[spoiler: the murder victim]] is bisexual and in a same-sex relationship with someone who couldn't make their relationship known because of the latter's homophobic parents, there's an entire subplot about one of the love interests realising he may not be straight if a non-female main character romances him, and the book does not shy away from mentioning the horrors of conversion therapy and what one poor girl had to go through because her parents thought she needed to be "cured" (a boundary that many fans thought ''Choices'' would never have the guts to break). All of this makes the book praised for its no-holds-barred discussion of sexuality and gender identity, with just about every facet of the spectrum shown.

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* LGBTFanbase: While many ''Choices'' stories have this in some capacity (owing to its relaxed attitude towards same-sex relationships), this book pulls out all the stops for LGBT representation, and fans applauded it. it (though disappointed that the main character is ''still'' unable to cross-dress despite being potentially transgender or nonbinary). The main character has several different dialogue choices when the topic of LGBT representation comes up that describe their experiences both good and bad (ranging from having a loving community to experiencing queerphobia and people "not getting" their sexuality or gender identity), two of the love interests are canonically bisexual instead of the usual "playersexual", [[spoiler: the murder victim]] is bisexual and in a same-sex relationship with someone who couldn't make their relationship known because of the latter's homophobic parents, there's an entire subplot about one of the love interests realising realizing he may not be straight if a non-female main character romances him, and the book does not shy away from mentioning the horrors of conversion therapy and what one poor girl had to go through because her parents thought she needed to be "cured" (a boundary that many fans thought ''Choices'' would never have the guts to break). All of this makes the book praised for its no-holds-barred discussion of sexuality and gender identity, with just about every facet of the spectrum shown.
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* LGBTFanbase: While many ''Choices'' stories have this in some capacity (owing to its relaxed attitude towards same-sex relationships), this book pulls out all the stops for LGBT representation, and fans applauded it. The main character has several different dialogue choices when the topic of LGBT representation comes up that describe their experiences both good and bad (ranging from having a loving community to experiencing queerphobia and people "not getting" their sexuality or gender identity), two of the love interests are canonically bisexual instead of the usual "playersexual", [[spoiler: the murder victim]] is bisexual and in a same-sex relationship with someone who couldn't make their relationship known because of the latter's homophobic parents, there's an entire subplot about one of the love interests realising he may not be straight if a non-female main character romances him, and the book does not shy away from mentioning the horrors of conversion therapy and what one poor girl had to go through because her parents thought she needed to be "cured" (a boundary that many fans thought ''Choices'' would never have the guts to break). All of this makes the book praised for its no-holds-barred discussion of sexuality and gender identity, with just about every facet of the spectrum shown.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Is she still alive. or is she really dead? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Is she still alive. alive, or is she really dead? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Is she still alive. or is she really dead? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.



** Joanna Morgan has things even worse. She was sent to conversion therapy ''at the age of 12'', and by the time it was over, she hated everything about herself, but her parents didn't care as long as she was "cured". Her secret girlfriend was murdered on Homecoming night (just before they were about to elope), her teacher (who was helping her through the whole ordeal) was arrested for something he didn't even do, and she's forced to out herself to prove him innocent (after which she is disowned by her parents).

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** Joanna Morgan has things even worse. She was sent to conversion therapy ''at the age of 12'', and by the time it was over, she hated everything about herself, but her parents didn't care as long as she was "cured". Her secret girlfriend was murdered on Homecoming night (just before they were about to elope), her teacher (who was helping her through the whole ordeal) was arrested for something he didn't even do, and she's forced to out herself to prove him innocent (after which she is disowned by her parents).parents).
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, it never got a resolution.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Even until the end, this plot thread never got a resolution.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Even This plot thread didn't get much focus, and even until the end, this plot thread it never got a resolution.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What happened to Perdita? Didn't she disappear like, 4 years ago? Even until the end, this plot thread never got a resolution.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer in Chapter 15 felt quite obvious to some fans, primarily due to the fact that [[spoiler:she has epilepsy]].

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* CaptainObviousReveal: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer in Chapter 15 felt quite obvious to some fans, primarily due to the fact that [[spoiler:she has epilepsy]].epilepsy, which gives her access to the drug used on Gabbie, which is used to treat nervous disorders]].

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* CaptainObviousReveal: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer in Chapter 15 felt quite obvious to some fans, primarily due to the fact that [[spoiler:she has epilepsy]].



* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer in Chapter 15 felt quite obvious to some fans.
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*** [[spoiler: April]] spends much of the chapter [[BatterUp armed with a baseball bat]], intending to bludgeon Blade to death, complete with accompanying sound effects. At one point, Blake has to reach the roof, where [[spoiler: Claudia has been taken]]. If they take the elevator, they encounter [[spoiler: April]] waiting for them, baseball bat in hand. Cue GameOver.

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*** [[spoiler: April]] spends much of the chapter [[BatterUp armed with a baseball bat]], intending to bludgeon Blade Blake to death, complete with accompanying sound effects. At one point, Blake has to reach the roof, where [[spoiler: Claudia has been taken]]. If they take the elevator, they encounter [[spoiler: April]] waiting for them, baseball bat in hand. Cue GameOver.
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--> [[spoiler:'''April''']]: You know the worst part of it all? I feel like we could have been friends under different circumstances.

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--> [[spoiler:'''April''']]: You know the worst part of it all? I feel like we could have been friends under different circumstances. ''([[spoiler:April]] flexes the bat)'' But you're just too smart. Goodbye, Valentine Blake Stone. ''(SmashToBlack)''
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* NigtmareFuel:
** Gabbie's death scene in Chapter 1. Blake finds her lifeless body floating in the swimming pool, and her hand appears to be bleeding. Beforehand, she received a threatening note with the message "WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID" scribbled on it and a razor blade inside the note.
** Most of Chapter 15.
*** [[spoiler: April Morris, Brett's sister]] is revealed to be the killer. As soon as the reveal happens, [[spoiler: April]]'s angry face is seen for the first time, and it's terrifying.
*** [[spoiler: April]] spends much of the chapter [[BatterUp armed with a baseball bat]], intending to bludgeon Blade to death, complete with accompanying sound effects. At one point, Blake has to reach the roof, where [[spoiler: Claudia has been taken]]. If they take the elevator, they encounter [[spoiler: April]] waiting for them, baseball bat in hand. Cue GameOver.
*** Once Blake reaches the rooftop, they find [[spoiler: Claudia]], who has been tied up and injected with a drug. [[spoiler: April]] reveals that this time, they got the dosage right.
*** [[spoiler: April reveals her motives to Blake; Gabbie got Brett arrested, while Claudia broke up with him, and she wanted to avenge her brother. During her motive rant, April reveals that she didn't intend to kill Gabbie, she was merely supposed to be knocked unconscious by the drugs injected into her system so that she'd miss being crowned Homecoming queen. Gabbie, however, fell into the pool, and April just stood there and ''[[MurderByInaction watched her die]]''. Worse, April shows no remorse for what she did, believing that two innocent people deserve to die for hurting her brother, even though he's hurt many more people a lot worse.]]
** Finally, [[spoiler: April prepares to kill Blake]].
--> [[spoiler:'''April''']]: You know the worst part of it all? I feel like we could have been friends under different circumstances.
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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer in Chapter 15 seemed quite obvious to some fans.

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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer in Chapter 15 seemed felt quite obvious to some fans.
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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer seemed quite obvious to some fans.

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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer in Chapter 15 seemed quite obvious to some fans.
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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer seemed quite obvious.

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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer seemed quite obvious.obvious to some fans.
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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion'', the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer seemed quite obvious.

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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion'', Passion''), the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer seemed quite obvious.
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* ObviousJudas: Unlike in previous murder mystery stories where the killer suddenly reveals themself (such as ''Veil of Secrets'', ''The Unexpected Heiress'' and ''Crimes of Passion'', the reveal of [[spoiler:April]] as Gabbie's killer seemed quite obvious.
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* CatharsisFactor: The premium scene in Chapter 14 where Joanna finally stands up to her homophobic father, calling him out for controlling her and trying to change who she is under the guise of maintaining a happy family image while he himself cheats on his wife. Even better, Joanna can either send proof of the affair to his wife or delete the evidence under the condition that her father never contacts her ever again.
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* TheWoobie:
** Mr. Lewis, the kind-hearted chemistry teacher. Despite being well-loved initially, he's falsely accused of being in a relationship with one of his students (who was recently murdered) and arrested. Though he's eventually found not guilty, the incident made him quit his job entirely. He was also disowned by his parents for being gay, with his mother refusing to ever let him back into the family home unless he ended his "wicked relationship" (not with Gabbie, as previously thought, but another man).
** Joanna Morgan has things even worse. She was sent to conversion therapy ''at the age of 12'', and by the time it was over, she hated everything about herself, but her parents didn't care as long as she was "cured". Her secret girlfriend was murdered on Homecoming night (just before they were about to elope), her teacher (who was helping her through the whole ordeal) was arrested for something he didn't even do, and she's forced to out herself to prove him innocent (after which she is disowned by her parents).

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