Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets

First the good stuff, honestly this story rocks if your into Boys and Magic. From start to finish it held my attention, had me cursing in a few places and laughing and smiling in others. I found all of the RO options interesting, and really enjoyed the fact that there were plenty of opportunities to hang out with them and get to know them, before having to "choose." Also there were alot of flavor options as to how I wanted my MC to be behave / react to others and everything going on. The best thing I can think to say about a CYOA is that its really good when you cant think of a single place where you wish you had had a chance to choose something other than was written but no choice was offered. In this one you really do feel like you get a say on everything, and thats a very rewarding experience. Now on to the Less than good, the story brings up peoples skin color when introducing them,.... And i dont mean cream and ivory and ebony, but the racial references of "White" and "Blac...

I enjoyed this games and finished it roughly under 9 hours. The story was well done and kept me on my toes. I choose Alstair because I'm into mysterious men but Caleb or Halim wouldve been my second choice. I was a goody two shoes my first round and I plan to play a bad boy in the next round.

Excuse me... Where exactly is this college located in Tennessee? Not one, not even two, but ALL FIVE GUYS have the hots for you?! AND this is all happening WHILE you just started college?! (Yeah okay I know the real answer... Potion of magnetism. XD. It just... Had to be!) Since this game had a murder mystery: I obviously went for COMBAT mastery. It was unnecessary... V.V Because that... I am going to call it weird... CHOICE messed everything up! "Low-key hedonism" isn't flirting apparently! Good to know! Restarting did wonders and I couldn't choose a guy so I went/did all four of them. Sorry BEST FRIEND, but all you guys do is swear and flip one another off. You two don't give me ANY chemistry together. PAH! Four guys in... And I only liked two. One because he was mysterious... And a certain someone FORGOT to ask him about said "mystery"... COUGH... And the other one was Halim. I knew a Halim as a courtesan in another game, so this game reminded me of him. ...

TLDR... Romance options are plain and forgettable with very little depth MC has a set personality which may or may not work for you, it did not for me Much of the story's potential is wasted, barely branches Writing style isn't all that, needs to be trimmed down 1. The Romance Options They're not that good. Perhaps only halfway through the game, around chapter six out of twelve, do you actually get to know a bit more than the surface-level details about the characters. But you've already been made into thinking some of them are hot before then, and for what? because of the color of their hair or their supposedly good ass? I guess that might just be what you have to choose from when these characters are so Nothing. I wrote above that you finally get to know a bit more on the ROs halfway through, and it really is only a bit more. Even with these scenes, these characters are still so Plain, indistinct, and underdeveloped. Pick the stereotype you're most into, that's it. Unexciting and...

Really nice story. Solid main plot with some steamy scenes with all the (potential) boyfriends. 10/10, would recommend it to all my gay friends.

*I played this game in the Heart's Choice omnibus app* When Raven de Hart's Freshman Magic: Spellbooks and Tangled Sheets was announced on the Choice of Games forum a few months ago, I was excited. The second-ever m/m romance title from Heart's Choice would be a magical school story - a subgenre I can't get enough of. There would be five potential love interests, representing a whole spectrum of romantic archetypes and promising plenty of replay value. There would be a subplot about students going missing, and I always enjoy a good mystery. For almost three months I waited for this game to hit the market. A last-minute delay on the original release date only heightened my anticipation. When I finally sat down last weekend to start playing Freshman Magic, it was with the excitement of a child on Christmas morning. This was going to be good. With that kind of buildup, there's really no way this game could have met my expectations. And it didn't, except maybe for a little while in the b...

This is a pleasant little dive into a gay magical world with some interesting mystery hanging around, some interesting different magical paths, and plenty of romance options. At the moment of writing this, I've not finished my full first run through, but it's actually been decently erotic when those options are chosen.

Bought this for the romance options, fell in love with the duel scenes. They're so well done!

I was in the mood for learning some magic and romancing cute guys, so I decided to play this game and I wasn't disappointed. I really liked magic lessons and battles and the whole college life was fun. I was afraid we won't have enough time to get to know all the characters, but that wasn't the case. I found all the romanceable characters quite different but interesting and charming in their own way, so it was hard not to flirt with all of them. I romanced Noel and Alistair so far (but I'll definitely try out other routes as well), and their romances were everything I wanted. There were funny and heartfelt moments and the spicy scenes were well-written. The main plot mystery is easy to figure out, but I feel like it's intentional. I kind of wish it was longer, but still it's a good story with lovable characters and I recommend it to everyone who likes m/m romance and magic.

This game is perfect for homosexuals<3 I might hate real men but at least fictional men are usually amazing!