( I was having some trouble posting my image,  so i am leaving it out for now, but  I do have it completed. Still working on getting it on here.)

For this assignment I went with the reading "The Deadly Shadow". Although it didnt look like much from first apperances, from my experience back in the day of reading these things, the ones with the weirdest titles are usually winners. I was not disappointed.

The beautiful part to all CYOA is that your character could very well be in almost certain peril, and if you make the wrong decesion. Your character might die and you will be left having to go back and start again. This causes a dilemma, because no one really wants to waste time, so most people, i would assume try to think of the selection that will lead them to safety.  I am not one of those people, and try to put my character in as much risk as humanly possible. From my experience it usually will get you to the end no problem.

In my reading, I got to follow the story that of a secret agent sent on a mission to take down a bad guy named Demetrius. Well, this story is full of far fetched adventure and fun that any little kid might of enjoyed. The main character is put to the test quite a few times actually. Usually resulting in an almost certain death. The character is killed more then 80 percent of the time.

Reading through my story, there isnt much overlap at all. The reader must choose between going undercover as a gambler or an art collector. It is the beginning of a tree that turns into a variety of outcomes. There is one point in the story where the reader can end up failing at the art collector tree and having to go the gambler tree. That is the only overlap, and the main reason i found the story to be a tree.

CYOA stories always leave a little something to be desired, just from the fact that its writing is always a little bit sub par, but its almost impossible to write an incredible amount of detail for something that has so many possibilities. The book would end up being thousands of pages thick, and taking multiple years to read if you wanted to know all of the outcomes. Thats why they are what they are. Short books with the intention of being burned through over and over again. Once you're done with it. On to the next one. It always helps if they stay crazy in my opinion. I like a little excitement in the midst of it all.