One of the biggest challenges to creating a Great AVN versus something that is good - very good, is the quality of the story and the emotional connections we make to some of the different characters in that story - my opinion of course.
Chasing Sunsets spends most of its development time focused on the two LIs, Jaye and Mallory. If someone is truly against incest or even the quasi appearance of incest, then Mallory is a good go to LI. If there is no objection to step siblings romancing each other (or the possibility that Jaye and Alex are even closer, in terms of a biological relationship) - then Jaye is a good LI.
They become great LIs to me because of how I empathize with their journeys and the challenges each of the three main characters has had to overcome.
I think the way the MC and Mallory could fall in love is very well done, and if your version of Alex, the MC, makes the choices that Jaye is, regardless of his continued fascination with red-haired, green-eyed women, no longer someone he wants to pursue, then the story supports it.
It does not mean that Jaye has forgotten her dreams and hopes for the MC - just that she has not given up hope yet and the next several chapters will show how her hopes and dreams for the MC do change when she realizes that he may love her as a Brother, but he is not interested in her romantically. (I see this coming but the specifics are TBA - I trust the devs to tell this as well as they have told the story up until this point).
For me - though, focusing on my Jaye first relationship, I have finally turned the corner with Jaye. We are on the same page and communicating about it. It is So rewarding to have overcome the challenges and miscommunications of the past to reach this point.
I had immense satisfaction rescuing Jaye when she fell overboard.
I laughed out loud when Tara gave me the cheat codes for date night with Jaye.
I was happy killing the assassin who murdered my parents and would have murdered Mallory and Jaye if I did not succeed - I was Not going to allow this weasel to get a second shot at me, Mallory or Jaye by showing mercy and giving his lawyers a chance to free him.
The flashback to David and that reminder of the lessons Alex had learned when he traveled with David - perfect.
There are very few authors/TV producers/Movie directors who give me that same sense of feeling the emotions of the moment and fewer still who give me the sense that My Alex made the difference I would want to make in his place.
For me, great entertainment is not just about seeing or hearing something - it is about Feeling something as well.
In this, Chasing Sunsets has done very well by me!
