Love this game lots.

All the usual selling points of Choice of Games/Hosted Games titles are here - massive amounts of player choice, diversity, character customisation, fun stats.

This one does have a more set player archetype than most CoG games; you're playing a hero-turned-villain who's struggling with a very rough mental state, though how you develop your character within that (e.g. if you want to go full-out supervillain who relishes in violence and murder or you want to play a more regretful and open to redemption figure) gives you some variety.

The romance options that are here are fine, though the second book adds three more that I find vastly more interesting (with the exception of perhaps Ortega; their history with your character lends a lot to that dynamic). The puppet element is interesting, as is the fact that both you and your puppet can have certain relationships with characters, which is super complicated and probably a nightmare to code variations for but definitely a neat idea.