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3.09 AVERAGE
3.09 AVERAGE
“It doesn’t matter,” I say. “She’s the hero of this story, so how I feel is irrelevant.”
OKAY. I really, really enjoyed this book. This review is going to be short and to the point since I'm tired, but here's what you should expect from The Love Interest:
Caden and Dyl are both love interests. Essentially spies molded and trained to become someone's ideal love match, they're used by a secret organization to extract secrets and sell them for a high price. Enter Juliet, teen-genius. It's Caden and Dyl's mission to make her fall in love with them. Whoever doesn't get chosen is done for. Literally. They die. So... talk about one messy love triangle, huh?
The greatest parts of this book is it's meta-ness, to be honest. It pokes great fun at all YA novels, and questions the root of a lot of popular tropes, like why does 'the bad boy' have to be mean? And most of the time, love triangles are dumb as shit. It's also a great metaphor for toxic relationships, and it denies the idea that we our significant others are the center of our world, when that should never be the case.
It also makes you wonder what a love interest really is. And it makes you consider the fact that we're all protagonists of our own story, and whether we are all good and bad at the same time. Philosophically tight stuff right there.
What I didn't like was that the dialogue was a bit weird sometimes, and the ending seemed hurried to me. The epilogue was kind of lame, and I'd have loved to see a better resolution. Juliet's character, looking back a little seems sort of flat to me, but that may be intentional considering she's not the protagonist of the book, and the whole point is that Caden goes from a mere Love Interest to the protagonist of his own story. If it's not intended however, it's kind of yikes.
However the concept of the book was mighty interesting and it was definitely a good read. I'd recommend for fans of mystery and adventure.
when I die I want Cale Dietrich to lower me into my grave so he can let me down one last time
Absolutely fab concept, but clunky, bland writing with truly cringe-worthy dialogue and masses of clumsy exposition. I hope this book does well and finds readers who love and adore it, but alas, I'm not going to be one of them.
This book gets about a million points based solely on premise alone. Execution? Not so much. I wanted more romance to this book that was supposedly a satire or a send-up of YA (it definitely never decides whether it's satire or send-up, either, which is a little annoying) but it was some good, dumb fun and I didn't really feel like I was wasting time with it, so, over-all it was a pretty okay time.
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
The premise cleverly subverts the YA love triangle cliché, but the writing style never manages to transcend the genre in a similar fashion. And while it is empowering/ refreshing to see a gay relationship in the foreground, the relationship is still incredibly cheesy.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5. The beginning of this book was 100% what I needed right now. It hit all the fun tropes I expected and it warmed my heart. It also had a new premise that I was interested in learning about. I enjoyed the majority of the character interactions.
However, when the premise got further explained towards the end of the book and we learned more about the agency that does it, it all got a little bit ham fisted and the villain was pretty 2D. I also feel like the story suffered from having only one POV and I felt like some of the drama felt a bit flat.
However, when the premise got further explained towards the end of the book and we learned more about the agency that does it, it all got a little bit ham fisted and the villain was pretty 2D. I also feel like the story suffered from having only one POV and I felt like some of the drama felt a bit flat.
A fun read with little drama and lots of YA tropes. I accept the book as a parody and got my critical side down as I read it. I enjoyed the book despite not liking the writing style. However, the characters were amazing and fun. Worth the read to get away from a boring lifestyle.