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A review by saruh_12
The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
3.0
This was a pretty good read. I liked the concept of the shady organization planting "love interests" to stay close to important people. I liked the way the author messed with the idea of the love triangle. The story was fast-paced and interesting; I polished most of the book off in an afternoon. There were some really great lines, especially at the end.
The book kind of fell apart for me on some of the finer points. Like, for example, there's no way Caden should've gotten away with as much as he did, considering he had a brain implant and his handler lady could hear his thoughts. I also just in general didn't understand the competition aspect. I get that it had to exist in order to create the love triangle, but it just didn't need to within the confines of the story. It seems wasteful to bring up these people to be spies and then essentially waste one of them in a useless competition. Or, why was the LIC messing around with athletes? It didn't seem like that kind of payout would be worth it in light of their other targets.
I also just couldn't get emotionally invested in the side characters, and I think I was meant to feel something about them. Meh.
So, this book was different and fun. I wish it would've been a little better, but it was an enjoyable read all the same.
The book kind of fell apart for me on some of the finer points. Like, for example, there's no way Caden should've gotten away with as much as he did, considering he had a brain implant and his handler lady could hear his thoughts. I also just in general didn't understand the competition aspect. I get that it had to exist in order to create the love triangle, but it just didn't need to within the confines of the story. It seems wasteful to bring up these people to be spies and then essentially waste one of them in a useless competition. Or, why was the LIC messing around with athletes? It didn't seem like that kind of payout would be worth it in light of their other targets.
I also just couldn't get emotionally invested in the side characters, and I think I was meant to feel something about them. Meh.
So, this book was different and fun. I wish it would've been a little better, but it was an enjoyable read all the same.