Yes I am a little bit past being a YA. But I love a good YA book. Often it is only the characters that are YA but the stories are amazing and ageless.
We all know the usual or typical story device of girl meets two boys, one is a "good" guy the other more a "bad"boy. She begins to have feelings for them both, they both do their best to win her heart, and in the end she picks one and they all live happily ever after.
Well this story takes that trope and twists and turns and bends and snarks it.
Imagine if you will that the two boys trying to woo the girl aren't exactly what they seem. What if they were the assets of a super secret agency that trains young people to be Love Interests. There are goods and bads and they must compete to make their target fall in love with and choose them. The chosen gets to spend their life spying on and giving the target's secrets to the agency which then sells the secrets to the highest bidder. And the one that isn't chosen, the loser? Well let's just say unrequited love is deadly.
Now imagine if you will that even knowing this you learn that they still aren't what they seem, these boys. And they begin to learn about themselves and life and choice....That is just scratching the surface of The Love Interest.
I thoroughly enjoyed Dietrich's style and flair for snark, his poking fun at the typical teen coming of age romance trope even as he spins a tale of love and coming of age. Was a fun and interesting, well spun story!! I look forward to more from Cale Dietrich.
(Finished June 13, 2017)
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