--- product_id: 42593992 title: "Love Interest Paperback – April 10, 2018" brand: "cale dietrich" price: "13 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: false reviews_count: 18 category: "Books" url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42593992-love-interest-paperback-april-10-2018 store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Love Interest Paperback – April 10, 2018 **Brand:** cale dietrich **Price:** 13 zł **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Love Interest Paperback – April 10, 2018 by cale dietrich - **How much does it cost?** 13 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42593992-love-interest-paperback-april-10-2018) ## Best For - cale dietrich enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted cale dietrich brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Love Interest Paperback – April 10, 2018 - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51h7lAJWkaL.jpg) ![Love Interest Paperback – April 10, 2018 - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z8rHC+Z+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ ... looking forward to eagerly was this one – The Love Interest. The premise of two spies who were ... *by R***C on Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2017* One of the books I was looking forward to eagerly was this one – The Love Interest. The premise of two spies who were supposed to the rival honeypots, instead falling in love with each other had me excited. As a concept, it is definitely novel and I was excited to see how the story would play out. When I did read through a third of it, though, I was starting to get disappointed. I don’t know if I hyped it in my mind, but it was not the amazing novel I was hoping for.In the world of the Love Interest, a secret organization above the law keeps and brings up orphan or foster kids as Love Interests, spies whose only mission is to integrate themselves into their assigned targets’s lives and pass on information. Now, this of course makes you suspend belief because it assumes that the person has to be a lifelong partner – like they are expecting them to hang on in relationships in this century! (It is explained away in the ending, but I was not wholly convinced) Caden and Dylan are a Nice and a Bad, respectively, a call out to the trope of the nice guy and the bad boy, often found in YA lit. In fact, the novel subtly and sometimes even overtly pokes fun at YA lit tropes, especially those that are usually found in contemporary fiction.Anyway, Caden and Dylan start to bond and form a friendship, and before long Caden starts to realize that he is falling for Dylan. Their being rivals for their target, Juliet, and a death sentence for the one who fails, their relationship is of course the opposite of ideal circumstances. It grows and they sneak around, but neither can deny that there is no future for them. It is kind of a YOLO love plot, and it is cute, but you know what would have been better? If we had a Dylan POV as well! And the whole targeting teenagers for lifelong spy partners was on shaky ground. Aged up characters (like maybe college or post-college) would have probably been more apt for this storyline.Moving onto the world-building, I felt it was very basic and explained away simply as – secret spy organization so secret that even the government does not know. They have all this cool tech and all, and are hiding away these kids in centers all over the world, but nah – NO ONE KNOWS! *sigh* I expected better. Even Juliet and her tech comes across as rudimentary. The girl is a freaking genius, but it is all pushed aside for teenage angst. The science fiction element of the plot felt wasted when Caden had a handler who sometimes could listen to him, but sometimes did not. The whole implant thing itself was barely explained! It is speaking telepathically or reading thoughts? Because it seemed to be both at once!Overall, I was sort of disappointed in the book. Don’t get me wrong – it was enjoyable, and the writing is pretty good, but it felt like the book tried to be many things and just settled on being a gay romance plot, rather than being a genre fiction with gay characters. ### ⭐ One of the worst books I have ever read. *by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2019* This book is capital B Bad.It's as simple as that.It may even be one of the worst books I've ever read.Mainly, it's the writing. As I've mentioned in a few updates, it comes off as wholly generic, amateurish, and seeming as if written by a horny teenager on Tumblr trying their hand at some sort of fanfiction. There is nothing that makes it spark, leaving it a lifeless husk of empty words and pages that may as well have been blank with stick figure drawings in place of plot points. It's a fine example, too, of 'telling-not-showing'. I cringed the whole way through, but mostly that's due to the fact that the author could get something this bland published. The world ain't fair, you see.*Instead of opting for coherency and structure in the latter half of this review, I'll just copy & paste the observations I jotted down in my notebook while reading:-"...the world's most covert and powerful spy organization" had me laughing. Seriously, it's handled like Kindergarten. None of these people exude any sort of professional demeanor or competence. Caden is given his "backstory" for his mission role, but it's settled in a crash-course style only a few hours before meeting his mark. That would not happen. Kaylee, his handler explaining all of this, is just a tool for exposition, and nothing more. Although her character is present throughout (in a way), she completely vanishes towards the end with no explanation. That's poor plotting.-The Love Interests have no credibility as "spies" at a prestigious private school, because they are all basic and stupid.-The attempts at humor are mediocre and flat. To put it simply: not funny.-Nicki Minaj: The MC is obsessed with her, which actually did make me laugh, but because he talks about her and Beyoncé like many of my gay friends do. So, ya know, it was blatantly obvious within the first few chapters where this was going. Also, nothing against liking her or her music, but it felt out of place in a novel such as this.-All the post-millennial bs is so utterly juvenile and distracting.-I can't deal with all these plot holes. It's excruciating how poorly executed this story is in terms of writing, character, plot progression, etc.-- it fails on every level.-I find it funny just how unimpressive the "LIC" is, as well as those that come from it. Caden and Dylan, especially. I mean, you were raised in a covert spy school, and yet you have absolutely nothing to show for it. The "Love Interests" might as well have been average Joe's and Jane's plucked off the streets for the amount of knowledge and expertise they presented themselves with.-I'd give examples to support all my criticisms, that is, if I weren't too busy trying to move on with my life, and as far away from Cale Dietrich's 'The Love Interest' as I can humanly get.Maybe I'll take this book to my local mall, chuck the blasted thing into Claire's or Forever 21 like it's on fire, and run like Hell...Maybe I'll steal a boat, jettison across the great wide blue, wrap the book in chains and drop it in the middle of the Atlantic...Maybe I'll just stop talking about it and never mention it again...These daydreams entertain me more than the book I just read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely romance with ridiculous world building. *by K***A on Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2017* Well… What can I say? I really really loved the romance in this book. But the world building was a mess. If it was supposed to be proper dystopian YA it wasn’t thought throw enough. Too many plot holes, even if I know quite a few popular, award winning even, dystopias with a lot less sense behind the premise. But if the book was intended as parody on the genre, which I quite sure it was, the stuff was not enough ridiculous or exaggerated. For instance if the bad guys were aliens it would have be perfect. I mean life is so much more complicated than Nice vs Bad love interest. But evil alien plot could make the use of the stereotype so much more logical… Just saying. Also I wish the side characters were developed a bit more, the girls in particular.On other hand there is the love story. Perfect, tender, charming romance; totally realistic and adorable. I swallowed the book in 2 days, because the romance outshined the plot holes by far. Especially because I really liked Caden as narrator. And I loved Dyl as the True love interest.And then there was the epilogue. Little brilliant piece of romantic writing. This epilogue along deserves the 4 star rating! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42593992-love-interest-paperback-april-10-2018](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/42593992-love-interest-paperback-april-10-2018) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*