The Love Interest
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9781250107138
Pages
373 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
There is a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies. The agents are called Love Interests because getting close to people destined for great power means getting valuable secrets. Caden is a Nice: The boy next door, sculpted to physical perfection. Dylan is a Bad: The brooding, dark-souled guy, and dangerously handsome. The girl they are competing for is important to the organization, and each boy will pursue her. Will she choose a Nice or the Bad? Both Caden and Dylan are living in the outside world for the first time. They are well-trained and at the top of their games. They have to be – whoever the girl doesn’t choose will die.What the boys don’t expect are feelings that are outside of their training. Feelings that could kill them both.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL620L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; Bisexuality; gay; gay teenager; bisexual; bisexual teenager
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
foster mother and father
LGBTQ+
gay male; bisexual male
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2017
Rainbow List, 2018 Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
lies; spy; plastic surgery; questioning; love triangle; duplicity; gender stereotypes; heteronormativity; scientist
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Dietrich, Cale, "The Love Interest" (2017). Diverse Families. 1493.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1493