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lenny3 's review for:
The Bride Test
by Helen Hoang
Ohhh I didn't love this as much as I wanted too. While it had some fantastic elements that I loved (loved the rep of a smart, capable protagonist who happened to have broken english), it just didn't have the magic of Hoangs debut.
Before I go into this, I want to make it clear that I can not speak to the ASD rep, and please look to own voices reviewers for comments on that, how ever I was not big on the ASD 'reveal'. Obviously those who have read the Kiss Quotient were aware going in, however, the fact that it took almost 50% of the book for the word autistic to apear on page, isn't sitting ok. It was almost treated as a twist or big reveal, with a big build up of 'unexplained behaviours'.
I will say however, Hoang knows how to write some steaminess, lawd!! And once I was over my discomfort regarding the ASD announcement, I could not put this down!
Before I go into this, I want to make it clear that I can not speak to the ASD rep, and please look to own voices reviewers for comments on that, how ever I was not big on the ASD 'reveal'. Obviously those who have read the Kiss Quotient were aware going in, however, the fact that it took almost 50% of the book for the word autistic to apear on page, isn't sitting ok. It was almost treated as a twist or big reveal, with a big build up of 'unexplained behaviours'.
I will say however, Hoang knows how to write some steaminess, lawd!! And once I was over my discomfort regarding the ASD announcement, I could not put this down!