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The Kiss Quotient
by Helen Hoang
“Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases—a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old.
It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice—with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan—from foreplay to more-than-missionary position...
Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic...”
I originally read this when it came out because of Book of the Month. Anyway, I dnfed it after 200 pages and only had 114 pages left in the book. In my original review I said there was a lot of awkward dialogue. As well as not feeling a connection between our main characters. Then, I said there was a lot of repetitive thoughts over and over again. So, I finally finished the book via audiobook. Here is the reason why I picked it up again. I tried The Bride Test when it came out a few years ago and fell in love with it and then I just picked up The Heart Principle from Book of the Month. So, I decided I need to try it again. I did find things awkward again, but I associated it to because the main character is on the autism spectrum and at the time of reading this I had not had much experience with people who are on the spectrum like I have experienced now for my job. I did find this book to be a little lackluster compared to The Bride Test, but there were cute parts of this book and I listened to it within a day, so that says something. I do recommend this series.
It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice—with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan—from foreplay to more-than-missionary position...
Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic...”
I originally read this when it came out because of Book of the Month. Anyway, I dnfed it after 200 pages and only had 114 pages left in the book. In my original review I said there was a lot of awkward dialogue. As well as not feeling a connection between our main characters. Then, I said there was a lot of repetitive thoughts over and over again. So, I finally finished the book via audiobook. Here is the reason why I picked it up again. I tried The Bride Test when it came out a few years ago and fell in love with it and then I just picked up The Heart Principle from Book of the Month. So, I decided I need to try it again. I did find things awkward again, but I associated it to because the main character is on the autism spectrum and at the time of reading this I had not had much experience with people who are on the spectrum like I have experienced now for my job. I did find this book to be a little lackluster compared to The Bride Test, but there were cute parts of this book and I listened to it within a day, so that says something. I do recommend this series.