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The Kiss Quotient
by Helen Hoang
The Kiss Quotient follows Stella Lane, an econometrician with Asperger’s, and Michael Phan, a surprisingly kind escort Stella hires after deciding she needs more practice in the love department. Stella always imagined herself as a girl unable to enjoy romance, but after a few sessions with Michael, she’s starting to realize there’s a whole lot more to kissing, dating, and everything that comes after.
I probably went backward in order by reading The Bride Test first, but honestly, I’m kind of glad I did. This book seemed overall more up my alley, and that did end up being the case, and otherwise, I would have moved to The Bride Test and been even more disappointed. However, this book still wasn’t entirely my thing, though I did absolutely love the cute romance in this one.
The first hour/two hours spent reading this were fantastic, and I quickly become completely absorbed in the characters and story. I stupidly started this at midnight and found myself still reading 3 hours later. I should’ve just stayed up and finished it then because, for some reason, it lost some of its charm when I went back to it in the morning. This could be due to a ton of different reasons: my more awakened state, the time of day, splitting up the plot/story badly, etc. However, I overall just believe the last 30-40% of the book is weaker than the first half.
Most of this opinion comes from how abruptly things were resolved and then tied off. I guess I should have expected this from The Bride Test, where I had a similar issue, but I honestly kind of forgot the reading experience of that book. I was honestly just surprised when I finished the last chapter and flipped to the epilogue that took place months after. The resolution to the conflict also felt pretty weak and short, but I guess that’s partially due to the conflict hinging a lot on lack of communication/miscommunication/etc., as once the MCs actually start talking things come together real fast.
However, I did really like Michael and Stella, as well as their romance. While some moments in their perspectives got repetitive, I still felt like their ‘relationship’ was quite real, as well as their creation and growth as characters. Besides the miscommunication trope, I liked how their relationship progressed and how natural it felt + how cute it was. This is probably why I loved the first half much more than the second, as that hinged more on the growth of their relationship and focused on them getting to know each other. I guess I’m also just a sucky for tension.
Overall, I did really enjoy The Kiss Quotient, even if I wasn’t the biggest fan of how things wrapped up/how it progressed towards the end. I’ll definitely be trying Hoang’s other releases, as I really like the rep she has as well as the world she seems to be building within this family.
I probably went backward in order by reading The Bride Test first, but honestly, I’m kind of glad I did. This book seemed overall more up my alley, and that did end up being the case, and otherwise, I would have moved to The Bride Test and been even more disappointed. However, this book still wasn’t entirely my thing, though I did absolutely love the cute romance in this one.
The first hour/two hours spent reading this were fantastic, and I quickly become completely absorbed in the characters and story. I stupidly started this at midnight and found myself still reading 3 hours later. I should’ve just stayed up and finished it then because, for some reason, it lost some of its charm when I went back to it in the morning. This could be due to a ton of different reasons: my more awakened state, the time of day, splitting up the plot/story badly, etc. However, I overall just believe the last 30-40% of the book is weaker than the first half.
Most of this opinion comes from how abruptly things were resolved and then tied off. I guess I should have expected this from The Bride Test, where I had a similar issue, but I honestly kind of forgot the reading experience of that book. I was honestly just surprised when I finished the last chapter and flipped to the epilogue that took place months after. The resolution to the conflict also felt pretty weak and short, but I guess that’s partially due to the conflict hinging a lot on lack of communication/miscommunication/etc., as once the MCs actually start talking things come together real fast.
However, I did really like Michael and Stella, as well as their romance. While some moments in their perspectives got repetitive, I still felt like their ‘relationship’ was quite real, as well as their creation and growth as characters. Besides the miscommunication trope, I liked how their relationship progressed and how natural it felt + how cute it was. This is probably why I loved the first half much more than the second, as that hinged more on the growth of their relationship and focused on them getting to know each other. I guess I’m also just a sucky for tension.
Overall, I did really enjoy The Kiss Quotient, even if I wasn’t the biggest fan of how things wrapped up/how it progressed towards the end. I’ll definitely be trying Hoang’s other releases, as I really like the rep she has as well as the world she seems to be building within this family.