He was ignoring everyone, including her, at this expensive wedding. So he could read a novel about alien demon things. My soulmate!I am going to share this again closer to publication, but after my experience with The Kiss Quotient and how it quite literally changed my life, I just couldn't wait to read this. And I gave a lot of thought to my rating. Five stars for a cute smutty romance? Really? But these books are very special to me and I think, deep down, they are actually a lot more than c

reading the romance finalists for the 2019 goodreads choice awardsbitch i am WEAKhelen hoang's writing makes the upstairs and the downstairs damp if u catch my drift ok i'll see myself out

I like Helen Hoang’s writing and how she writes romantic stories about different kinds of people. I loved loved loved The Kiss Quotient and had high hopes for her second novel. Overall, The Bride Test is fun. Hoang is a great storyteller. I loved the characters she created here. Khai, Esme/Mÿ were compelling as were their families. The sexy parts were sexy. There were interesting tensions throughout the novel. Esme was a particularly admirable character because she had a clear sense of self and

Many thanks to Berkely for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest reviewThis is one of my favorite books that deals with mental illness! To see the others and to here me ramble about my brain, watch my video, A Brief Trip Inside My Mind!------------------- Everyone deserved to love and be loved back. Everyone. Even her. Is this what heaven is like? For the first time in -Checking... - six months, my little shriveled soul got a little less shriveled. This book grabbed my heart, tie...

🥰 The Bride Test is a sexy and sweet romance story with substance. 💖 Khai Diep is handsome, successful and autistic. He doesn't feel things like others and believes he is incapable of the emotion required for love. Khai's mother wants nothing more than to see her son married, even if it means going to Vietnam and finding his future bride herself! Esme (My) is a hardworking, single mother who only wants to provide the best for her family. At her mother's urging, she accepts the offer to spend the...

I'll admit I was disappointed when I finished this one because I did enjoy The Kiss Quotient and had high hopes this would be a good read as well. Lack of good chemistry is the main issue I had with this book and why it was only an okay read. Once again the author has featured characters that are underrepresented in fiction which is awesome but given romance is such a big part of the story, the fact I wasn't really feeling it, was a significant problem. Other readers really connected with the ch...

I legit had a huge smile on my face from start to finish (okay, okay, I did cry at certain parts!!). Along with almost everyone who read The Kiss Quotient I have been anticipating this book for a year. After loving Helen Hoang's first book I was super hyped for her next work AND IT SURPASSED MY EXPECTATIONS!!Esme is struggling in Vietnam to support her family. They rely on her and when the opportunity to go to America is presented — by a woman who is desperate to find a good Vietnamese girl for

ARC provided by Berkley in exchange for an honest review. “It felt too big. At the same time, it didn’t feel like enough.” The Bride Test is the most anticipated sophomore novel from Helen Hoang, AKA: the goddess who we do not deserve and who gifted us The Kiss Quotient! And this book is following a couple of characters who we originally met in that debut! I didn’t love this installment as much as I did The Kiss Quotient, but I still think that this book is a treasure and that Helen Ho...

“I’m not lonely. I like being alone.”So, it’s a bit awkward when you go from rating a book 5-stars to downgrading it to anything less than. The re-reading experience for this book was slightly different than the first one I had. I reread books all the time. Rarely does it happen when my experience of it changes. Usually my feelings toward the book intensifies. I can’t say that was the case with this story. My issues mainly occurred during the first 100 pages or so. They were slightly jarring. I

The Bride Test is the second installment in Helen Hoang's collection of adult romance standalones titled The Kiss Quotient. As opposed to many other readers, I personally enjoyed The Bride Test much more than its predecessor. Hoang continues to be inclusive with a high-functioning autistic primary character. Subtle education about this amazing population shatters ignorant stereotypes as we witness internal processing, growth, and love. Yes, love. Doesn't it look and feel different to us all rega...

A romance with characters that express so much more than just physical attraction, but also grasps the heart of the reader with the tender emotions that are portrayed... Once this beauty landed in my hands, I knew that there was no backing down of putting everything to the side and start it. That's what Helen Hoang does to you once you get a small glimpse of her writing. I remember last year how hesitant I was about reading The Kiss Quotient because of all the hype and love it kept getting. W

Still good (I cried), but the dynamics of this relationship are not my fave. Also, I have to say it again, not enough smut, especially compared to Hoang's other two books. _____I am not going to up this to 5 stars. I mostly agree with my old review - this book needs about 100% more smut in it. And this time around the whole immigrant story line made me extra anxious and sad (Even though I find that immigrant experience here is portrayed in a sugar-coated way. It is 10 times harder to get through...

my initial reaction after finishing this was to gush about how cute the story is. i love, love, love the diversity of characters and the autism representation. i absolutely adore khai with every fibre of my being and seeing him grow was such a rewarding feeling.that being said, i couldnt ignore a tiny nagging poke at the back of my brain. after taking some time to think about it, im not quite sure i adore this as much as i thought i did. i still love khai and i think his character is someone who...

I AM SPEECHLESS!!!!!! this book was EVERYTHING WHAT??? The way everyone only hypes up The Kiss Quotient (well deserved) but forget about this MASTERPIECE??? a crime!!!!! There was not a single moment of this book that didn’t have me by my neck. I loved the writing and I had butterflies the entire time. Khai quickly became one of my favorite book boyfriends ever???? and Esme was a whole ✨ accountant ✨ queen! I could quite literally talk about this book all day so lemme end this before I overdo it...

Helen Hoang has done it again! Similarly to The Kiss Quotient, this perfectly balances a mix of charming romance and deeper topics and I loved the heck out of it. The only thing that really kept me from giving this a full 5 stars was the weird power imbalance between Khai and Esme. I never doubted them or their feelings for each other, but it did just feel a little weird as a reader knowing the stakes and the secrets that were being kept behind the scenes. With all that being said I still HIGHLY...

Another sweet, sexy winner from Helen Hoang.The protagonist Khai Diep is Michael's cousin from The Kiss Quotient. He is autistic, nerdy and prefers tax conventions to concerts. Ever since the death of his bestfriend in a freak accident at 15, Khai believes himself to be incapable of emotions, which prevents him from forming any meaningful relationships outside of his family. His perpetually single status forces his overbearing but well meaning mother to find a bride from Viet Nam. Her find is a

ok, so despite my average rating, this book was actually super cute!Last year I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. It was enjoyable and cute and oh, so unique. Never had I read a book from the point of view of a character on the autism spectrum. To be honest, its something I never even thought about, especially not when it came to romance novels. I really do wish that more authors take that POV into account in the future as it was definitely an interestin...