The Kiss Quotient: TikTok made me buy it! (The Kiss Quotient, #1)

by Helen Hoang

Goodread's Romance Book of the Year, 2018

A Washington Post Book of the Year, 2018
An AmazonBook of the Year, 2018
Cosmopolitan's 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018
Elle Best Summer Reads 2018

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A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.

It's high time for Stella Lane to settle down and find a husband - or so her mother tells her. This is no easy task for a wealthy, successful woman like Stella, who also happens to have Asperger's. Analyzing data is easy; handling the awkwardness of one-on-one dates is hard. To overcome her lack of dating experience, Stella decides to hire a male escort to teach her how to be a good girlfriend.

Faced with mounting bills, Michael decides to use his good looks and charm to make extra cash on the side. He has a very firm no repeat customer policy, but he's tempted to bend that rule when Stella approaches him with an unconventional proposal.

The more time they spend together, the harder Michael falls for this disarming woman with a beautiful mind, and Stella discovers that love defies logic.

Heart-tugging, sexy and utterly joyful - The Kiss Quotient is a book for anyone who has been in love, or in lust...

• ISBN10: 1786496763
• ISBN13: 9781786496768
• Publish Date: 5 July 2018 (first published 5 June 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Imprint: Corvus
• Edition: Main
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[scarr]

Incredibly heart-warming and funny while also being very sexy.

[liz089]

This was a very interesting read. Very romantic and cute, lots of sex (in a good way) and well.. I loved the MC and Michael. The whole representation of autistic was very well done, I loved it.

[ibeforem]

This was a perfect, fun read for my vacation!

Stella is a young woman with autism who is convinced that her autism is keeping her from having good sex. With a mother who is hounding her to find a relationship, she tries looking at the problem the best way she knows how -- analytically. Surely, if she is bad at sex, she should find someone who is good at sex to show her what she is doing wrong, and how to do it right. So, Stella hires a sex worker.

Michael is using sex work to supplement his day job salary to help pay for his mother's medical bills. But he isn't sure what to think when Stella asks to hire him for multiple sessions to show him the ropes. Seeing clients more than once isn't supposed to be part of the plan.

What follows is a romance that ticks off the usual plot points, but it's sweet and entertaining and sexy. I definitely will be reading Hoang's next book.

[whisperingchapters]

4.5!!

[Jyc]

★☆ // i was initially into this thinking that it would be a quirky, new adult book and it did start as something pretty interesting. but then it got a bit muddled in the middle then ultimately sputtered out with typical romcom-y resolutions. there were so many things that could have been discussed regarding Stella—a woman with Asperger’s and how she navigates an emotion-filled and oftentimes irrational field of love when her brain and life follows rules and logic down to a tee. there was Michael who is an escort—a considered taboo profession that is frowned upon by the society, which could have been used to discuss filial piety in Asian households. somehow these huge chunks of what make them interesting characters and what should complete the story are relegated to the the background as some sort of minor obstacles in love that could apparently be solved by... courting? what. there’s just so much potential but obviously this writer was not interested in the economics of these circumstances. the end result is a letdown, and frankly i want my hours back.

”This crusade to fix herself was ending right now. She wasn't broken. She saw and interacted with the world in a different way, but that was her. She could change her actions, change her words, change her appearance, but she couldn't change the root of herself. At her core, she would always be autistic. People called it a disorder, but it didn't feel like one. To her, it was simply the way she was.”

[leahrosereads]

I may have read The Bride Test first, but I still loved this just as much! It had a really great main character and a rep I don't see a lot in books (Asperger's). So obviously, I appreciated that.

Wasn't a huge fan of all the miscommunications, but I understood the reasoning behind it, so I definitely can't fault the book.

I can't wait to see what other stories this author comes up with next.

[boghunden]

I really, really enjoyed this book.

I feel kind of bad to laugh at the main character, but she was just so sweet and funny and ugh, I loved her 3 I also really liked Michael, he seemed like a really great fit for her.

The writing style was great. I loved the dialogue, especially Stella's parts. She's just saying what she's thinking - no filter. Stella has Asperger's, and that's one of the things I love about her. She's also very smart, which unfortunately is a thing I don't see too often in romance. I really liked that about her.

Plotwise, there's so much to like! One of my favorite things about this book was the scene where Michael bumps into Elaine. That was just hilarious! Overall, this book had me laughing and smiling.

I had no interest in the author's other book before, but I certainly do now!

[mrs_mander_reads]

Love!

[jeannamichel]

I can't stop smiling! This was such a swoonworthy story. It was adorable, steamy, and fresh. I can't wait to read the sequel!

I downloaded from the library because I wanted something to read on my flight. I thought it was going to be more chick lit then a straight up romance novel. I almost quit it but I have trouble quitting books unless I can't stand it. It was ok and I did finish it. It was just completely unrealistic, predictable, and I didn't feel any strong emotion to the characters. To me it was more about the sex and how turned on by each other than anything more. I appreciate that the author was bringing awareness to someone on the spectrum. That part was interesting and what I've enjoyed about books like the Rosie Project and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine. This was more romance and less character driven than I was expecting. Like I said, it was ok, I was just expecting something else, and with more substance.