A review by lotusross
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

2.0

“Just because something isn’t perfect doesn’t mean we need to throw it away.”

This was SO boring and disappointing! I couldn't for the life of me feel anything for the romance (when it was there!). The first part of the book felt like a retelling of The Kiss Quotient where the escorting was substituted with dating app. The chemistry was lacking and the development was so nonexistent that it felt forced when they went from point A to point B. And towards the 50% mark onward, it wasn't even a romance book; the romance very much took a back-burner and there was barely anything going on between them, which felt very awkward and ridiculous when Quan dropped the L word out of the blue, I was convinced maybe there were some chapters my copy was missing? Because surely the lackluster scenes they had could not be it and did not lead to love? But alas, it wasn't that.

Also; the plot for the second part just bored me to death even more, not to mention how enraged Anna's sister made me...

ANYWAY. All in all, this was not at all what I expected and now I'm starting that maybe The Kiss Quotient was the exception, not the rule.