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The Kiss Quotient
by Helen Hoang
(I'm not someone who is qualified to review or judge books. I just ramble about whether I liked the book or not. It's just me recording my first thoughts for myself. But if you decide to proceed past this, I apologize for the mistakes. Literary and otherwise.)
Okay. So this wasn't my first time reading an adult romance, I mean I've read one before but that doesn't count as much of an experience in this genre. And Fifty Shades doesn't count as romance.
I read this because I wanted to read a book by an Asian author who I couldn't relate to but was curious about. And the whole own voices thing with the main character having Asperger's like the author, really piqued my curiosity.
I didn't expect it to have so much sexual content, I guess and it really made me blush. As I've said before I've barely only read YA romances and those have been few and far between all the fantasy I usually enjoy. And those have scenes limited to scandalous kisses.
It was a nice story and it had the kind of tropes that I've read before. Like Michael was a guy who was too pretty and had a dark past and believed that he was bad but he wasn't and the Stella changes him. He makes her believe in herself. The family approval and all that jazz.
I think the best thing about the book was the diversity in profession.
The whole escort thing was interesting and so was his profession as a designer.
The econometrics thing was pretty cool. I didn't know how autism affects a person and it was enlightening reading about it.
I did cry, sue me, when they broke up.
I liked the portrayal of Michael's family and the cast of characters that made it up. His mum and his grandmother and his sisters are fun to read about. I love reading about boisterous households. And his cousin Quan was pretty nice to. Being Asian, I'm not going to make a gross generalization, but I've always had a lot of cousins and it's nice to relate to that. (I wonder if it makes me racist to consider myself to be Asian? But the Asian characters I've read about, I can often relate to their families and how they work.)
I would've liked more background and family stuff relating to Stella. More about her childhood and her parents.
One of the best things was how well the romance and everything didn't work without proper consent, because as much as I love a good kissing scene, it really bothers me when the question of consent is assumed and not verbally proffered. It's something I really appreciated.
I found the fact that the characters have like virtually perfect bodies very unrealistic. Maybe I'm just jealous that I don't have a flat stomach, whatever. (I feel this way because I loved how bodies were described in Fangirl. That sounds wrong. But if you've read it and liked it like I did, maybe you'll get what I'm trying to say.)
But yeah. Fiction. It's all beautiful and unrealistic and that's why it's an escape from reality, I guess. The perfect-ness just bothered me. Again. It's my self esteem maybe.
The writing was beautiful and smooth. I didn't struggle with acclimatizing with the writing style, which was amazing. I've realized that the faster I find comfort in the style of writing, the more I get hooked to the story and the writing really made it enjoyable. I will always look up to the author for how well she writes.
In conclusion, it was a fun read and I don't regret giving it a shot.
Would I recommend this to other people? Heck yeah. If you like a nice romance, this is something that you should try.
Would I reread it?
Probably not. It's a great read, but not something that I'd, personally, read again.
Okay. So this wasn't my first time reading an adult romance, I mean I've read one before but that doesn't count as much of an experience in this genre. And Fifty Shades doesn't count as romance.
I read this because I wanted to read a book by an Asian author who I couldn't relate to but was curious about. And the whole own voices thing with the main character having Asperger's like the author, really piqued my curiosity.
I didn't expect it to have so much sexual content, I guess and it really made me blush. As I've said before I've barely only read YA romances and those have been few and far between all the fantasy I usually enjoy. And those have scenes limited to scandalous kisses.
It was a nice story and it had the kind of tropes that I've read before. Like Michael was a guy who was too pretty and had a dark past and believed that he was bad but he wasn't and the Stella changes him. He makes her believe in herself. The family approval and all that jazz.
I think the best thing about the book was the diversity in profession.
The whole escort thing was interesting and so was his profession as a designer.
The econometrics thing was pretty cool. I didn't know how autism affects a person and it was enlightening reading about it.
I did cry, sue me, when they broke up.
I liked the portrayal of Michael's family and the cast of characters that made it up. His mum and his grandmother and his sisters are fun to read about. I love reading about boisterous households. And his cousin Quan was pretty nice to. Being Asian, I'm not going to make a gross generalization, but I've always had a lot of cousins and it's nice to relate to that. (I wonder if it makes me racist to consider myself to be Asian? But the Asian characters I've read about, I can often relate to their families and how they work.)
I would've liked more background and family stuff relating to Stella. More about her childhood and her parents.
One of the best things was how well the romance and everything didn't work without proper consent, because as much as I love a good kissing scene, it really bothers me when the question of consent is assumed and not verbally proffered. It's something I really appreciated.
I found the fact that the characters have like virtually perfect bodies very unrealistic. Maybe I'm just jealous that I don't have a flat stomach, whatever. (I feel this way because I loved how bodies were described in Fangirl. That sounds wrong. But if you've read it and liked it like I did, maybe you'll get what I'm trying to say.)
But yeah. Fiction. It's all beautiful and unrealistic and that's why it's an escape from reality, I guess. The perfect-ness just bothered me. Again. It's my self esteem maybe.
The writing was beautiful and smooth. I didn't struggle with acclimatizing with the writing style, which was amazing. I've realized that the faster I find comfort in the style of writing, the more I get hooked to the story and the writing really made it enjoyable. I will always look up to the author for how well she writes.
In conclusion, it was a fun read and I don't regret giving it a shot.
Would I recommend this to other people? Heck yeah. If you like a nice romance, this is something that you should try.
Would I reread it?
Probably not. It's a great read, but not something that I'd, personally, read again.