Khai is opposed to the whole thing since he believes he doesn’t have the capacity to love. The romance between the two main characters is not instantaneous. This gives her a tiny chance to meet her White American father that she never met. If they don’t marry, Esme gets a free trip to California for the summer while working in Khai’s family restaurant. His mom hints that he can be difficult, but Khai is a nice heart. She agrees to come to America to seduce Khai without all the facts. Enter Esme, a stubborn but loyal single mother with a big heart. His mom thinks differently! She goes back to her home country of Vietnam to find the perfect wife for him. He has autism spectrum disorder but believes he is simply defective and love isn’t for him.
The characters simply inhabit the same universe.Īfter a tragic loss, Khai Diep believes he can’t feel emotion because his grief didn’t follow traditional standards. I haven’t gotten around to her previous book, The Kiss Quotient, but thankfully, this series can be read as stand-alone books. Definitely don’t want this trend to go away. I had to figure out what all the buzz was about for myself and was not disappointed. Really made me think about those who choose that path.Īlso make sure to read the author's note at the end! I don't want to spoil why, but it really puts the book in a new context and I really enjoyed it overall.The Bride Test is the second romance from Helen Hoang. Plus I thought this book portrayed the issue of a green card marriage in a very interesting light and didn't either trash it or romanticize it. I will admit that I struggled a bit with figuring out how to pronounce some of the Vietnamese names/words, but I really liked seeing a very different prospective from most of the contemporaries that I read. I loved having a non western heroine and thought that aspect was a breath of fresh air. Esme was just so sweet and eager that I felt in love with her a bit myself! Fans of The Kiss Quotient will be happy as Stella and Michael make a very sweet appearance, but they are only in the book briefly. Once again, there is a neurotypical character in the story, but this was for sure not Stella 2.0. So I just finished and I LOVED it! I will say that right off the bat, it felt similar to Kiss Quotient, but for sure it was a different book and the characters really drew me in right away. There are no spoilers below if you haven't read it. Okay so since we've all been talking about it in other threads, I'd though I'd start one for those of us who've read it or want to read it.
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