The Bride Test
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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- 5,49 €
Publisher Description
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient comes a romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart...
Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride.
As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. When the opportunity arises to come to America and meet a potential husband, she can't turn it down, thinking this could be the break her family needs. Seducing Khai, however, doesn't go as planned. Esme's lessons in love seem to be working...but only on herself. She's hopelessly smitten with a man who's convinced he can never return her affection.
With Esme's time in the United States dwindling, Khai is forced to understand he's been wrong all along. And there's more than one way to love.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The second book in Helen Hoang’s Kiss Quotient series is a gentle, slow-burn romance with an empathetic depiction of autism at its heart. Khai Diep’s life is perfectly ordered and exactly the way he likes it, even if he is a little lonely. When his mother meets Esme Tran, a single mother and hotel cleaner, on a trip to Vietnam, she’s convinced Esme is the perfect match for her son and invites her to spend the summer with them in California. Khai isn’t looking to be set up, but he can’t deny how Esme makes him feel. Although The Bride Test is essentially a Cinderella story, we love that Hoang depicts her heroine as strong and self-sufficient. Esme isn’t dependent on Khai’s love to find success as she earns her GED and a chance at a scholarship. Hoang, who herself is on the autism spectrum, depicts Khai’s neurodivergence with realism and compassion, making this a heartwarming and emotionally nuanced read.
