While they’re both Vietnamese, there’s some obvious cultural clashing (Khai is Vietnamese-American). First off, Khai has no idea what to make of Esme as she goes around the house hacking down trees with a meat cleaver and cleaning his bathroom to look like something out of a hotel room.

Instead, you can focus on the topsy turvy relationship Khai and Esme have.īut it’s so fun to read their relationship grow. I love stories like this because you’re not busy worried if the couple will stay together at the end. I will mention that the wrap up at the end is a little too convenient, but as I mentioned it didn’t get in the way of my enjoyment. There were a couple of pet peeves towards the end that I wasn’t a fan of, but it didn’t get in the way of my enjoyment. In fact, sex is a theme of this book as you continue to read it you’ll understand why. A lot of folks asked me if the book is as steamy as The Kiss Quotient and it’s not. When Esme arrives in America, Khai doesn’t know how to deal with his physical attraction for her let alone the budding emotions he starts to feel.īefore I begin, I want to emphasize that this isn’t The Kiss Quotient Part 2. He has autism spectrum disorder, which makes social interactions and most importantly dating difficult for him. Khai is a young dude who’s main focuses are work, working out, and avoiding everything else. So she goes ahead and agrees to go to the US and meet Khai. Esme saw this as an opportunity to go to the States, learn a little about America, and possibly find her biological father. After all the eligible bachelorettes failed to impress Khai’s mom, she found something interesting about Esme in that moment in the bathroom and asked her to join her in America for the summer and spend time with her kid. Esme is a young single mom working as the bathroom attendant. When Khai’s mother travels to Vietnam to find him a wife, she comes across My (aka Esme) in a bathroom at a luxury hotel.

I can’t wait until everyone can get their hands on this one. I absolutely loved The Kiss Quotientfrom Helen Hoang last year and I’m excited to see The Bride Test come out next one.

Testing the bride