Review: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Synopsis

Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases—a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old.

It doesn’t help that Stella has Asperger’s and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice—with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can’t afford to turn down Stella’s offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan—from foreplay to more-than-missionary position…

Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all the other things he’s making her feel. Soon, their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic… 

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Review

I love a great fake relationship trope and the Kiss Quotient is a wonderful one!  We know how it’s going to end, right they are going to realize they have actual feelings for each other and fall in love. 

I loved the character of Stella. I completely related to her.  All of her insecurities about sex are the same insecurities I’ve had, and probably many other women.  Stella is brilliant and enjoys her job, and I loved seeing how okay Michael was with her being an intelligent, successful woman.

Michael was fantastic, of course, and I loved his family dynamic, but I didn’t love was his father issues.  I understand that a conflict was needed, but this was a letdown.  I didn’t care that much and thought it was a lame rationale for feeling less than, especially when Stella is excellent!