Loved itHelen Hoang, which I love, The Heart Principle and The Bride Test, both amazing romances.
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The Bride Test (2019)
Others: Leaning positive 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780451490827
- Length:
- 300 pages
Genres: romance
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Loved itThe Bride Test was Helen Hoang. Loved that as well.
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MixedI finished the bride test it's never a good sign when my first reaction is to just sigh. I ended up in a place where I did not really Vibe all that much with this book. There are elements of it that are positive and I do want to talk about those things but I think overall this was a big Miss for me.
Mixedi really enjoyed it as another installment in the kiss quotient series i just didn't fall in love with it because i had a couple issues like disconnect with the characters