The Kiss Quotient

A Novel

By: Helen Hoang

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's Summary

A cosmopolitan title to get excited about in 2018! 

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 as well as way less experience in the dating department than the average 30-year-old. It doesn't help that she has Asperger's and that French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. She decides that she needs lots of practice - with a professional - which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. 

The Vietnamese-Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and he 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 also to crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges convinces Stella that love is the best kind of logic...

©2018 Helen Hoang (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Enjoyable and Sexy

This book could also be titled "Autistic Woman Has Sex," and sex is about 60% of the book. While sex is a key part of the development of the relationship and the scenes were well written and well performed, I admit there were one or two times I was waiting for the sex to end so we could get back to the plot. This is bc Hoang created two compelling characters here, and Stella herself provides such a freshness of perspective on falling in love. P.S. If you like this one, check out Courtney Milan's Trade Me.

It's a lot...

the story was really cute ,but theres a lot of descriptive sex, and not the creative kind. I've read other books with the "hot damn" description but this one basically the first half of the book is constant sex scenes. the second half isn't as bad, but it is a little excessive for my taste. If you like that kind of stuff, it's great, but I almost had to give up. narrator is awesome though.

Not only corny...

This book devolved in my opinion. It started out like a typical, semi-cheesy romance and ended painfully. The men in this book are just awful. Michael, in particular is maddening. Even after he finds out Stella is autistic, he makes everything about him, ignoring the fact that the way she experiences things is going to be different (unless of course they're having sex, then he is very thoughtful and considerate of her feelings). I am over the "I can't love you because I'm too messed up" narrative. Not for me.

Loved this!

This was a new author for me and a new narrator. Both were so fun with this book. I loved the characters and thought they were well rounded. The narrator made their voices come to life. I will gladly find both again and try more.

I don't speak Vietnamese, so unsure if things are pronounced correctly, but seeing the ebook and listening made me glad to know how to not pronounce things.

The secondary characters were so much fun and I am curious about possibly learning more about Michael's family.

I'd buy these two undies.

This book was a fun romance to romp through. I went in expecting it to be similar to The Rosie Project...that it is not! It's got some pretty vividly explicit sex scenes. Those don't bother me but can be a shocker if you aren't expecting them to pop up.
I also felt like this book portrayed both instalove and slow burn at the same time. Not being a fan of instalove at all, I greatly enjoyed the ways that also made this a slow burn romance.
It's definitely a quick one to get through and lots of fun getting there (expect several chuckles along the way!).

Loved it

Superb, feel good romance that one can connect to, appreciate and dream about.

Highly recommend this novel, especially to fans of the hating game whore looking for similarly moving novels.

Just couldn't get into it

I'm surprised by so many positive reviews. I listened to about 4 hours and gave up. I didn't find Stella endearing or Michael's instant attraction believable. I'm not bothered by descriptive scenes, I just didn't care about the characters. I love books with flawed characters, but this missed the mark for me.

Could not wait for this to end

I don't get all the love. Not at all what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be more of a romantic comedy

Perfection

This is probably my favorite romance novel. If you like love to build, you’ll love this story.

Wonderful! You’ll love it!

Such a sweet story, interesting characters and a nice departure from the usual plot lines.
This author is new to me, and now I want to see if she’s written anything else.
I highly recommend!

**Blush**

I don't normally read romance novels but because this was about an autistic woman I wanted to give it a try. There are some parts that made me blush but I powered through them and absolutely loved the story. I got major book hangover when I finished this and had nothing to fill that void!

Loved it!

Such an unusual and quirky book about Stella who has autism. She knows that she finds it hard to relate to people so she embarks on sex lessons with an escort, Michael.

It is funny, charming and so cute, that I am tempted to read it all over again! I loved all the side characters and the author did a great job on a tricky subject. Michael is delicious.

I thought the narrator was excellent too.

A 5* all round!!

easy listening, interesting topic

was suprised how much i enjoyed the story telling. Good introduction to audio and the narrator was easy to listen too.

Not what I expected. Listened to the end but annoyingly obvious.

I thought this book would talk a lot more about the intricacies of living with Aspergers and be a bit cleverer about the story line. The story was sexually explicit but that was a bit boring rather than making it more exciting. I listened to the end as I did want to find out what happened but it’s a bit predictable.

Slow beginning, but keeps you interested!

I have had this book on my kindle for a while, but never got around to reading it, however when I found the audible version, I finished it in maybe 2 days?

The start was quite slow-paced for me personally (the pace may be okay for others), but the content was there and kept you interested. Overall I loved the book and was quite disappointed at the end - only because I had finished it!

The narrators of the two main characters fit the personalities perfectly!

not for feminists

it's degrading to find women represented as objects for men to "leave a mark on" with a big engagement ring, to call "mine" repeatedly as a possession, to flaunt like a pompous car or to defend with physical violence like one defends property. what's more concerning is that this is written by a female writer.

utter load of trash

what a terrible boring book. Just read the blurb because that's all that happens.

couldn't stop listening

I really enjoyed the book. I thought it was different, well written and interesting. Some scenes were so well written I felt like I was there.

Love it ❤️

Love it so much, so exciting. Is hard to stop half way, much finish this 👍

Better with two narrators

Although the story is told in the third person, there's definitely a point of view change during reading and would have been nicer to hear male and female narrators do the respective parts.