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Review: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang!

July 10, 2019 5 Stars - This Was Everything, Contemporary Romance, Favorite Must Reads, Jessica's Reviews, Latest News, Ratings, Reviews, Standalone

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Review: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang!The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
Series: Standalone Novel
Published by Berkley on 5/7/19
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 315
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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.

I devoured this book. Esme and Khai’s story, from word one, had me turning these pages like there was no tomorrow. I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH. The chemistry… the tension… the reluctant emotions… the side characters… the superb character development… the raw honesty woven into these pages… I could not have loved this book more if I tried. The Bride Test is a new TOP FAVORITE read I’m happily adding to the list of books I can not recommend enough. You seriously HAVE to read this book.

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Jessica’s Review

If you’re looking for your next FIVE STAR READ, you needn’t look any further than Helen Hoang’s The Bride Test. Seriously, this book BLEW ME AWAY. I didn’t anticipate loving this book even more than I did The Kiss Quotient, but I think I just did. I so so so did. I loved it from the very first page to the very last and I screamed and swooned and ached the whole way through.

I didn’t even read the blurb before I went into this book and if you can help it, you shouldn’t either. I went in completely blind and let Hoang sweep me away yet again with another wickedly sharp romance full of humor and heartache, lush romance and refreshing authenticity. Our current reading climate finds more and more readers seeking diversity in their romance, and relatable characters facing relevant issues. Well, Helen Hoang just showed up with a book that is guaranteed to check all those boxes while melting and shredding readers’ hearts everywhere along the way.

This storyline is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s sexy and angsty and surprisingly funny but it’s also thought provoking and NEXT LEVEL smart. (And God knows I do love a smart romance.) I love when a story is BIGGER. More important. Eye opening. I appreciate a story that sweeps me away as much with its sweet romance as it does with the honesty of its message. This is a story about women going after what they want in a world that tells them they’re worth less. It’s a story where characters step out from behind the labels they’ve been assigned to greet you with the gift of a supremely profound understanding you didn’t have before. It’s a story about love, both romantic and familial. It’s about healing and acceptance and self discovery. It’s about bravery and heroism and strength. It’s beautiful and unforgettable and remarkably well written. It’s tender and heartfelt with just the right amount of angsty complication. It’s perfection and to say I loved it is an understatement.

I devoured this book. Esme and Khai’s story, from word one, had me turning these pages like there was no tomorrow. I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH. The chemistry… the tension… the reluctant emotions… the side characters… the superb character development… the raw honesty woven into these pages… I could not have loved this book more if I tried. The Bride Test is a new TOP FAVORITE read I’m happily adding to the list of books I can not recommend enough. You seriously HAVE to read this book.

About the Author

Helen Hoang is that shy person who never talks. Until she does. And the worst things fly out of her mouth. She read her first romance novel in eighth grade and has been addicted ever since.

In 2016, she was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in line with what was previously known as Asperger’s Syndrome. Her journey inspired THE KISS QUOTIENT, which comes out in June 2018 with Berkley.

She currently lives in San Diego, California with her husband, two kids, and pet fish.

Helen is represented by Kim Lionetti of BookEnds Literary Agency.

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