318. The Kiss Quotient

Rating:  ☆☆☆

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Author:   Helen Hoang

Genre:  Fiction, Romance

336 pages, published June 5, 2018

Reading Format:  Audio Book on Overdrive

Summary

The Kiss Quotient tells the story of an unlikely romance between Stella Lane, a beautiful Economist with Asperger’s, and Michael Phan, a male escort with a heart of gold and a talent for designing clothes, whom Stella hires to give her lessons in sex.

Quotes 

“I don’t want just a night or a week or a month with you. I want you all the time. I like you better than calculus, and math is the only thing that unites the universe.”

 

“She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.”

 

“Everything about him pleased her. Not just his looks, but his patience and his kindness. He was good. He was an obsession waiting to happen.”

 

“This crusade to fix herself was ending right now. She wasn’t broken. She saw and interacted with the world in a different way, but that was her. She could change her actions, change her words, change her appearance, but she couldn’t change the root of herself. At her core, she would always be autistic. People called it a disorder, but it didn’t feel like one. To her, it was simply the way she was.”

 

“He exhaled sharply, and his brow creased in puzzlement. “You don’t like French kissing?” “It makes me feel like a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish.” It was weird and far too personal. 

My Take

I downloaded the audio version of The Kiss Quotient after discovering it was a GoodReads award winner for the Romance category.  While there was some romance, it was more like soft core porn and more than a bit embarrassing to listen to if others were around.  A bit cheesy and formulaic, but also enjoyable in parts.