impatient for it to be over.īesides that, the storyline often doesn't make sense. It made me feel uncomfortable, frustrated, and honestly. The story of The Kiss Quotient relies on the inherent belief that Autism is a weakness, a flaw, something to be ashamed of, something to be overcome. Books don't need to be positive representation or a place to educate the reader, but I do think a book that's sold itself so boldly as an ownvoices book about a woman with Asperger's should have used its voice responsibly. But it slowly became apparent that the autism in The Kiss Quotient is simplistic and one-dimensional.
I enjoyed that I could relate to her observations. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic.Īt the beginning, I was excited by the way Stella's experience of the world was written. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. 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.īefore long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice-with a professional. It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. 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. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe.
A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.
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