A book that stayed with me

 So my New Year’s resolution is to read 100 books in 2023. And let me tell you something, I’ve been taking it so seriously ever since!

So I’ve decided to read 10 books a month, and it’s been a hell of a journey. So far I’ve read 7 books, all romance of course, but only one book stayed with me.

It’s The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. It was highly recommended by the BookTok community, so I decided to read it.

I mean what to say except that it was fairly rated; from the storyline to the characters it’s the perfect romcom if you’re into them like me.

So the book is about a woman “Stella” who hires an escort to teach her all about intimacy if there is another word for it. Stella feels like she’s not good in physical relationships, so she thought that professional help might help her.

So the escort (Micheal) falls for her the moment he sees her, and he finds himself insanely attracted to her brain, so it was more than a physical relationship for him.

What I enjoyed about this book is that Stella, even though she’s autistic doesn’t let it get in her way of true happiness and therefore marriage.

Her first interaction with Micheal felt indeed special for her, she never had this feeling with any other guy before, he was very gentle with her and understood her needs without judging her.

Aside from the story, the book felt so real, and even though we don’t get to see their povs, I wish I did, and the smut was so good. Like I’d give it a solid 4/5 smut rating.

Also, I loved how the writer brought up Vietnamese culture through Micheal’s family, the way they sit and eat at dinner or the way his grandma watches TV, and how Micheal has Martial Arts skills.

 

The fact that Micheal looked like a k-drama actor in my head made me love him even more, and the way he treats Stella helped her get over her sexual problems. 

My opinion at first, I thought he just wanted to do it for the money, I mean that’s his job after all but then he admitted that he fell for her and the way he can’t stop thinking about her made me swoon even more for him.

So let me get back to Stella, one of my favorite female characters that I have read this year, she’s an independent, fierce woman who’s not afraid to express her opinion and loves her job more than anything in the whole world. She never thought in her life that she needed a man to be content because she was so on her own but she just wanted to make her parents happy by meeting a decent guy and marrying him afterwise.

In conclusion, I wish I could read this book again for the first time and get to enjoy that feeling of great enthusiasm and arousal!