The Bride Test - Helen Hoang

The Bride Test

By Helen Hoang

  • Release Date: 2019-05-07
  • Genre: Contemporary Romance
Score: 4
4
From 893 Ratings

Description

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient comes a romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart...

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.

Reviews

  • Just ok.

    2
    By disappointedbyali
    Ending was amateur
  • Worth the read either way.

    4
    By Mlarsen0421
    I can never put down the first 75% of her books but then inevitably they all end so cheesy, predictable and too wholesome to be realistic
  • Nice ending

    5
    By 狗娃2016
    In the beginning I was not sure if I will like the book. Because the female character is from a quite different background. But there was something how she came to the states and adjusted that make me feel related. But stroke me was how Khai confessed his love in the end in their native language. That is so romantic and impressive. I loved that.
  • Phenomenal

    5
    By ciamia07
    I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I’d like it in the beginning. This book didn’t seem to have the same sweetness as The Kiss Quotient did, but i quickly discovered I was wrong. I thought Khai was a boring character and I had a hard time seeing any good stories with him. I thought that he was going to be similar if not the same as Stella in the first book, and I didn’t really want to read the same book twice. Turns out that I was so terribly wrong. Khai is such a lovable character and when you get to really know him you can’t help but yelling at him to make the right decisions (like Quan did). And the ending!!!!! I don’t want to spoil it but I connected with the Epilogue so much and I just love that everything worked out in the end with all of the couples. If you aren’t instantly in love with the book I urge you to keep reading until you finally realize that you are. At which point you ride to the end of the book on your very own blue motorcycle.
  • A little bizarre

    3
    By Aub768729
    I didn’t not like it, but the premise and some of the situations throughout the story had me scratching my head a bit haha. Maybe it’s a cultural difference I don’t understand about Vietnamese culture and traditions. Just seemed like a far stretch that a single mother would leave her daughter in Vietnam for months because some random lady asked her to try and win over her son, just by showing her his picture and then not telling her a single thing about him…?? Haha just seems so odd to me and I couldn’t really get past how bizarre that situation is.
  • Love!!!

    5
    By Chickies Reads
    I cannot think of a book I have loved any more. Loved it from cover to cover.
  • Best love story I know

    5
    By bolivian girl
    It's not a typical, traditional love story but it’s the best I ever got the privilege to read.
  • Great story

    4
    By Yvette Br.
    I really enjoyed this book. I loved Esme. She was very strong and caring. I loved that even though she came to the US to try and marry Khai, she still focused on improving herself and she had other goals/another life outside of just Khai. I also loved Khai and his struggle with his feelings. I really hated how some of his family treated him, especially since they know he has autism. I loved how Khai got to know Esme and appreciated her. I didn’t like that he only lusted after her at first. I felt like that part went on too long but I loved when he actually started getting to know her and caring about her. I think his perception of love was very realistic especially considering what he went through with his cousin. I also think Esme’s “reveal” at the end was overlooked way too easily. I didn’t bother me or lessen my enjoyment that she kept that a secret. I just thought that it was unrealistic that there wouldn’t be even a little tension because of it. Other than that, I thought the book was great. I can’t wait for his brother Quan’s book. I feel like their Dads leaving is going to play a bigger role in his book. I hated the scene where Quan’s mom got mad and said he was “just like his father”. I feel like the mom really compares Khai and Quan and makes it seem like Quan is lacking. That’s such a hurtful thing to say/do and I feel like that really effects his perception of himself. Can’t wait to discover is story.
  • An all around, great romance

    5
    By milkiG
    I loved it! A great story with great characters you root for. I love that it was set in the Bay Area with authentic locations.
  • Must read

    5
    By marmor08
    Loved it!

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