The Bride Test

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.

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320 pages

Average rating: 7.1

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Anonymous
May 17, 2024
10/10 stars
I keep hearing that The Kissing Quotient is better, so I cannot wait to read that book because I loved The Bride Test.

Esme and Khai were sweet together. The situation with her daughter was very anti-climatic. While I didn't need that to be the reason for the 3rd act break, both Khai and his brother barely reacted. I mean even a moment of surprise would have been more realistic.

The epilogue was cute. I wish we had gotten a chance to see Esme's reaction when she found out Khai's office is not in fact a windowless closet (assumption because we're never told, but as the co-founder I highly doubt his office is a closet).
Kristing424
Feb 06, 2024
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hognixon
Dec 27, 2023
4/10 stars
An easy read, but I enjoyed the first book in the series better.
lhhsmilf
Feb 27, 2023
10/10 stars
perfect perfect perfect
luna.gssns
Dec 01, 2022
9/10 stars
I liked this book better than the first one. Kai and Esme have a beautiful relationship plus I think a lot of people can relate to Kai and his struggle.

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