The Bride Test, Helen Hoang
The Bride Test, Helen Hoang
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The Bride Test

Author: Helen Hoang

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2019

Synopsis

Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but he doesn’t experience big, important emotions like love and grief. Rather than believing he processes emotions differently due to being autistic, he concludes that he’s defective and decides to avoid romantic relationships. So his mother, driven to desperation, takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect mail-order 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 to marry an American arises, she leaps at it, thinking that it 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 believes he can never return her affection. Esme must convince Khai that there is more than one way to love. And Khai must figure out the inner workings of his heart before Esme goes home and is an ocean away.

About Helen Hoang

Helen Hoang is that shy person who never talks-until she does and then all the worst things fly out of her mouth. She read her first romance novel in eighth grade and has been addicted ever since. In 2016, she was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, in line with what was previously known as Asperger's Syndrome. Her journey inspired The Kiss Quotient. She currently lives in San Diego with her husband, two kids, and pet fish.

About Emily Woo Zeller

Emily Woo Zeller is an Earphones award-winning audiobook narrator. After beginning her voiceover career with Asian animation, she returned to the United States and began narrating a broad spectrum of audiobook genres. Her multilingual, multicultural framework brings a particularly unique, clear-eyed, and intimate perspective to the Asian American narratives she specializes in.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on May 07, 2019

He was ignoring everyone, including her, at this expensive wedding. So he could read a novel about alien demon things. My soulmate! I am going to share this again closer to publication, but after my experience with The Kiss Quotient and how it quite literally changed my life, I just couldn't wait......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on May 28, 2021

I really enjoyed Hoang’s first book, The Kiss Quotient, but unfortunately The Bride Test didn’t hit the same for me. I didn’t think the characters have chemistry or a genuine connection with each other, and they were both too passive to the point where the plot moving forward was dependent on the si......more

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on December 11, 2019

reading the romance finalists for the 2019 goodreads choice awards bitch i am WEAK helen hoang's writing makes the upstairs and the downstairs damp if u catch my drift ok i'll see myself out......more

Goodreads review by Roxane on January 03, 2020

I like Helen Hoang’s writing and how she writes romantic stories about different kinds of people. I loved loved loved The Kiss Quotient and had high hopes for her second novel. Overall, The Bride Test is fun. Hoang is a great storyteller. I loved the characters she created here. Khai, Esme/Mÿ were c......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on May 07, 2019

ARC provided by Berkley in exchange for an honest review. “It felt too big. At the same time, it didn’t feel like enough.” The Bride Test is the most anticipated sophomore novel from Helen Hoang, AKA: the goddess who we do not deserve and who gifted us The Kiss Quotient! And this book is f......more

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