The Bride Test
Written by Helen Hoang
Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
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About this audiobook
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 important emotions, like love. 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. Seducing Khai, however, doesn't go as planned. She's hopelessly smitten with a man who's convinced he can never return her affection.
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.
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Reviews for The Bride Test
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful yet somehow realistic and probable! Even shed a few discreet tears, wonderful story!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed this book. It had a lot of spicy moments!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved the story, loved the way Khai finally got to acknowledge his feelings, and the way Esme got to focus on herself and her dreams. Loved to listen to this story unfold.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Loved the story, one of my all time favorites for sure!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love this book! And the narrator is amazing as well!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a quick, fun read. I enjoyed the characters and the love story. Romance is not usually my genre - but I do like Helen Hwong.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If you are looking a own voice book and artistic representation, this is it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So much love for these characters and this author. I blazed right through this one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Such great characters in this heartfelt romance. I loved how the author shown the light on autism not just as a disability. It gave the character of Khai great depth. Actually, I thought all the characters were well done. The plot was believable and moved nicely. The prose was also fabulous. I don't have anything negative to say. It is still a beach type read, abet a well done one. Looking forward to the next book by this author.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed this book. I suggest it to anyone that wants to get out of a reading slump or simply requires a quick pick me up.
I'm backtracking now to read The Kiss Quotient. I hope it's just as fun of a read. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I didn’t love this book as I found the character of Esme to be a bit one dimensional. But I liked the representation of a leading male character having autism. That was the most interesting part of the book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A great read with great characters. I got teary-eyed a few times from the emotional growth. I actually didn't recognize that some of the characters had been in the first book until later in the story. It was a fun crossover.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's a bit steamy, but on the upside the character development of the two main characters is top-notch. I love books where I really feel like I understand the characters and Ms. Hoang completely succeeded in reeling me in. The love that each of the family members had for each other was really nice.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Khai is autistic, and ever since his cousin's funeral, he's been convinced that means he can't love. But his mother wants to find him a bride, and she meets a maid in Viet Nam whom she thinks will be perfect. She convinces My to come to California for the summer, and marry her son if he agrees by that time. My renames herself Esme and comes, willing to work hard and make something of herself for the sake of her daughter.This was a really sweet story. I liked the characters and their vulnerabilities. Khai and Esme are both well-realized characters and I cheered for them all the way. The author is herself on the autism spectrum, and her note about her family history gave a lot of insight into the story as well.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Took me a while to finish this one. It was ok, I liked her first book better.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I like that Helen Hoang takes on brains that work differently and Asian individuals as main characters. This one didn't work for me as well as The Kiss Quotient, but was still a good read in a pandemic time.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Read straight through in one sitting.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Autism and love together explained in the most simple way!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love Helen Hoang and these books! I can somewhat recognize myself in her main characters and I'm (im)patiently waiting for her 3 books in this series
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The audio kept messing up in the last few chapters, but the actual book was amazing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Full of love but not cheesy. Full of details that tie things up together without forcing themes, or serendipitous moments, or cliches. It's the only book I've finished overnight since "A Walk to Remember" ages ago. My only complaint is that the love scenes were so steamy and "realistically" written, it felt like listening to porn on audio book. It was not distasteful, but in Kai's terms, it would give the listener "blue balls." It would probably feel different if I read it on paperback.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Perfectly recorded audio! The story itself is great and the audio really added a layer of integrity to it, the name pronunciations really helped it feel authentic. The romance was perfect and the end made me cry!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5deserves all the stars in the galaxy! It was that good!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A delightful chick lit about the American Dream and falling for someone with Autism.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love love loved this one. Thought it was super cute.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Helen,
Bless you, God richly bless you for this wonderfully educational book about autism and it’s impact on the emotional development of those in the spectrum.
I absolutely loved it - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For our anniversary, Andrew took the whole family to the bookstore and let us each pick out a book. I kind of surprised myself by picking out this one. I don't read a lot of romance these days, but people I like on social media have been raving about Hoang, and then I checked out the back cover. See, I've recently noticed that I have a tendency to fall for autism-spectrum characters on TV shows, but they rarely get satisfying romantic arcs. So, I picked this.And I loved it. I read it cover to cover the next day. I loved Esme and Khai and their cultural/class/neuro differences that caused them to repeated misunderstand each other. I loved all the supporting characters and the way many of them were looking out for each other. I loved Esme's stubborn insistence on doing things her own way. I wanted so fiercely for them all to find their HEAs, which of course they did.I'm sure I'll be looking out for The Kiss Quotient and any future books Hoang writes. I never really got the appeal of romance series before, but now I'd be especially curious to see a future book featuring Quan.Love.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I realize that this book, like "The Kiss Quotient" was about Khai (Michael's cousin) who is on the Autism Spectrum... but like the first book it was mostly about sex & a relationship, which was a distraction.Since Khai's best friend & cousin, Andy, died 10 years ago on the way to visit Khai; Khai has been emotionally closed down.Khai's mother goes to Vietnam to interview & choose a bride for him. All the girls being interviewed end up in the bathroom in tears while Esme, the cleaner, looks on.When Khai's mother comes upon Esme in the bathroom, Khai's mother automatically interviews Esme & choose her to be Khai's wife.The book continues back in San Francisco with Khai's & Esme's relationship & the difficulties within.I never really warmed up to Khai or Esme, which was also why I marked the book down.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a great immigrant story and a good look inside the world of a man with Autism. Esme comes to America at the invitation of Quan’s aunt to seduce him into marriage. Quran has to move beyond the death of his cousin and his natural tendency to want to be alone. It’s a tender look at someone who struggles with social interaction without being pandering. There is a twist in the story, but the ending is very satisfying. Lots of sex talk with a few love scenes, so if that’s not your thing, this wouldn’t be the book for you.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5‘The Bride Test’ by Helen Hoang is a delightful and adorable story about a pushy Vietnamese mom who flies to Vietnam to recruit a bride for her handsome, but autistic son, Khai. Khai is a highly successful, but quirky entrepreneur accountant from Silicon Valley who is convinced that he is unable to fall in love. He enjoys living an uncomplicated life of unpretentious routine. When Khai’s mother meets Esme, she is working as a maid in Ho Chi Minh City to support her family, including a young daughter. Khai’s mother convinces beautiful and enigmatic Esme to come to America to meet her son with the intention to marry him before the end of the summer. She strikes an agreement with Khai to allow Esme into his home, and if by the end of the summer he has not fallen in love, all plans for the wedding will be dissolved. Khai is just counting the days until he can resume his bachelor lifestyle and put Esme back on a plane to Vietnam. Although this story might seem completely contrived, Esme’s likable and adorable qualities bring this story to life. In addition, although Khai is portrayed as a ‘knight in shining armor’, his idiosyncrasies from autism and his inability to deal with loss, really generated some empathy for his character. I breezed through this book in just a few days, and I was so enamored with the characters that I hated to put the book down. For this reason, I awarded it five stars.