Now I'm a big thriller and fantasy reader, but I've been wanting to try different genres. About a month ago, I was talking to my mom when we were in the car and was telling her about a current book I was reading and saying that I wish I could read more genres. Telling her that there are booktubers that I was that are mostly romance readers. I told her I was nervous to read that genre since I had always associated them with middle aged women reading smutty romance novels on the beach and those 5$ books you can find at the grocery store.
So that day I told myself that I was going to try to find a romance novel that I would read so I could at least take my prejudice and throw it in my mental trash can. Well I stumbled upon The Obsession by Nora Roberts, a romance thriller. I borrowed it on Libby and starting reading that day. Well guess who stayed up way past her bedtime and read? ME! I was so surprised on how much I enjoyed it.
So since it's the month of love, I thought I needed to try to read more romance novels and get my heartstrings all pulled willynilly. I'm in a facebook group for books, and I posted on there that I was looking for cute adult/YA romance novels and boy did they deliver with their suggestions.
I found The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang and thought why not? let's take a crack at it.
Well I was hooked as soon as it started. Not to mention there were sex scenes in the first like 25% of the book. But I loved the way that the female protagonist wasn't a normal girl who needed a guy to fulfill her and make her a person. She is a person on her own. She had autism but during the timeline of the novel she realizes that it's not a disability, it's just her, it's how she is, who she is.
The male protagonist is a male escort who is try to make money to help his family. The entire novel he's caring, kind, but also very sexy. He's a son, a brother, and an amazing friend.
The way that the two connect is hilarious, but you can totally see that they're going to end up together but you're still completely interested in the ride to get there. The way the two characters fall in love is adorable and steamy.
Those that aren't as used to romance novels, I definitely recommend this to you. It really makes me want to read more by Helen Hoang. Good thing for me is that this book is a part of a series, so I can continue to read more in this storyline! I've seen that her other two books in The Kiss Quotient series involve different characters from the family of Michael, and now I'm super excited to read them!
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