The Kiss Quotient

The first book in this series is by far the best one out of the three. First of all, I love how Helen Hoang explored Stella's romance with Michael and highlighting her struggles with romantic and sexual relationships due to her autism and lack of experience. I appreciate that Stella wasn't written as a character whose autism is like I'M AUTISTIC like Sam from Atypical. Rather, the autism was noted throughout the story like her need for strict routines and sensory issues. Also, I want to thank Helen Hoang for giving autistic Asian women like myself a chance to be seen and heard for the first time. I'm so grateful that more people are learning about neurodiversity and while Stella has a stereotypical special interest in mathematics, I love that she chose to write about how autistic Asian women navigate sex and romance in a banging romance novel though the sex scenes were a bit much at times and the romance felt a bit rushed.

To those of you who don't what autism is, please check out the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) and the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN).

Again, I'm glad I read this book during Autism Acceptance Month, which makes it even better.