The Kiss Quotient

3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. Probably would have rated it higher if it didn't come with such high expectations as The Next Great Romance Novel. I liked the characters a lot but they deserved a better plot; I would have preferred to read about them interacting in a different story. Plus there was a little too much telling-not-showing (so many times when Stella and Michael inwardly anguish that the other one couldn't possibly have real feelings when this is just a business arrangement, I'm not good enough for him/her, etc.). But overall very cute, highly readable, and let's hear it for ethnic and neuro-diversity in romance novels. I definitely will check out the sequel (featuring Michael's autistic cousin and an arranged marriage - this author likes her romance tropes!) and hope Helen Hoang shows some growth from this promising debut.