First of all, I want to emphasize that this book is a gem.
I’ve been hearing a lot of good feedback before I got this book last month and decided to start delving into this read right after finishing another epic YA fantasy. At first, I actually thought that this book is categorized as Young Adult but as soon as I started flipping the pages of TKQ I can officially say that this one’s a New Adult read.
Technically, the story revolved on the characters of Stella Lane, an ordinary working girl obsessed with mathematics and its application in economics who also has been diagnosed with a type of autism more commonly known as Asperger’s syndrome; and Michael Phan-slash-Larsen, a hardworking man who has a heart for fashion design and supporting his family particularly his mom who is suffering from cancer. The worlds of our two favorite leads crossed when Stella, upon her mom’s insistence to start getting a lovelife, booked a candidate from an escort service app—an escort who will help her in combatting her social skills issues so that he’ll never have any awkward encounters with men he’ll date soon. And that’s when Michael Phan entered. Though Michael has a strict one-date-only policy, he decided to spend more time with Stella upon her request to teach more ‘skills’. The two then went to a series of going-outs until both of them realized that they perfectly fit each other. The catch with this book is how the two will find a way to make both ends meet. With Stella’s symptoms constantly showing up and bugging herself about her confidence and Michael’s dark past history with his father, Stella and Michael are set to quest on a bumpy road towards the realization that they are a perfect TEN.
Moving on, Helen Hoang is an up-and-coming author who, based from what I read from the author’s note, just discovered her own style by being herself. I think that that’s what made this book unique and fun to read, Helen’s first-hand experience with Asperger’s and how she translated those experiences to come up with a realistic character in the name of Stella Lane. Though it has been given already, I also loved that this book’s a #ownvoices read. I am looking forward to more Helen Hoang reads. Thank you, Helen, for this amazing read! And cheers to more published titles to come.
BEST QUOTE/S:
“People don’t like honest. Except for when you’re saying good things. Figuring out what people think is good is tricky, especially when I don’t know them. It makes a conversation a minefield.”
“There was something novel and wonderful about being in a crowd and not feeling alone.”
“Love was a jail. It trapped, and it clipped wings. It dragged you down, forced you to places you didn’t want to go.”
“When you love someone, you fight for them in every way you know how.”
I’ve been hearing a lot of good feedback before I got this book last month and decided to start delving into this read right after finishing another epic YA fantasy. At first, I actually thought that this book is categorized as Young Adult but as soon as I started flipping the pages of TKQ I can officially say that this one’s a New Adult read.
Technically, the story revolved on the characters of Stella Lane, an ordinary working girl obsessed with mathematics and its application in economics who also has been diagnosed with a type of autism more commonly known as Asperger’s syndrome; and Michael Phan-slash-Larsen, a hardworking man who has a heart for fashion design and supporting his family particularly his mom who is suffering from cancer. The worlds of our two favorite leads crossed when Stella, upon her mom’s insistence to start getting a lovelife, booked a candidate from an escort service app—an escort who will help her in combatting her social skills issues so that he’ll never have any awkward encounters with men he’ll date soon. And that’s when Michael Phan entered. Though Michael has a strict one-date-only policy, he decided to spend more time with Stella upon her request to teach more ‘skills’. The two then went to a series of going-outs until both of them realized that they perfectly fit each other. The catch with this book is how the two will find a way to make both ends meet. With Stella’s symptoms constantly showing up and bugging herself about her confidence and Michael’s dark past history with his father, Stella and Michael are set to quest on a bumpy road towards the realization that they are a perfect TEN.
Moving on, Helen Hoang is an up-and-coming author who, based from what I read from the author’s note, just discovered her own style by being herself. I think that that’s what made this book unique and fun to read, Helen’s first-hand experience with Asperger’s and how she translated those experiences to come up with a realistic character in the name of Stella Lane. Though it has been given already, I also loved that this book’s a #ownvoices read. I am looking forward to more Helen Hoang reads. Thank you, Helen, for this amazing read! And cheers to more published titles to come.
BEST QUOTE/S:
“People don’t like honest. Except for when you’re saying good things. Figuring out what people think is good is tricky, especially when I don’t know them. It makes a conversation a minefield.”
“There was something novel and wonderful about being in a crowd and not feeling alone.”
“Love was a jail. It trapped, and it clipped wings. It dragged you down, forced you to places you didn’t want to go.”
“When you love someone, you fight for them in every way you know how.”