![]() ![]() She goes to Vietnam to choose him a bride and meets My, a feisty young single mother who cleans hotel bathrooms. She knows Khai processes emotions and social cues differently because he has autism. Isn’t it a good thing grief can’t touch him? Who wants to wail like his aunties? Besides, he likes being alone with his routines, not dealing with messy emotions.īut his mother has other ideas. During his cousin Andy’s funeral, Khai remains dry-eyed. Khai Diep is certain he has a stone heart, one that can’t feel love or sadness. (Both originally ran in Shelf Awareness for Readers and are republished here with permission.) Review: The Bride Test ![]() Read on for my review of Hoang’s follow-up, The Bride Test, and my chat with her. ![]() Kiss features a brilliant female lead with autism-which Hoang also has-and a sexy half-Vietnamese man as the love interest. Her debut, The Kiss Quotient, was a breakout hit in 2018 and acquired by Pilgrim Media Group for a movie adaptation. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, the perfect time for me to run this interview with author Helen Hoang, who is half Vietnamese. ![]()
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