The Bride Test

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Okay, I absolutely loved The Kiss Quotient and was worried that I would be over hyping this one. Friends, hype was totally worth.
While the feel between the two books is different, I still really loved this one.

It is hard not to like Esme. She is hard-working, brave, understanding, and just overall amazing. She is really the shining star of this book. I was worried that the power-imbalance would be there since she brought over from Vietnam to be Khai's wife and will have to go back if she doesn't marry him and there are scenes that are shadowed by this reality, but I think it is written well. I won't say they always had the same power in the relationship, but Esme has her own strength and knows her worth. (Which is a lot, because she is awesome!)
Khai is adorable. He is stubborn, kind enough that he doesn't want Esme to feel uncomfortable even at the expense of his own comfort or routine, and autistic. Michael (from the first book) is his cousin, so we do get to see/hear from Michael in a few cute scenes. Khai is going through some problems of his own which keep him from thinking he is capable of love. He does do a few bad things, but he learns, apologies, and tries to do his best.

I truly enjoyed reading every part of this book. There are a few things that didn't quite work for me. I wish she had been honest about her daughter much sooner. In fact, the whole reveal felt just thrown in. I'm also wondering when Esme found/finds out where Khai works because I absolutely love how we know what he does and people are confused when she doesn't– but like, it also shows that they still don't know everything about each other– don't know a few huge things about each other by the time they swear they love each other.

In the end, I totally loved this book and am immensely looking forward to the next one (please be about Quan who is just the greatest!). I recommend this to all lovers of romance.