Book Review: The Kiss Quotient

Publication Date: June 5, 2018
Pages: 336

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Stella Lane's mother announces that they are ready for grandchildren, which sends Stella into a tailspin of thoughts. It means boyfriend, husband...and sex. Stella has had a few bad experiences in regards to sex and dating, complicated by the fact that she has Asperger's and has difficulty with things like social situations and personal space. The book opens with Stella pondering whether she dislikes it because she is bad at it, and determines that the answer lies in hiring a professional escort to show her the ropes of sex and being in a relationship. 

This book is steamy AF. The beginning is strong, compulsively readable and laugh out loud funny.  The sex scenes are hot and plentiful. It made me so excited. I was in desperate need of a page turner and I thought I found it; but it eventually fell flat. I felt like the whole middle of the book was sex scene after sex scene, which is not totally a bad thing, but overdone. The ending became too basic and formulaic, and it lost its quirky, lovable edge for me. 

Overall I think it's worth the read. I can see the irony in what I am about to say, but it honestly explores what is actually a very healthy sexual relationship. A relationship built on mutual respect for the person and their boundaries. The love story is also really romantic and touching. It explores a lot of both Stella and Michael's insecurities and their path to accepting love: loving oneself and loving one another. It is also the first time I have read a book from the perspective of a female with Asperger's, and the differences this can entail. In the authors note it explains how females often go un-diagnosed until later in life because they tend to hide their traits to become more socially acceptable. I found this perspective very interesting. The whole vibe to me felt very Eleanor Oliphant meets The Rosie Project. 

I'd recommend to anyone wanting a light hearted and sexy read.