That said, I fault this book for many things-each one jabbing at my initial excitement, until it deflated completely. It's very important to see autistic women at the forefront of efforts at representation, expanding the conversation and the vision for autistic characters. I relish stories that give voices to cultures and experiences that are unfortunately too rarely represented on page or screen, so when I heard this book is an ownvoices story about a woman with Asperger's, I immediately added it to my TBR.Īlthough this novel isn't as winning as I expected it to be, there's certainly plenty to admire in it: the fact that this is a book version of Pretty Women but with a refreshing subversion that’s embodied in the gender role reversal, the exploration of money and how fortune doesn’t touch everyone with the same hand which was by turns careful and unflinching, how there’s a real sense of culture and history in the depiction of Michael’s community (his Vietnamese heritage shines through and there's tremendous joy in his interaction with his family: the banter, the support, the kindness threaded through pitiless teasing), and the knowledge that the events in this book and the author’s continued research has inspired her to seek out a therapist and be diagnosed on the spectrum. On the bright side, however, at least it’s not a Percy Jackson movie. This book had the nerve…the audacity…the unmitigated gall…to come into my home…where I pay the bills…and let me down. Although this novel isn't as winning a 〘 find other reviews on my blog 〙 I relish stories that give voices to cultures and experiences that are unfortunately too rarely represented on page or screen, so when I heard this book is an ownvoices story about a woman with Asperger's, I immediately added it to my TBR. 〘 find other reviews on my blog 〙 This book had the nerve…the audacity…the unmitigated gall…to come into my home…where I pay the bills…and let me down. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic.more Soon, their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan-from foreplay to more-than-missionary position.īefore long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but to crave all the other things he's making her feel. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice-with a professional. It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases-a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases-a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the datin A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.
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