The Kiss Quotient

Booktrack Edition

By: Helen Hoang

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The Kiss Quotient: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!*

Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases - job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with as well as way less experience in the dating department than the average 30-year-old. It doesn't help that she has Asperger's and that French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. She decides that she needs lots of practice - with a professional - which is why she hires escort Michael Phan.

The Vietnamese-Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and he agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan - from foreplay to more-than-missionary position... Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses but also to crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges convinces Stella that love is the best kind of logic.

*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

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The music

It was very annoying throughout the entire book. Fantastic story and narration! The music just got on my nerves.

It was ok. i

I was not totally into it but it was ok story. Towards the middle of the storyline I was more fond to both characters.
The background music was annoying. It would have been better if a male artist did the voice.

The audio made me cry

I never read the book the audio is the first 5-star rating I have ever given for a book or an audio

Music was cheesy but I loved the story

I loved the story. Romantic, sexy and an easy read. Characters were likable and I look forward to reading more from this author.

They both deserve the HEA

Embracing their differences. Wow! Halfway through, I knew this was going to be a five.

Lovely book, obnoxious soundtrack

This is a sweet, hot romance and I throughly enjoyed it and the characters. The narrator was also good, using character voices that weren’t overdone or distracting. What *was* distracting was the nonstop music throughout. It’ll teach not to sample a book before I buy it, or at least read the audible-specific description. I’m sure there are some people who enjoyed the music, but I’m not one of them. I often use my audiobooks to fall asleep to, but the music made it hardly relaxing, particularly because I listen at an increased speed and music never translates well at 2x speed. Perhaps if this soundtrack were optional, it would have made it more enjoyable.
I am hoping subsequent Helen Hoang audiobooks don’t include this feature, or I might have to wait to read them until I’m in the mood to read rather than listen.

There’s background music?

The background music gets annoying at times, makes me wish there was an option to remove it. I didn’t realize before buying it, as I usually don’t sample audiobooks and had already heard one with this narrator.

Story line was good, but

the background music playing through the ENTIRE book is horrible!! Why would you have music playing throughout, very annoying! Could not finish the book.

One of my favorites

I listened to this audio book on Libby a few years ago and just reread it in 2 days. I love this book so much. There are a few things I'm not a fan of but over all 5/5 loved everything still. such a great book! and it's all on sale for a super good price! (As of June 2024) love the autism representation, I'm not autistic (that I know of) but I am adhd so I relate to Stella a bit but not as extreme.

I love that the female character is autistic.

Great story but a little too much sex detail for me but I loved the book!