The Love Spectrum by Mel Dau
A Review By: SQ
Kalypso Jenkins Jr. (KJ) has always lived a life of obstacles when it came to dealing with his autism, but with a strong support system and utilized resources, he’s overcome every one of them. Now as a grown man living on his own in Charlotte, North Carolina and running two successful businesses, a new challenge shows itself to be one that has the potential to change his life. Never feeling worthy of love, he tends to shy away from even the possibility of romance. After all, autism or not, he’s just a different breed. What happens when the stars align perfectly allowing the Moon to rise smoothly into his orbit without warning?
Luna Goodwin is simply a country girl with city girl dreams. From the small town of Estill, South Carolina, she has always been a party of one. As an only child and outcast because of actions that are not her own, she learns to be independently awesome and fearless at a very young age. Moving to Charlotte, she finds herself without warning orbiting a planet that is unfamiliar to her in so many ways. Will the climate of this new planet be complimentary to her needs as the Moon?
Will KJ look to the east for the rising of the Moon with acceptance of the love it has to offer, or will the planet’s climates be too much for the Moon, causing an early setting?
Review Notes:
Audio Book Publication Year: Unknown
An installment in a Series? No
Narrator (s): Gavin Matthews, Nikki Darling
Love for the handsome, talented, successful chef with the kind hearted nurse leasing the condo next door? Yes. Now make them both geeks and add a sprinkle of neurodivergence. Perfect!
I love that Mel Dau penned a book that was so unique. I’ve never read anything like her book. When it was brought to audio, I knew that I’d enjoy it. The narrators delivered. They were two narrators that I’d never heard before. Nikki has this country twang that was perfect for her to come from Small Country Town, USA.
There was nothing that I disliked about the book or the narration of the book. I only wished that it was longer.
Reading Recommendation? Yes!
Rating: 4 (It’s lit!)
Content Warnings? No
