by Karen Grey

Boston Classic Series #3

Audiobook, Audible (copy graciously provided by the author)

Narrators: Vanessa Edwin and Eric Michael Summerer

You Spin Me starts with a fairytale-ish prologue about a very beautiful little princess that has learned to get by by relying on her looks and a sad little prince that gets into an accident that leaves him heavily scarred. It’s a little Sleeping Beauty and The Beast, so to speak.

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The story is set in 1988/89 and it’s part of the Boston Classics series of books but that can definitely be enjoyed as a standalone.

Jessica Abraham is an actress that is getting to the end of 1988 in a hard place. She’s turning 30, she loses the part of Ophelia in the company, and the director of the play she got a part in (contemporary theater in a town near Boston, where she lives) wants to de-beautify her. She now will have to go about this part having to rely only on her craft, which has her shaking in her boots. 

One night after the long commute home, she calls the radio station she always listens to on her drive and ends up talking to Calliham Alonso, the DJ of the alt-rock program. She thanks him for helping get home safe every night and he asks her to call back the next day to let her know she got home. They do that every night and the longer they talk the closer they get. 

But Cal has a secret… and Jess has her own demons. These two have broken souls… and bodies. Will find their way to each other?

This audiobook is a gem. The 1988 setting is a gem to the people who lived through those years and to the younger generation to get a taste of what they were like. Every chapter starts with a little soundbites that introduce the shows or the ads in radio stations and its spot on! It’s fun walk down memory lane! The narration is done dual style. Vanessa Edwin is not a new narrator to me. She always does a great job. Eric Michael Summer is a great surprise for me! He gives Cal all the depth the character needs. It’s a slow burn romance, so the story takes its time, but it’s a great listen! 

 

Possible triggers: 

mental illness (anxiety, depression, Body Dysmorphic Disorder), description of past trauma (eating disorder, treatment of severe burns, house fire), suicidal ideation (past), bullying (past), drinking (recreational), drug use (mentioned, recreational), smoking, suicidal thoughts (past), vomit, homophobia (against a secondary character),