The Look of Love, Sarah Jio
The Look of Love, Sarah Jio
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The Look of Love
A Novel

Author: Sarah Jio

Narrator: Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/25/2014


Synopsis

Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to literally see true love. Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic when, on her twenty-ninth birthday, she receives a card from the midwife who delivered her. Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon following her thirtieth birthday—or face grave consequences. When Jane falls for a science writer who doesn't believe in love, she fears that her fate is sealed.Inspired by the classic song, The Look of Love will utterly enchant you.

About Sarah Jio

Sarah Jio is the #1 international, New York Times, and USA Today bestselling author of ten novels. She is the host of the Mod About You podcast and also a longtime journalist who has contributed to Glamour, The New York Times, Redbook, Real Simple, O: The Oprah Magazine, Bon Appétit, Marie Claire, Self, and many other outlets, including NPR's Morning Edition. Jio's books have been published in more than twenty-five countries. She lives in Seattle with her husband, three young boys, and three stepchildren.

About Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan, a former child actress best known for her award-winning work on ABC's Once and Again, began narrating and directing audiobooks after graduating from college with a degree in English and creative writing. She has garnered many positive reviews, won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, and was named one of AudioFile magazine's Best Voices of 2010. Two of Julia's audiobooks were shortlisted for the American Library Association's notable recordings of 2010. Her "flawless" narration of Jandy Nelson's The Sky Is Everywhere earned a place in the first round of 2011 Grammy nominations for Best Spoken Word Album. In addition to her work in young adult fiction, her audiobook credits include memoir (Jenny McCarthy's Love, Lust, and Faking It), women's fiction, supernatural thrillers, and nonfiction.

About Cassandra Campbell

Cassandra Campbell is a prolific audiobook narrator with more than 700 titles to date. Winner of four Audie Awards and nominated for a dozen more, she was a 2018 inductee in Audible’s inaugural Narrator Hall of Fame. She has consistently been an AudioFile Magazine Best Narrator as well as a Publisher’s Weekly Best Narrator of the Year. As an acting teacher, she spent five years as a faculty member of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and has performed in and directed dozens of plays at theaters across the country.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Grace A. on March 06, 2024

This book should have been titled “Love sucks, except for a few people, why bother?” I don’t know how to feel about this book. It is fiction, yet it struck a chord of unfairness for me. It has people cheating on partners, excusing it away without consideration for the impacts of their actions, and ca......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 17, 2017

The Look of Love is a standalone, women's fiction novel written by author Sarah Jio. Let me first say that I was in a great book-reading mood when I started this one! The cover art reminded me of the amazing Audrey Hepburn who instantly puts me in a good mood without fail, and the first ten percent......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on November 24, 2014

The Look of Love, by Sarah Jio, captivated me from the first page to the very end. The story centers around Jane who was given a gift on the day she was born, "The gift of being able to see love...in all of its truth and beauty". However, there was one stipulation that comes with this gift. She must i......more

Goodreads review by Sally on July 24, 2017

Worth reading.. simple and easy to digest........more

Goodreads review by Judy on February 07, 2017

A special thank you to Penguin Group Plume and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Sarah Jio,the queen of historical fiction, brings a mix of warm Christmas cheer, a mysterious and special rare gift of love, handed down from the past, and a bit of magical contemporary romance fo......more


Quotes

“Jio has once again crafted an engaging story populated by lovable characters. This is a charming journey into the lives of people trying to follow the map of love and finding themselves somewhere totally unexpected at the journey’s end.”

Booklist

“For a bit of light reading, fans of Jio will most likely enjoy her latest offering.”

Library Journal

“Cassandra Campbell and Julia Whelan seamlessly narrate this fun love story…Campbell and Whelan provide smooth-voiced narrations that fully engage the listener…This is a smart, modern story for those who enjoy a bit of the paranormal.”

AudioFile