LOVE AND HOT CHICKEN

It's no exaggeration to call narrator Dorothy Dillingham Blue's performance of this audiobook a Southern charmer. Putting her Vanderbilt PhD on hold, PJ Spoon becomes Pennywhistle, Tennessee's, Chickie Shak chef. She competes with her co-workers--the button-cute Boof and the frighteningly efficient Linda--in a no-holds-barred chicken pageant. Blue's voice weaves and dips through the constant hilarity of Tennessee-culture-based humor and PJ's experiences with same-sex dating in a small Southern town. Blue's softer tone matches PJ's grief over her father's death and becomes sugar sweet for PJ's love interest, Boof. She has additional unique voices for Linda, PJ's mom, and her friend, Lee Ray. The mix of soul-searching and snort-inducing Tennessee traditions is worth the listen. C.A. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2024]