Love Is Blind And Deaf Novels & Stories

So you're looking for 'Love Is Blind and Deaf' by Bronwyn Sell? Found myself in the same hunt a few months back, and it was trickier than I expected since it's a newer release from last year. The ebook is primarily available through mainstream retailers like Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Kobo. You can buy it directly there.

For the audiobook, it's narrated by Harriet Gordon-Anderson, and I listened to it on Audible. I don't think it's available on subscription services like Kindle Unlimited or Spotify Audiobooks, at least not yet. It was a straight purchase. I enjoyed the audio performance a lot—the narrator really nails the chaotic, romantic energy of the story. Your local library might also have it via Libby or OverDrive, but the wait times can be long for popular contemporary rom-coms like this one.

Honestly, I went into this expecting a standard rom-com setup, but the characters surprised me. The core trio—Lena, the pragmatic artist who loses her sight; Leo, the fiercely independent musician who starts losing his hearing; and Michael, their mutual friend caught in the middle—forms this messy, brilliant emotional triangle. It’s not a simple love story. Leo’s anger at his deteriorating hearing is so visceral, and the way he and Lena communicate through touch and vibration instead of sight and sound… it reframes the whole idea of intimacy.

What really stuck with me, though, was Michael. He’s the ‘sighted’ and ‘hearing’ one, the bridge to the world they’re both losing access to, but that role isolates him terribly. His arc is about learning to listen and see in ways he never had to before, moving from a helper to someone who is fundamentally changed by their friendship. The supporting characters, like Leo’s skeptical sister and Lena’s overprotective mother, add layers of tension about dependency and autonomy. The story is less about the disabilities themselves and more about how these three people rebuild their entire language of care and affection from the ground up. I finished it feeling like I’d learned a new way to pay attention.

I'm fairly certain there are several books floating around with similar 'Love is Blind and Deaf' titles, but the one I think you're referring to is an English-translated web novel. The main plot is this hilarious, high-concept romantic comedy about this guy who believes he's completely immune to love because he can't fall for anyone based on looks or sweet talk. He thinks he's logically broken. Enter the heroine, who's kind of prickly and exceptionally straightforward, maybe even a bit tone-deaf socially. She's not trying to be charming; she's just brutally honest and oddly focused on him.

The twist is that her particular brand of unvarnished, no-frills interaction starts to bypass his so-called immunity. Her words and actions, devoid of conventional romantic sweetness, somehow get through. It's less about grand gestures and more about two people with their own unique disconnects finding a weird wavelength that works only for them. The plot mostly follows him grappling with this contradiction, his system failing, and their increasingly bizarre but genuine connection. I read it ages ago and mostly remember laughing at his internal monologue of utter confusion.