Reviews

More Than Words by Mia Sheridan

bynana's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

jadalea's review against another edition

2.0

2.8 !! Liked it but definitely didn’t love it. Got sucked into their love story very easily just like every other person but the main character jessica had no personality & everything was too cliche and predictable for my liking

dogmom198611's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sydney_kenner's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book was very hard to get through. I really enjoyed the first two books I read, however this one was very slow and I couldn’t seem to get into it as much as the others. 
I feel as though the beginning was drawn out then was quickly wrapped up towards the end. I’m usually not the type to leave a book unfinished, but there were a few times during the book where I thought about quitting. 

hvroom's review against another edition

3.0

The story line of this book was so cute but I couldn’t stand the main guy character which made it super slow to get through

kaitlyn_thebooktasting's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

chloeb8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

theheavenlydevices's review against another edition

I've read 3 other books by Mia Sheridan; I loved Archer's Voice and Most of All You and Stinger was enjoyable, but I just can't get through this one. The prologue seemed promising, but to base an attraction on teenage love (not even teenagers of 15-16, but 11?) is just not very believable for me. It would've been if she created past-present chapters so we would've at least spent more time with their child selves and seen their connection grow, but one chapter (without a lot of conversations) is just not enough. Besides, after all these years there can be affection for sure, but I think it takes time to build up a relationship again, yet both are immediately infatuated. It's just too instalovey for me and most of all, insta-attraction. I read up until 35% then skimmed to the middle of the book and I just was not feeling what was happening at all. Skimmed a bit of the end and I knew that I would not like Callen any better by the end of the book or feel any kind of connection with Jessica.

It was even cringe to read. Mia Sheridan is very capable of writing emotional stories and creating chemistry between characters, but this felt like it was written by someone else.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

itsmeer's review against another edition

5.0

This woman is pure magic.. in a world full of pain , doubts , tears , hope , wonders , questions and dreams Mia makes me feel , she makes me feel LOVE .
A beautiful.. a painfully beautiful story about love and indeed fate , destiny .

daisymaeallen's review against another edition

informative relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Meh. Out of the three Mia Sheridan’s I just read this was the worst. I feel like she tried to write better and that made it worse. It then became a mediocre book. She’s not a high-quality writer and I feel like she’s trying to aim in that direction here, rather than leaning into what made the other two books enjoyable. I didn’t find the characters lovable which is what she’d done so well with before. By the end, the side story of the whole Joan of Arc thing eventually grew on me, but if I wanted to know about Joan of Arc I would have read a real book.