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Archer's Voice, by Mia Sheridan

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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

You know what, maybe love is in the air. Because when I tell you that I inhaled this book, I mean I was on another plane of being. MY EMOTIONS!!!! I knew this was a love story, but God did I underestimate how much love would be packed into this story and how much it would affect me. Is it possible to feel loved by a book??

“Archer’s Voice” is a powerful, beautiful love story about trust, acceptance, and complex communication. I really liked how Mia Sheridan handled Archer’s ability to communicate without his voice. It struck a very strong note in me, as I work with many nonverbal individuals and know firsthand how much you don’t know until you learn to communicate using their language.

Because communication is not exclusively vocal. We all know body language makes up a good part of it, but words can also be shown in many different ways. Voice isn’t reserved just for sound that comes out of your mouth, that is spoken. Sometimes voice is sign language (featured in this book) or through a communication device or through writing on paper, reading lips, etc. Whichever it may be, that is your voice. And our sweet, incredibly misunderstood Archer’s voice shouldn’t have been so different from everyone in Pelion, Maine. If only they’d taken the time to listen with more than their ears and preconceived prejudices.

Until Bree shows up, and everything changes for Archer. I fell headfirst into Archer and Bree’s tender, tentative love—how much they trusted each other and believed in one another, despite each of their own past trauma and current obstacles. It was first love and it never read so real to me. When love is right, it’s bigger than anything. (Note: LOTS AND LOTS OF SPICE in case you were wondering!)

I already wish I could read this again for the first time. LOVE is, in fact, the reason.

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ednam0dewannabe's review

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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rachaelm13's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

2.0

I don’t know what to rate this. This was a highly anticipated book for me but it took me a month to read it. I just kept not picking it up. Some reasons for that: read the physical copy and not ebook which are always harder for me to read due to the fact I read in bed at night. I wasn’t making time for reading so I was too tired to read before bed and if I did it was ebook “My year of rest and relaxation” which put me in a reading slump/weird headspace. The first half of the book I enjoyed and got through pretty quickly but after that was when I was struggling. The family secret got out

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that archer is blood related and has rights to the town

and I was like well I know how this is going to end so I didn’t have a strong desire to finish reading because of that too. Oh and all the ableism in it. I talk about that more later in the review.

The dandelions on the cover I thought was going to be a reoccurring theme but they were mentioned twice in the first couple chapters then never again.

The main character was literally assaulted (forcibly kissed) by two separate guys and both times she literally brushed it off and justified their actions?? Maybe that was supposed to be because of her previous trauma but I don’t think so. Kinda said that just taking unwanted kisses is okay and its because “oh the poor guy had/did _blank_ so its not his fault”

I also felt like this book the whole time was just trying to make Archer as “normal” as possibly. As in, painting him not disabled and that look there’s something wrong with him but he’s ‘normal’. I got a weird ableism vibe. ESPECIALLY with the whole solo roadtrip thing.

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He was good enough before. I know he initiated the trip but it still sent the message the author didn’t think he was good enough how he was for Bree. He could’ve grown and gotten more comfortable in society with Bree and in Pelion. Also without completely cutting her off for 3 months and expecting that to be okay and her to willingly take him back after that. All just to prove to the reader ge was normal. Even at the beginning it was, “oh he’s not deaf he’s normal” “he was shot thats why he can’t talk, he wasn’t BORN broken” like yikes tell me you’re ableist without telling me. Its giving *inspiration porn*

Also Bree constantly worried how Archer is going to communicate with people and being sad/taking pity on him when he goes in public alone like he’s not a grown ass man who can communicate and has done so by himself thus far. How did he communicate with you before he knew you signed? Body language, gestures, writing things down. Just because he doesn’t speak doesn’t mean he’s incapable. Be mad at society for not being inclusive and knowing sign and being readily willing to communicate with people in anything other than orally. Again its the ableism for me. “Oh poor man he can’t talk his life must suck!¡!” No actually society just isn’t built for anyone but neurotypical, non-disabled people.

Another weird ableist thing about the the epilogue(s) Bree kept mentioning her “loud boys” like what? It was like highlighting the fact that they were “normal” and archer’s genetics didnt “mess them up”. Like it was brought up an oddly large number of times. Th only epilogue that I cared for was the extended version that shower archer’s point of view of the haircutting scene. I wish we would’ve got more of his chapters in the book.

Also would’ve loved to see the sexual learning a bit more. Like this whole trope is girl meets sheltered boy. But all we got was “he masters things so he mastered sex too” like I wanted scenes where he’s actually learning her. I don’t know. Thats just a small qualm but it would’ve been cool.

I think I’m going to have to give this book a 2

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hapalyn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.75

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darknesslighttt's review

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

🐚 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 🐚

𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: small town, friends to lovers, disabled hero (muted), grumpy x sunshine

𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀: death of parent, car accident, domestic abuse, s*xual assault, panick attacks, vomit, grief

I loved this book and now that I've read it I understand why everyone loves Archer!!

Archer is very innocent, kind, brave and struggling with a childhood trauma. He is judged by everyone in the town, they considers him as a violent person or a bad guy. If you expect that by a miracle he will speak at a given moment in the book, this is not the case. You will find out the reason at some point and I'm sure it will break your heart.

Bree is very understanding, caring and who also suffers. She never judged Archer, on the contrary, she was close to him and tried to show the world through her eyes, and helped him develop his self-confidence.

Archer and Bree make such a beautiful couple who have healed each other from their own traumas.

This story is an emotional one that makes you not let it down. It didn't make me cry, but certain scenes definitely broke a small piece of my heart.

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alisonclaire13's review

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

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lorenab's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

"Archer's Voice" is an engrossing read that I couldn't put down.

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It features rich character development and shows how almost all of the characters grow and change for the better. I enjoyed reading about the insecurities of men and how Archer shows his own weaknesses and struggles to accept and love himself for who he is.

It was refreshing to see that vulnerabilities are not just a feminine issue, as is often the case in romance books. The book also includes a number of inspiring and reflective quotes that resonated with me. Overall, I consider "Archer's Voice" to be one of my favorite books of the year, particularly because it tackles different themes than many other romance books which made it very interesting to read.

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shanxo18's review

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

Such an amazing book, I loved every second of archers voice and I was so happy about the ending everything I wanted to happen happened but the epilogue is what got me because I just wished that it wasn’t so rushed like the book ends so nicely and I was happy about all that was in the epilogue but I just felt like maybe just more details of how they got from the ending to the epilogue would have been nice

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shahdhazem's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly I got into this expecting heartbreak everyone seemed to rave about how sad it is but in my case nothing happened at all and if you know me I cry from the littlest things literally but I haven't shed a single tear in this.
The story was pretty average for a romance I didn't find anything special about it and it didn't give me what I usually seek in a romance. There were parts were it was really cheesy and not even the kind of cheesy I like and other parts were cringey for me. Usually I don't mention this in my reviews but this had lots of smut which didn't go well with the story and it made it really unrealistic. You could read it as a plain romance but don't be expecting anything like I did and I personally think there are better things out there.

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readingwithtrey's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This 👏🏽 book 👏🏽 right 👏🏽 here 👏🏽 !

My favorite quotes are at the end this time because there are so many!

Archer’s Voice took me through so many emotions and I found myself with tears in my eyes not even a fourth of the way the way through. It can easily be binged in a day, but I made myself slow down because I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to Archer & Bree. To top it all off, this copy has an extended epilogue that really put the icing on the cake!

Full disclosure, this was SPICY spicy😆. But I HIGHLY recommend it!

< Favorite quotes >

“Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of meaningless words.”

“Try to believe that maybe more light shines out of those who have the most cracks.”

“..the loudest words are the ones we live.”

“I knew I loved her – fiercely and with every part of my heart, even the broken parts, even the parts that felt unworthy and without value. And maybe those parts most of all.”

“Bad things don't happen to people because they deserve for them to happen. It just doesn't work that way. It's just… life. And no matter who we are, we have to take the hand we're dealt, crappy though it may be, and try our very best to move forward anyway, to love anyway, to have hope anyway… to have faith that there's a purpose to the journey we're on.”

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