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Archer's Voice, by Mia Sheridan

24 reviews

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Ableism, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Gore and Vomit

ednam0dewannabe's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, and Drug use

lomesia's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Abandonment

suhanimahindru's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Rating: 5/5 

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK. 

Their love story was so pure and precious. Archer Hale is my favourite contemporary romance book bf now. He is so so so so so precious. I just want to hug him!!! Bree is so sweet and precious!!! UGHHHH I JUST LOVE THESE TWO SO MUCH!! I will protect them with everything I've got. I will not be accepting any criticism against this book.

There was no unnecessary conflict or misunderstanding. Every conflict was reasonable and understandable and was solved in a great way!!! it was very nice and refreshing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

alexisgarcia's review

hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

This was a cute and unique romance. the beginning was amazing to me and the development of their friendship was my favorite part. however, there were some parts in this book that just had me rolling my eyes.

Spoiler

like the part where there’s a weirdly stereotypical bullying scene between jocks and a nerd where the protagonist helps him?? it literally added nothing to the story and just made me so confused. also when archers dads wife somehow finds out about the protagonists life history and uses it to pull the guy to tried to rape her from her past to kill her????? like it felt so far fetched and stupid i did not understand how anyone could fully get past that. 

also i kinda felt like the protagonist was kinda pushy. if not for that i could’ve enjoyed this so much more :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Injury/injury detail

day_dreaming_vampire's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I enjoyed this book and the fact it was quite different, the Hero being mute and all. 

Spoiler

Some parts were a little frustrating (the part where he couldn't live without her but then left for 3 months with no contact?)
The epilogue annoyed me with the "got married and had babies" but overall it was a nice story and I did smile a lot. I loved Archer and wish we'd had more from his POV.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical trauma, Grief, Gun violence, Car accident, and Abandonment

marisabenn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I was NOT expecting to love this book as much as I did!! But what a pleasant, beautiful, heartbreaking surprise. I don't know if I've ever been more in love with two main characters. Their strength and love brought me so much joy. I thought I had predicted the biggest surprise, but I didn't expect there to be more than one.

I found this book on Bookstagram, and I feel it isn't one of the more popular recommendations. I kind of hope it stays that way so I can keep this little slice of perfection to myself a bit longer. 

Perfectly spicy, endearing, heartbreaking, and inspiring all rolled into one glorious story. Bonus points for being the fourth book to ever make me cry.

P.S.

Spoiler

Victoria Hale can fuck off and go straight to hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

abbiewj's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love Archer.  I love Bree.  I loved everything about this book.  I loved reading Archers povs, especially when we were taken back in time to his younger self.  Being able to experience and feel everything he had was so emotional, yet inspiring.  I feel blessed to have read this book.  It’s given me some new outlooks on life.  I don’t need to let my mental illnesses get in the way of finding happiness, of putting myself out there, experiencing what the world has to offer me.  I will forever be grateful that Archer showed me that.  

Bree and Archers relationship is the perfect way to describe what true love is.  Helping each other through their trauma, never giving up on them, always standing by their side even when things get difficult.  

This is a new favourite book for me and I will be recommending it to everyone.  Romance isn’t really my thing and I don’t enjoy the spicy scenes that much (thank you sunni for talking to me about that❤️), but the story in this book makes it worth pushing through.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Abandonment, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use

lea_talisa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This incredible book is about Bree and Archer healing from their past trauma. Individually, yet together they manage to cope and allow themselves to trust again.
The story was so beautiful and heartbreaking at times with such a great message.

• “I realized people’s reactions had more to do with them, more to do with who they were, than anything about me.”

• “I had to fight for myself first”

• “Love was all about learning to speak a person’s language”

• “You brought the silence.      The most beautiful sound I’d ever heard”

• “Archer Hale’s voice was one of the most beautiful things in the whole wide world.”

• “The loudest words are the ones we live”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Car accident, Gun violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

sennaje's review

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault