141 reviews for:

Speak

Ruby M. Darling

4.24 AVERAGE

katpop's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious 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: No

summerponcek's review against another edition

5.0

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~My Review 🎧~
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶

~Speak~Rayne-Moore University Book 1~Ruby M Darling~

~Duet Narration~Joe Arden & Heather Firth~

~Produced By~Blue Nose Audio~ 

"No matter how much my mother wanted me to be a princess, I wanted to be able to slay dragons. Where other women wanted prince charming, I wanted the misunderstood villain."

♡Speak was my first read by Ruby & it consumed me from the start! I listened to this on audio & it was absolute perfection! This story has so much depth with twists & turns that will have you at the edge of your seat as you follow Raven our FMC on her track for revenge.

 Joe & Heather were both outstanding in their performances. Heather brought our FMC Raven to life & channeled her darkness, vulnerability, & strength so well! Joe was absolutely phenomenal I still can't grasp how talented he is! He voiced our 3 MMCs plus every other male character in this story. If I didn't know there were only 2 narrators I would have thought each male character was voiced by someone different! Joe made it feel like a full-cast narration and it was impeccable!! 

If dark, twisty why choose romances are your thing this book is the book for you! I haven't been able to stop thinking about it & I can't wait to hear what book two has in store for us♡

~As Always Happy Reading~ 

christinam04's review against another edition

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Too spicy. Plot is so unrealistic. FMC is annoying. 

staceycor76's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional medium-paced

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I went into this book completely blind. It was a spicy revenge secret society why choose dark romance. and in all honesty I got way more than what I was asking for. I finished this book in one sitting. Check your triggers and each character brought something to the table that the FMC Raven needed and I really enjoyed that aspect. but the star to me was Raven, she decides to go on a revenge tour and I am here for it. I was in search of a badass FMC you know not afraid to do some stalking. not afraid to get her hands dirty and definitely willing to to take some punishment here and there especially for her guys.....Raven delivered!
 If you want a good time that's not afraid to push your boundaries some definitely check this book out.

maps_to_nowhere's review

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Tropes & Themes:
🖤Why Choose/ RH
🖤College Setting
🖤Secret Society
🖤Revenge
🖤Obsessed MMC’s
🖤Primal Play
🖤Age Gap(s)
🖤Student x Teacher
🖤Doc x Patient
🖤"Crawl to me"
🖤DP/DVP
🖤Praise/Degradation

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 (4.5)
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Thoughts:
This had all of my favorite things in a dark why-choose romance and the PLOT! So good!

When you pick up this book, expect the following: SPICY scenes that will make you blush (some DP/DV), dirty talk (crawl to me scene), and an excellent revenge plot surrounded by a secret society. This does end on a cliffy, and I really, really want the next one to come out soon! This was good, my only remark was that there is one MMC, I just didn’t understand the connection, and maybe there will be more that gets uncovered in the next book, but he was my least favorite.

bookbaddie1206's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

meagan_bowman's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious 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: Yes

chaoticmama8721's review

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If you like the Mindf*ck series, criminal minds, and or butcher and blackbird you’ll love this! Spice is deliciously quinky, plot is plotting, the mystery is intriguing and this was a fantastic ride to go on. Can’t wait to jump into book 2!

mthrofdrgns_'s review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

cdub_reads83's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No