141 reviews for:

Speak

Ruby M. Darling

4.25 AVERAGE


Ok I’m obsessed this is written so damn well and the audio that goes with it is everything!!! The spice is amazing and the plot if even better!!! 
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maggie_mayhem's review

4.5
dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

kristenceci's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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novarus's review

5.0
challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
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unsilentstephy's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

shedevilreads's review

5.0

Speak by Ruby Darling is a dark why choose romance that I listened to on audio narrated by Heather Firth and Joe Arden. This is the first book in the Rayne-Moore University duet. 

This is the first book of Ruby's that I have read, and it definitely won't be my last. I was pulled in from the first chapter and couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. I am loving the chemistry between Raven, Damon, Jonas, and Maverick. I can't wait to see how everything will play out in their relationship. I really enjoyed getting Raven, Damon, Jonas, Maverick, Chase, and Tyler's points of views throughout the book. It really brought the story to life. 

The book ended on a great cliffhanger that left me begging for more. I can't wait for the next book in the series Stutter to be released on audio.

OMG Heather and Joe were absolutely amazing on this book! They both really know how to bring a story to life and make you feel everything the characters are feeling. I don't think you could have casted this any better. 

I would highly recommend this book if you're looking for a dark romance, why choose romance, or romantic suspense. 
adventurous challenging dark sad tense 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: Complicated

So my mind was completely blown away by Speak, it was dark like really dark and also incredibly spicy. When I saw this book was a secret society, why choose, forbidden romance and that Joe Arden and Heather Firth were narrating, I was squealing. Jonas, Damon and Maverick were utterly obsessed with Raven and she with them. The forbidden relationships between Damon (doctor/therapist) and Raven(patient) and also Maverick(professor) and Raven( student). So much yum. Jonas is the perfect unhinged football playing golden retriever that Raven needed. This book is an absolute mind f*ck, and it was exactly what my dark heart needed. The book is amazing but the audio book narrators brought it to a whole other level. 5 starts, I’d give it a million if I could. 
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woeckie03's review

5.0

Okay I'm going to need to see some more hype about this book, because WOW.  The mystery, the revenge, the spice = 10/10!  I love all of these characters so much!  And I was shocked at some of the plot twists!  While this does end on a cliffhanger, I cannot wait to read the next book because this one had me in a chokehold!

Audiobook:  
The audio for this is duet narration performed by Heather Firth and Joe Arden.  They both did an amazing job!  At times, you wouldn't even know that there was only one male narrator because the voices for each character were so different and perfect.  I would definitely re-listen to this in a heartbeat!

What to expect:
-Why choose
-Dark academia
-Student x professor
-Doctor x patient
-Secret society
-Feminine rage/revenge
-Age gap

Huge thank you to Blue Nose Audio for letting me listen to an ALC of this in exchange for my honest review! 
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced