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Vocea lui Archer by Mia Sheridan

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mo_nyx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad

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

4.5

I went into this book without any details. I'm glad I did.

Watching Archer and Bree fall in love was beautiful. Seeing them face their own trauma was heartbreaking.

The story is so tender, and I love both of them so much.

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eafitzmaurice's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this book. Bree’s love and patience with Archer is what I believe love should be. She truly embodied the aspect that love and relationships are teamwork.

I also loved that Archer stepped away to grow. He recognized that he couldn’t lean on Bree to become who he needed to be and that was beautiful.

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sydnik3's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

The plot of this book could have been great, but I found the writing to be so bad. If you’re strictly a romance reader, you’ll love this book because that is exactly what the writing is - cliche romance language. However, I found that I could not stop cringing when I was supposed to be squealing and kicking my feet. I didn’t even enjoy the spicy scenes - maybe because there was just so many and it was all mostly the same writing for every one.

The main focus of this book is the background of the characters, which could’ve made for an excellent read had it been written well. But even the characters I felt like had no personality besides their past. I think some moments it was almost trying too hard to show how witty the characters were and that they weren’t just their past, which of course in my opinion made it flop harder. I also think they fell in love way too quickly, but I think that’s just a me thing as my favorite is very very slow burn.

Honestly, if you’re a romance reader looking for a small town, slice of life story with an emotional twist, this is you’re book. I just couldn’t get over the writing.

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kelseamae's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful slow-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

2.75

Did you like Twilight, New Moon? No? Then you'll also not like Archer's Voice!
About half way through you'll start to realise Archer suffers from chronic Edward Cullen Syndrome - and he's down bad.

Spoilers ahead!!

This book is about 100 pages too long and at times felt like I was trudging through mud towards a finish line I was no longer excited to reach. On other occasions, mainly Archer's POV, the writing felt purposeful and was striking that emotional chord just right. Then, we'd be back with Bree and I'd stagger through pages of her fawning over Archer's washboard abs and wish for Sheridan to focus on the narrative she started 4 pages ago.

Dialogue was clunky and awkward one moment, then poetic and stood off the page the next. I was often off-put and took a red pen to multiple pages. I get the impression it was neglected by its editors somewhere in the middle where things get mundane and swimmy.

I'm personally afflicted by a debilitating case of lesbianism. All the talk of masculine scents and that bit in the bonus epilogue about cavemen near enough made me gag. I did speak to my own mother about this and turns out it's a me issue. Unsurprising.

What this book lacks in its external world building is not made up for by Bree and Archer's relationship, in my opinion. Somewhere towards the end, Bree mentions having "best friends" in town, implying a closeness with Melanie and Liza. Besides Liza's presence serving the story zilch, as an audience we're privy to them hanging out, what, 3(?) times the entire story. Yes, I know they often came to visit the diner but I genuinely liked them and thought they could have been incorporated much more effectively. Give me a dog walk with Melanie as Bree confides in her about kissing Travis or teaches her a phrase in sign language or something. Anything. They just sort of... existed.

Same with Natalie and Jordan. This is when my frustration with Sheridan's writing was reaching its peak. Why on Earth introduce us to Natalie, Avery and Jordan in Bree's first chapter and then proceed to feed us one liners about Natalie until they meet up for Bree to head back to Ohio. I was perplexed. I liked Natalie. Her "Hey babes" were keeping me going for the short while she was in Pelion. I can't help but think Sheridan forgot about them until she rememebered Bree is victim to an unsolved robbery gone awry and realised that storyline needed a resolution.

Archer Hale disappearing for 3 months to find himself was necessary and I enjoyed it as a twist. Him getting shot by Bree's ab*ser however... no. Hasn't the poor man been through enough? It felt like a means to an end and, yes, I'm angry about it. And right after Anne almost pops her cloggs? I don't have the words to explain the frustration I felt.

Would I recommend it? Potentially, to someone who loves YA romance with an interest in more mature themes. I'll never pick this book up again except to prove to my book group that the creases in the spine are from actually reading the book and not throwing it at a wall repeatedly.

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wildesthannah's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

3.5

The story is sweet, although it dragged on a little at times. The sex scenes seemed a little immature and desperate, almost as if they were wattpad stories. There could have been less of them, too. My biggest pet peeve with this book was the repetitiveness of several of the phrases. Every time I read the word “delicious” I cringed. It would make a good drinking game though... Take a shot every time you see the phrases delicious, glittering, smiled a small smile (or any form of this same phrase) or I drank him in. Those were on every other page it seemed. Also, the “molest” comment was a little uncalled for and weird. It was definitely out of place and random. Aside from some immature writing and repetitive phrases, the story was okay. Definitely wasn’t a tear jerker though (I cry easily when I connect with a book.) This one just didn’t do it for me. All in all, it was alright. Wouldn’t recommend on my own, but wouldn’t stop someone from reading it if they wanted to.

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clareasday's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

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megan_wy's review against another edition

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sad slow-paced

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

1.0

First of all, I thought this book was supposed to be sad. Turns out it’s just cringe writing style from start to finish with excessive p*rn. Listening to this on audiobook may have been my first mistake. If I had to take a shot every time she used the word “furrowed” to describe the action of someone’s eyebrows, I would have been drunk before chapter 3. The phrases “I smiled a small smile” and adverbs “slightly” and “softly” had to be used over 1000 times. I was losing my mind, and I just was audibly laughing out loud whenever one of those phrases or words popped up. It was a great factor and a very big reason to me hating this book. Nothing says sexy like furrowed brows !!!!!! 😫😭

Now those are just my own pet peeves, but overall the book was just boring, awkward, and cringey.

“I Bree you”

“I Archer you so much”

PLEASE 😭😫😫😫😭😭😭 it was so awful. I couldn’t take it. Again, don’t know if it would have been less cringey to read instead of listen to on audible. Ugh.

Bree was boring and immature to me. She was ready to drop her entire life and lifelong friends after dating a man for like 2 weeks. Then, he leaves for 3 months and she waits around for him like a lost puppy? No thanks.

Then, thinking this man literally died for her (since the writing style and the gathering / memorial? in town made it seem like Archer literally died). Just kidding he survived! Can anything else happen to this poor guy???? Loses his voice box. Watches both of his parents die. Then gets shot. It’s just too much turmoil for one character. Bree just wanted to fix Archer like a project and baby him at times. And the sex scenes were EXCESSIVE. Apparently he’s virgin that knows how to make a girl orgasm after 1 minute of teaching.

Overall, I don’t recommend unless you really enjoy lots of sex in books. 1/5. 😒

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