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Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan

11 reviews

luna_lovelace's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

"God, this man. He was going to kill me with sweetness overload."

I stayed up late last night because I could not put it down. I am usually wary of viral books, but this book deserves it. This book will have you giggling with hope and crying for justice. 

There are a lot of heavy subjects that Bree and Archer have to deal with which makes my heart ache for them. They found each other at a vulnerable time in their lives and they each gave each other space to heal and learn how to trust again while still allowing feelings to develop. 

I despised Victoria, she was cruel to a CHILD.

I couldn't imagine how bad his uncle felt in his last days knowing he was convinced by Victoria not to allow surgery that would have given Archer a chance to speak again. Let's not forget how she helped her son, Marcus, rape Alyssa. She was just rotten to the bone.

When you think history will repeat itself,

Archer goes on a journey to find himself, and his independence and I think in that moment he truly saved himself from having to experience what his parents went through.

It was fascinating to read how Archer worked through his emotions and thoughts. It truly made me love his character! I loved Bree for being patient with him and

sticking through it because she knew he was worth it. She saw the potential even when he couldn't see it yet.

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Truly a beautifully written story with raw moments that will leave Bree and Archer in your thoughts after finishing the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Rape, Cursing, Cancer, Pregnancy, Violence, and Terminal illness

destinynichole11's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Addiction, Car accident, Ableism, Bullying, Sexual content, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

sebradley29's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

s_is_yes's review

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction and Toxic relationship

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

daniluvsbooks's review

hopeful inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

OMG I LOVE THIS BOOK. It didn’t make me cry but it did make me sad. There’s a happy ending don’t worry. Archer is amazing, he was insecure which made sense but still I love him so much. This book was amazing everything was perfect and the plot twists, yesss I live for plot twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

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.

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

nawal_reads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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? No

3.0

archer 😸 bree 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

the love I felt from reading this book was beautifully overwhelming

eddine's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

nicolesreadingbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood