Mia SheridanRomance · Contemporary Romance
Archer's Voice
Synopsis
Bree Prescott arrives in the small lakeside town of Pelion, Maine, hoping to outrun the violence that shattered her life the night she watched her father die. She plans only to pass through, but the quiet town — and one of its most solitary residents — gives her reasons to stay.
Archer Hale lives on the edge of Pelion, watched over from a distance by a town that pities and avoids him in equal measure. A childhood tragedy left him unable to speak and largely cut off from the world, and he has spent his life in near silence, tending his land and keeping to himself. When Bree wanders onto his property, the two begin an unlikely friendship built on written notes, patient attention, and a slowly dawning trust.
As Bree teaches Archer to reach beyond the walls his family built around him, buried secrets about his past — and the people who profited from his isolation — begin to surface. Archer's Voice is a tender, emotionally charged love story about two wounded people who find healing in each other, and about the courage it takes to claim a voice of your own.
How it reads
- Writing4.0
- Impact5.0
- Characters4.0
- Plot5.0
- Atmosphere4.0
Prose complexity 1/10
Content warnings (7)
ViolenceGun ViolenceSexual AssaultAbuseDeath Of A ParentSexual ContentTrauma
- Archer's Voice is one of the most touching and exquisitely written stories I have had the pleasure of reading. The author did an incredible job of evoking powerful emotions while providing striking visuals. This breathtaking story of survival, healing, and unconditional love should be on every romance reader's reading list Archer's Voice is the first book in the Where Love Meets Destiny series. It's also my first experience with Mia Sheridan's work. The story hidden in the pages was sweet, low on angst, and heartbreaking, but it left me feeling good in the end. I was hooked from the start, and soon I was invested in the story and Bree and Archer's lives. This demonstrated the brilliance of the author's writing style. Archer, although not the typical romance hero, is someone readers will have no problem falling in love with. Mysterious, silent, broken, withdrawn, protective, misunderstood, and caring are words one could use to describe Archer's persona. He endured so much pain and loss in the twenty-three years of his life. In the midst of all the pain, he presented a brave front. I enjoyed seeing him grow as the story developed. Bree is a brave and compassionate woman. She, too, experienced her share of loss and pain. An experience that saw her leaving home for a small town in Maine. She never expected to find hope, peace, and, most of all, love. As individuals, they were great, and together, they made a beautiful couple. Their romance gives the reader all the feels. Slow burn with lots of heat. Everything about their relationship, from their first meeting to their friendship and subsequent romance, felt authentic. I loved that Bree never took advantage of his naiveté, and she gave him space to become a better version of himself. The manner in which Archer cared for Bree will have die-hard romance readers swooning. While the story focused mainly on the romance, it also had some suspenseful moments that occurred near the end. A moment where my heart leapt to my throat. However, it all worked out, and the story ended on a beautiful and happy note. Archer's Voice delivered a story of hope and healing. Love has the power to heal, it brings hope and changes lives, and Archer's Voice aptly demonstrated this. If you haven't read this book, then I urge you to do so as soon as possible.This review was originally posted on Totally Addicted to Reading
- I hate this book so much. Everyone is horrible. You have grown people treating a child like he was the worst person ever. A literal teen comes into town and you make a terrible off handed comment. This book made me so angry. Nothing makes sense. The stupid aunt arrives at a scene with two people dead - her husband and brother in law - and her seven year old nephew shot in the neck, the first thing she does it point at him and blames him! What?? AND, and, and he is in the hospital and there is a surgery that can save his voice and they opt out of it?? What?! How does that make sense? Why wouldn't the docs take care of that when they are already FIXING THE GUN SHOT IN HIS NECK. Everyone is horrible. Archer should have inherited the town and did everything out of spite. Build up resorts, raise rents, shut down whatever. They can all pound sand. NO ONE in the town made a single effort to get to know him. Ok, you're telling me he's crazy and to stay away but what exactly has he done? Grown out his hair and beard?? So hair dressers and barbers run the town??? I don't get that. They didn't even know he wasn't deaf!!!! And they are both cured from their trauma through love? She, who panicked when a tarp fell on her no longer has anything to fear? They BOTH needed therapy! I do not believe that Archer could have survived 3 months in the wild. He needed some growing up. Inside, he was still a little boy... This is evidenced when he is at the club with Travis, he comes off as mentally younger than his recorded age. I did like that she was able to communicate with him through sign. I am currently learning it and it was hard. I may have missed it, but did they say he taught himself sign? Did his uncle learn it, too? He had no one to practice with so it seems like he would have been a little rusty. I am glad that they found each other, but this book was depressing and aggravating and I'm mad I waited months for this at the library.
- 3,5⭐️

