Archers Voice 4/29/2014

Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan

When Bree Prescott arrives in the sleepy, lakeside town of Pelion, Maine, she hopes against hope that this is the place where she will finally find the peace she so desperately seeks. On her first day there, her life collides with Archer Hale, an isolated man who holds a secret agony of his own. A man no one else sees.

Archer's Voice is the story of a woman chained to the memory of one horrifying night and the man whose love is the key to her freedom. It is the story of a silent man who lives with an excruciating wound and the woman who helps him find his voice. It is the story of suffering, fate, and the transformative power of love.

4 bubbles! 

I have to admit, I judge books by their covers. I usually don't go for books with half nude guys because to me, this means I will probably be reading more about sex and insta-love than hard feelings and struggles. I'm glad I pushed through and decided to read this book anyway. 

I was very surprised by the story in Archer's Voice. Bree was a simple heroin, she wasn't this poor tortured women who never realizes her worth until some guy comes along, she has different struggles we all face but hers are a little more extreme. She moves to this small Maine town to get away from her past and rediscover a new life. She meets Archer, or kind of forces her friendship on him. Archer is known as the weirdo in town. Everyone knows his family but an accident left him with some disabilities and the town seems to forget that he is an individual with feelings and expectations too. 

Bree and Archer become fast friends after she pushes him into the friendship. He is shut off from most because how everyone has treated him most of his life but Bree ends up getting through to him and forming a friendship. 

I really loved this book because of the different writing communication challenges we are faced with and the build up of Asher and Bree's relationship. This is another book where a character is seeking themselves and they realize they can't always rely on others to help put them back together or to even try. 

I would definitely recommend this book. It's a light read, but still very entertaining. There are some graphic sex scenes but they don't take away from the actual story.