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Rayne-Moore University, Book One

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By: Ruby Darling
Narrated by: Heather Firth, Joe Arden
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Raven Monroe

I think I always knew I was going to die young. Like I had this… silent, invisible clock ticking down to my final moments plastered above my head. Maybe that’s why I was so reckless, crazy. Why I sought after adventure. Why nothing scared me… Except, there was always this… feeling I couldn’t shake that something was in the darkest parts of every corner, under every bed, closet, or room, like a ghost watching me. Waiting to take me. My own, personal reaper.

But it was always only during a lightning storm that I could see the outline of my reaper. No scythe. Just a tall, faceless shadow in a hood, staring at me in the dark…

That was the thing though. It was never the storm itself that scared me. Never the loud booming of thunder. Never the howling wind or the way the windows rattled. Never the sound of rain pounding against said windows. It was just that goddamn lightning.

Seems fitting, I suppose, that I’d die before my twentieth birthday during a freak lightning storm of the century… I just always thought I’d die while doing something dangerous—F*ck it. I’d even take a boring death like simply dying in my sleep from a brain aneurysm or even an early onset heart attack.

Anything.

I’d take any other way other than this...

©2024 Ruby Darling (P)2025 Blue Nose Publishing
Contemporary Heartfelt Reaper
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Wow! I devoured this in 1 day and loved it! Wish there more than five ⭐️ to rate. Check your TW for sure! The audio was amazing cuz Joe Arden is panty dropping as always. The plot had me like DAMN 👀. Sex, sex, sex and more sex 🥵.
Great job Ruby!

WTF did I just read!!!!

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I can just see it now. Speak. A major motion picture. Okay, fine, for now I’ll settle for the audiobook. My brain already plays it like a movie in my head.

Have you ever read a book and had a specific voice in mind for the main character? Just me? Well anyway, Heather Firth IS Raven. She sounds exactly how I pictured she would sound. Heather made a phenomenal Raven, absolute 10/10 performance.

Oh Joe. So many different male voices, and I think he hit it out of the park. Our guys: Damon, Maverick, and Jonas all have very distinct differences and we couldn’t have asked for a better narrator than Joe to bring our leading men to life. Not to mention the many supporting characters he gave voices to as well.

Seriously Speak. is one of my favorite books. I am so beyond blown away with this audio book. 10/10

Ruby Darling….just amazing as always.

Phenomenal

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Thank you to Blue Nose Audio for this ALC.

Audiobook magic comes in many forms. It’s in the familiarity of the voices you’ve sought a sense of escapism from, combined with a storyteller who can build a world and write characters you fall in love with, flaws and all.

Heather Firth and Joe Arden’s acting chops, alongside Ruby’s writing, bring Rayne-Moore University and its cast of characters into a delicious dimension in the audiobook Speak.

I had previously eyeballed this story, so I had an idea of what to expect story wise. To recap for you:

Raven suffers a traumatic event, causing her ability to speak to collapse. She is treated for years by Dr. Damon Archer, a psychiatrist, who secretly pines for her. Upon release, and as a 24 year old, Raven wishes to return to Rayne-Moore University to finish her degree, find answers, and enact her own revenge. There she meets Jonas Anderson (a collage aged football player) as well as Maverick Harrington (a professor).

Each man is spellbound by Raven’s dark magic, her lovable quirkiness, and her delicious sense of sexy humor.

Heather voices Raven, and she was immediately the performance I was most eager to hear. Much of Raven’s POV is her inner monologue, and as the story progresses it is clear she has a growing desire to communicate by way of signing and speaking. Heather’s voice in Raven’s POV is impeccably Raven; slightly raspy yet melancholic. She is pure poetry in the prologue alone: the traumatic scene and thereafter really striking a visceral chord with me as a listener. I listened to it multiple times.

It is important to note that while Raven is “voiceless”, make no mistake that she is unable to communicate. These three men in particular connect with Raven on a level that feels destined. When Raven eventually signs and attempts to speak…well, Heather makes this feel real and insistent. Raven begins to find an urgency and a desire to vocalize. Heather found her voice and it truly feels as if she is lending Raven her own wings by way of this performance. I am itching to get Heather in my ears for book two, because Raven is ready to fly.

Damon. Jonas. Maverick. On page, I was drawn inexplicably to all three. When Joe performed some of this LIVE in his online discord, I just knew he was going to find the heart of these men and voice the hell out of them.

Expectations, exceeded.

I really enjoy Joe in a book with multiple male main character POVs; one of his voice acting flexes is his effortlessly he exchanges dialogue between multiple male characters so distinctly and with such believability. Damon is precise, and obsessive, yet so tender. Jonas is the golden retriever with a dominant side that will make your pulse race. It’s no surprise that Joe’s take on Maverick is my personal favorite. The slight southern sauce Joe pours into Maverick’s character is a dance between decadent and dangerous. For reference, go ahead and give chapter 25 a listen. Of all the voices, Maverick’s always finds its way to burrow in a little deeper.

This book is the first why-choose I’ve read where I’ve adored all of the main characters with equal amounts of love.

Raven is a brilliantly written FMC and Heather gave her exactly what she needed to soar in her darkness. The men? Their devotion and ability to see this woman is a true testament of soul-gripping love (and lust) that burns by way of Joe’s performance. Joe also gives a brilliant performance as Chase in one of the most chilling chapters I’ve ever heard.

A dark romance why-choose that is plot driven and satisfying

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This book floored me. Like I am speechless at how good this was. I don’t really know what else to say haha. Read this. Immediately.

Absolute legend

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I’ve waited for this audio for so long!! This was perfection Jonas and maverick and the professor is my favorite I can’t choose!!

10/10 stars!

Gosh I loved this book these men and RAVEN SHES MY FAVORITE FMC EVER AND I MEAN EVER ! I can’t wait for book 2!!!
🖤 why choose
💜 bad a**, revenge seeking fmc
🖤 dark academia
💜 secret society
🖤 doctor x patient
💜 professor x student
🖤 book 1 of duet

Favorite audio of the year period!

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