05/30/2026
Another Clarity Coast ARC Review!
Speechless by Devyn Sinclair
Y’all…. I have been waiting for Trinity's story ever since I finished the first two books, and honestly, that's part of why this review is so hard to write. [tears]
First, the good... Devyn Sinclair is still one of my favorite authors. In this story her writing is solid, the characters are easy to connect with, and you can tell she put a lot of research into the B**M aspects of the story. As a submissive myself, I appreciated seeing that representation.
Buttttttt….
this book just didn't hit me the same way the first two did.
For me, there were too many major storylines competing for attention. We had Trinity, her trauma, the pack, her kind of new job, the reporter story she was already doing, the new one she found, and then a new pack member AFTER she found Pack Breaker. Which btw, there was a whole scene to explain how they just “fit” because of the pack name which felt forced. Aiden was the new pack member and quickly became the center of a lot, to the point that the other pack members faded into the background. Without him, the story almost falls apart, and I found myself wishing more focus had been given to the rest of the pack. I’m all about pack bonds and really feeling the connections. They were missing here. Even with Aiden.
There were also a few things that didn't quite land for me. Trinity losing her wrist collars was a huge emotional moment for her. Her kidnappers were cutting them off and she panicked, stopped fighting, begging them not to remove them. Before this she even told her Doms that she felt naked without them, but when she reunited with her Doms, it barely seemed to matter. As someone in the lifestyle, that felt waaaayyyyy off. I even chatted with a few other submissives and they all felt the same… A collar means more than marriage to those in the lifestyle and that was seriously a disappointment and a total ick in the story.
I also wanted more from the storyline involving her father and his pack. Val was her major abuser and we see that early in the story when she corners Trinity in the kitchen making a comment about if shes living with them now then she can make something happen, but we never find out what she wanted to make happen other than her not being around anymore? which doesn't make sense. We finally get the confrontation, but we don't really get to see the healing afterward.
Maybe I'm wrong, but the whole book felt a little rushed compared to the first two. Even the author's final note mentioned readers asking for this book constantly since 2024, and I couldn't shake the feeling that the pressure to tell Trinity's story got to Devyn before the story itself was fully ready.
It's still a good book. It's still well written. And Devyn is still a favorite author for me. I just didn't feel the same heart and passion in this one that I felt in the first two books.
This wasn't a bad read by any means. It just wasn't the Trinity story I'd been hoping for.
