Review: Quiet No More - Nikki Barthelmess

Review: Quiet No More - Book #2 Quiet Series - Nikki Barthelmess - October 2020As those who read the first book The Quiet You Carry, you will recall Victoria Parker and the ordeal she went through as at first her stepmother Tiffany believed that Victoria had made a move towards her father until everything unraveled at the end and Jeffery Parker was thrown into jail and it was revealed that he had sexually abused Victoria and tried to abuse her sister Sarah. Now Victoria is in college and trying to move on with her life as her Dad is behind bars, she has a good boyfriend in Kale and she has joined the Sexual Harassment Club at the college and Tiffany/Sarah are on her side. Life though is about to throw Victoria some more curveballs as she receives a letter from a long-lost Aunt Audrey who is her father's sister. Audrey reveals some dark details of her family's past, including the fact that she and Jeff were molested by their Grandfather when they were children. Though this isn't an excuse for what Victoria's Dad did, Audrey hopes that it will help and influence Victoria's victim statement against her father. Meanwhile, on campus, the club is trying to get funding but due to a personal conflict with the Student Body President and one of the other girls Lana in the club - it looks like that won't be approved. What happens though when the president decides to expose Victoria's past and turn her and the group into what he thinks they are - man-haters. Kale wants and believes Victoria's father should rot in prison and that she shouldn't do anything for him and cut contact and move on with her life. He doesn't think it's doing Victoria any good being in the SASH group. What happens when their differences and POV's start pulling them away from one another? I admired Victoria near the end of this book as in the first book and even the majority of this one, it was like every decision and move she made regarding what she went through, was to make someone else feel better. She wasn't thinking of herself and putting herself first as it wasn't just Audrey, Tiffany, and Sarah that were victims and survivors. Victoria was too.
This was an amazing conclusion to the series and finished on such a good strong ending with Victoria's speech of "her story".