Review: Keeping 13 - Chloe Walsh

Review: Keeping 13 - Book #2 Boys of Tommen Series - Chloe Walsh - November 2018

I don't know about you, but I find chunky books very intimidating especially seeing as I love to be a one-sitting reader, this is why I keep them for bus rides to Auckland or as holiday reads as I know I can then give them my full attention. Book #2 of the Boys of Tommen Series is a chunky book at just over 800 pages and so I chose this book for my bus ride on Wednesday last week to Auckland as I was going up to see Vengaboys in concert. I enjoyed the first book and I have to admit for a chunky read, the book does move at quite a swift pace. This book picks up from the first where at the end we read that Shannon is being beaten by her Dad once again, this time he has gone too far and Shannon ends up almost dead.  Her mother snaps as the police get involved due to Johnny doing something about things. Now Shannon's Dad has gone on the run, her older brother Darren is back and Joey is neither here nor there. This though feels like a prison for Shannon as her brother Darren is just as controlling as their dad was but just in another way. She wants to be free to live her life and be normal with her friends and boyfriend Johnny. The second half of the book ends with Johnny introducing Shannon's four brothers Joey, Tadhg, Ollie, and Sean to his parents and of course, his mum and dad fall in love with all of them. Just as life starts to feel normal, Shannon's dad comes back and this time it is up to Shannon and Johnny to save her brothers as they know they can't keep living like this. Tragedy does occur but I just loved the Kavanaugh family and how they stepped up to the plate to help and just be there for the Lynch family. Johnny's love has always been Rugby and when he gets into the U20 team, he becomes a star but will Johnny and Shannon be able to do their relationship long distance and will they be able to handle his newfound fame amongst the ladies? I also loved the Epilogue of the new school year where both Tadhg and Joey start at Tommen as they are the "new hotties" but both with attitude and spunk.  I am now excited to read the third book which is going to be Joey and Aoife's story - Saving 6. This series is not one for the faint-hearted and if you loved Rebecca Donovan’s series Reason to Breathe and Torey Hayden and Cathy Glass’s non-fiction reads you will enjoy Chloe Walsh’s Boys of Tommen Series.


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