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Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was heartbreakingly beautiful.

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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Too much sex, why did they always get walked in on? 

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Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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‼️‼️SPOILER ALERT‼️ 

This book was everything.  I don’t know if I have read a “new adult” novel so emotionally driven as this one. After the disasterous conclusion of the first novel Binding 13 we continue the story of Shannon and Johnny in a heartbreaking way. Fighting for her life after being beaten within a inch of her life Shannon now finds herself fighting her brother who has came back, for the love she has for the boy who has been saving her and against a broken system that has been failing her for years. In the midst of healing she finds herself falling more in love with a boy that will never give up fighting for her and her life; including the little people in it. Johnny is the type of teenage boy that every girl needs and every mother hopes her son will be someday. Fighting his own uphill battle he still finds a way to protect Shannon and the mess around her. He is kind, he is strong in a way that Shannon needs, and also gentle in a way she can’t help but fall deeper into.  This book is long, but it is full of so much. Lesson after lesson, tear after tears make you root for these star-crossed lovers. You will laugh, you will giggle in 2005 nostalgic memories, and you will cry so deeply for a group of kids. It is impossible not to end this novel changed as a person. A fantastic read.

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Meh…

I was super fond of these characters and I’m so glad they got their HEA but there was more I disliked than I liked to be honest!

1: something about how Shannon’s mother was portrayed felt really off and victim blamey to me. The finale of this awful domestic violence situation just didn’t sit right with me.

2: this book and the first book just don’t need to be this long. I felt like it would never end at some stages of reading!

3: I spent the last 10% of this book STRESSED because of the aftermath of the camping trip. Johnny and Shannon were drunk and she couldn’t remember if they had sex or not (and he plainly states he has no condoms for some dumb fucking reason) and even though he says they didn’t, the fact that drink was had and she was unsure, I was convinced she was preggers and I feel like the author did that on purpose because changes to Shannon’s body are mentioned more than a few times and it just made me really annoyed and it felt super manipulative!

4: I’m bummed there wasn’t a time jump epilogue! 

I said I wasn’t going to read Joey’s books but I just don’t know now, I feel like I need to know but I also suspect something in regards to Aoife and it’s a trope I hate. 

Lizzie is pissing me right off already and I read reviews about her being worse in Gibsie and Claire’s book so I also don’t know about reading that. Maybe after a little break I’ll be more open to reading the next books.

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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