Keeping 13
The second instalment in Chloe Walsh's Boys of Tommen series picks up exactly where the heartache left off, and it does not let go. If Binding 13 drew you in, this follow-up will finish the job entirely. Johnny Kavanagh is not in a good place. Sidelined by injury, stripped of his number 13 jersey, and quietly falling apart, he finds himself fixated on a girl whose presence he can't shake. Shannon Lynch, meanwhile, has spent her whole life keeping things buried. She knows better than most that real danger doesn't live in storybooks, and the trauma she carries home from Dublin only deepens the walls she's built around herself. Two people, each guarding something. One very complicated question: can what's between them survive what's coming? Walsh writes first love with a rawness that feels almost uncomfortable at times, in the best possible way. The emotional range here is considerable. Readers have described laughing, crying, fuming, and swooning, sometimes within the same chapter. That kind of response isn't accidental. It comes from characters who feel genuinely lived-in, and a story that respects both their pain and their resilience. It's the sort of book that stays with you after the last page, the kind that makes the next read feel slightly flat by comparison. Fans of the series will find plenty to love here, and newcomers would do well to start with Binding 13 before jumping in. The series also includes Saving 6 and Redeeming 6, with Taming 7 available to pre-order now.
- Author: Chloe Walsh
- Publisher: Piatkus Books
- Genre: Family & Relationships
- ISBN: 978-0349439273
- Pages: 832 pages