The choices they make aren’t always the sensible one and that’s okay. It was realistic, and you have to remember that these characters are in high school, so they’re still maturing and growing into who they are. It did get a bit repetitive, but the development of the characters throughout these two books were amazing and I loved how Walsh spaced it out.

They’re super long, and the page count is kind of scary, but ignore the covers and the page length. These books hooked me in and I couldn’t stop reading. She has experienced more bullying than one could count, and this prompts her to move schools to Tommen College mid-way through the school year in hopes of a fresh start. Shannon is a sixteen-year-old, who lives in a very toxic and abusive household. He wasn’t going to let anything get in his way, until her. His only love has always been rugby he’s focused and determined to be the best and get to the top, ignoring any and all injuries he suffers. Johnny is a seventeen-year-old, who comes from a wealthy and loving family. Novel s Binding 13 and Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh follows Shannon and Johnny, two teenagers, whose lives couldn’t be any more different and can still somehow fit perfectly together anyways. Trigger Warnings: physical and verbal abuse, bullying, substance abuse, mature content, death, sexual harassment Tropes: friends to lovers, slow burn, sports romance, grumpy/sunshine, found family Title: Binding 13 (book #1) and Keeping 13 (book #2)

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