4.5⭐️

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This was one rollercoaster of a book! I cried a handful of times which I don’t do often while reading books. There’s only a few books that have successfully made me cry.

Chloe Walsh’s ability to write a story that makes you want to cry and laugh simultaneously is seriously impressive!

Saving 6 is such a complex story. Aoife and Joey struggle with their own problems but they always had each others backs. Especially Aoife. She ALWAYS believed in Joey, she never gave up on him and loved him unconditionally and I just love her so much. As Joey said: “Aoife Molloy had a heart of gold.” She’s feisty and strong, has nice legs and a heart of gold!!

The way Joey struggled with his addiction and his whole home life situation was heartbreaking. I want to give him the absolute BIGGEST hug in the world. Though he was struggling, he was the best big brother to his siblings. He always put them first and even though his mother would treat him like shit he would always protect her and that just shows what a man he is. I’m not saying that I like Marie Lynch because…yeah.

I loved the structure of this book. I loved reading about them through the years and seeing how their friendship blossomed into something more.

My only critique is the ending. It ended so abruptly. It's supposed to be a cliffhanger type of ending but that didn't really feel like a cliffhanger???

Anyway, this book has definitely made its mark and it’s a story that will stick with me for a long time.

I still have the second book left and I am so ready for Aoife and Joey to get their happy ending.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Bloom Books for accepting my request of this eARC!

I absolutely loved Aoife and Joey! This book brought the drama and I ate it up. The Boys of Tommen is a must-read for anyone looking for an angsty read with a beautiful couple!

oh how i regret not requesting the arc of the latest book 😭 this series has stolen my heart and i fear i’ll never recover ❤️‍🩹 these characters mean the world to me, i mean well and truly jump off the page! and the writing is positively phenomenal i can’t help but get wrapped up in these beautifully humane and breath catching moments 🫶🏼

I loved this one so so much!!! I can’t leave a review without spoiling it LOL but all i can say is this whole series is slamming!!

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book!
All thoughts and opinions are my own.

✨BOOK REVIEW✨

Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh

(Book 3 in the Tommens series!) 💋

I feel like with any book series you read, you usually tend to fall in love with whatever characters are in “book 1” and then when you are done you’re skeptical on whether the next book can live up to the obsession you have with the first characters. This was me after reading book 1 and 2 and loving Johnny and Shannon’s love story. And honestly the bromance of Johnny and Gibsie. I wanted Gibsie next and I wasn’t as “excited” to read Joey and Aiofe’s story as much until @lit_with_kristen told me Joey’s books were top notch emo. She was not wrong!!

Joey is just a doll baby and you wish you could just sit and hold him. The things that he has to shoulder and endure are heartbreaking. I legit battled with putting this one down so that I could take a breather from all the things in his life, while also being very much addicted and unable to stop.

Aoife is pure gold and one of my new favorite book characters. Her spark and sass and ability to just say exactly how she feels is hard not to love.

10/10 — I rated books 1 & 2 of this series 5 stars and I loved this book so much more if that tells you anything.

Addiction and drugs are heavy in this one and it is just so emotional and sad. I love you, Joe!

Also I’d be doing you a disservice if I didn’t tell you that the banter is A+ between Joey & Aoife 💕🔥

Published Feb 20th, last week!! Be reminded that these paperbacks from @read_bloom are peak level floppiness and 1000 stars alone.

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I love getting joeys side of everything that happened in keeping thirteen and learning of his life outside the abusive relationship with his father in the house and how he loves afeio

This series has my entire heart.
Joey and Aoife are seriously some of my favorites. Their storyline is so gut wrenching but beautiful.
All these characters deserve the world. I was full on crying at some points, and I cannot explain why.

“I could go a fair bit crazy over you, Molloy.” His lips brushed against my brow as he said, “Stay out of my head now, ya hear?”

I LOVE THEM!!! They had the most soul mate meet cute you could imagine. The banter was everything, but the ending is what got me. Joey deserves the entire world and I am so glad that Aoife is apart of that world.

CW: abuse (on page), drug use (on page), neglect, addiction

Reading Joey's story was such an honest and heartbreaking look at the chains of abuse and addiction and generational trauma. Don't get me wrong, it is HEAVY. very heavy and difficult to read, but also very eye-opening. Walsh writes with a brutal honesty and doesn't gloss over the harshness of addiction or the horrific impact of abuse and child neglect. I feel she did an amazing job at identifying not only the physical impact but the emotional toll these traumas have on an individual and those who love them.

Joey is struggling to survive. Literally. He has every odd stacked against him, but Aoife Molloy is his light in the darkness. He tries his best to protect her from his life while she continually infiltrates herself into every nook and cranny. He's never had anyone to depend on. She's not use to giving up. It's a story of young love - but the kind that lasts forever.

Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books, Bloom Books for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Joey and Aoife are a perfect match and hold a special place in my heart. This book, my favorite of the year, exceeded my expectations with its slow burn romance. The character development of Joey and Aoife, both individually and as a couple, is truly impressive. Joey's love for his siblings and Sean's endearing nickname for him tugged at my heartstrings. However, reading about Shannon's abuse and bullying for the second time was difficult. Joey's resemblance to Loren Hale from another series was interesting, highlighting their similarities. Aoife's unwavering support for Joey is admirable, and their love for each other is undeniable. I want nothing more than to see them happy, though they still have obstacles to overcome. Joey's endearing nickname for Aoife, "Molloy," holds a special place in my heart. These characters evoked a range of emotions, making me laugh, cry, and smile simultaneously. I love the Boys of Tommen series, ranking it just below the Addicted/Calloway Sisters series. The found family dynamic is incredible.

I’m back in the Boys of Tommen world and I loved being here. 🥹 I’ve been waiting to start on this book but finally thought it was time to read about Joey and Aoife. 💗

✨ “You’re my favorite friend, with my favorite legs.”

“Well now, see, that wasn’t so hard, was it?” “And just so you know, Joe…” “You’re my favorite friend, with my favorite everything.”✨

This book starts off when Joey and Aoife are 12 years old and follows along their journey of becoming best friends to more. I absolutely loved all their banter throughout the book. They made me laugh but then the older they got, feelings started happening and that’s when I started to cry. This book just hit so hard and I wanna cry so much for Joey and Aoife. 😭🥺

They were toxic and oh so messy but also so what each other needed. Aoife fought so hard for Joey and knew he needed someone in his corner. She was the sweetest and funniest girl. 🥹

✨Nothing else mattered to me. All I could see, feel, taste, touch was him. He was everywhere. Consuming me entirely.✨

We see Joey dealing with a rough home life and having to be a mother and a father to his siblings and every scene just hurts more and more. He struggles so hard and the addiction he has doesn’t help at all. It hurt my heart so much. 😭😭 My poor Joey. 🥺


✨“I see you, Joey Lynch,” she continued, stroking her nose against mine.

“Yeah,” I replied in a gruff tone. “I see you too, Molloy.”

“No.” Shaking her head, she shifted closer, pressing her body flush against mine. “I mean that I see you.”✨

I’m off to go read the next book in the series. 🥹 I need to see these two have their happy ending. 💔

"oh, i've been sold on you for a long time now, joey lynch."

ok my heart is now broken??? i thought i was prepared after the damage i went through with the 13 books but this had me ugly crying on multiple occasions. joey is such a beautifully written character and i wholeheartedly hurt for him. having that kind of pressure at such a young age and dealing with addiction. aoife was such a character as well and i loved her! her confidence from the beginning and how much she stuck up for joey? love it. i am genuinely not ready for redeeming 6

Aoife Molloy and Joey Lynch
I was so excited when I found out Joey was going to be one of the boys of Tommen! I loved to see glimpses of Aoife and Joey’s relationship in Binding 13 and Keeping 13 from Shannon’s point of view. I know Joey’s had a difficult life growing up which made me so nervous to start this book. However, Chloe Walsh writes such loveable characters I just can’t help but root for them. They had me in a chokehold from the start with their first meeting at school. Joey has enough trauma for a lifetime (and then some) I just wish this boy gets a HEA because he deserves it. He is genuinely one of the best big brothers out there.

Being able to connect Joey and Aoife’s storyline following up to B13 and K13 was so satisfying to see everything behind the scenes of their relationship that readers don’t get to experience from Shannon’s view of them. I didn’t expect to love Aoife even more than I already did from the previous books but she really was the star of the book. She walked this man like a dog!!! Funny enough I actually got to read the chapter on Aoife’s birthday on the actual day, September 18th lol.

Now, I’m patiently waiting for the fire scene. iykyk.

I would like to thank the author, publisher, and Netgalley for this ARC.

Emotional and gripping. The book blew me away. I love Joey and his story. Walsh has a way of writing her characters that you fall in love with then and become them. This story was heartbreaking but captivating. The slow burn and the banter kept me hooked and left me wanting more! You have to read this book!

After reading Binding and Keeping 13, I knew I wanted to read Joey and Aoife’s story and absolutely loved it. But it was also heartbreaking. 💔

Seeing the side of Joey that you don’t get to see in the previous books makes you feel so much for him and why he is the way he is. Having to be the “dad” for his siblings starting at 12 years old is something no kid should ever have to do.

One of my favorite parts of this book was when Joey went to go meet his Great Grandpa and this conversation they had, “My Joseph. My brave, brave boy. Terrible burdens. A cursed cross to carry. But always rising from the ashes. Always getting back up. Always the…protector. Promise me that you’ll…never…give in to them.” “Give into who, Granda?” “The demons your father put in your head.” 😩

There are a lot of dark elements in this book that Joey has to deal with (like drug addiction, alcohol addiction, DA and SA) and it time jumps from when Joey starts school in 1999 to his last year of school in 2004.

Aoife ended up being his saving grace and I loved how she stuck by his side no matter what bad choices he made. They started off as friends in first year and the banter and angst between them was so good. I love that she teased him but also wasn’t afraid to get in his mess with him. I can’t wait to see how Redeeming 13 continues their story. 🩷

Thank you Net Galley for allowing me to receive an ARC in return for an honest review.

"I have been emotionally touched and overwhelmed (in the best way) by this book. It was amazing and a perfect continuation of Binding 13 and Keeping 13. Even though it is a separate story following a different couple. The love story of Joey and Aoife was captivating. I cannot find the words to express how much I enjoyed reading this book.

Joey is the second born of an abusive and broken marriage and when his older brother leaves everything falls on his shoulders. He struggles through his teenage years dealing with his sense of duty, self-loathing, and trying to walk the fine line of becoming an addict. Aoife is self assured and bubbly but she falls into a complicated friendship with Joey as he works as her father’s apprentice. He’s desperate to keep him out of her life but she wiggles her way into a very complicated situation.

JOEY 😭 This book is so funny and so sad all at the same time. Watching Joey raise his siblings melted a bit of my heart. The dang button conversation had me dying in laughter and I loved seeing them just have those tiny happy moments. I can see how he ended up down the road he ended up going down and I hope Aoife came help guide him in the right direction.

I liked this book. I really did... But it just dragged on and on.. This is a very long book of basically just dialog between the character. Which I don't really mind.. But it seemed to take a while to get to any point. Very slow moving.

Absolutely beautiful...grab them tissues. The third book in the series and Chloe Walsh does it again.

Joey is the second born of an abuse and broken marriage and when his older brother leaves everything falls on his shoulders. He struggles through his teenage years dealing with his sense of duty, self-loathing, and trying to walk the fine line of becoming an addict. Aoife is self assured and bubbly but she falls into a complicated friendship with Joey as he works as her father’s apprentice. He’s desperate to keep him out of her life but she wiggles her way into a very complicated situation.

JOEY 😭 This book is so funny and so sad all at the same time. Watching Joey raise his siblings melted a bit of my heart. The dang button conversation had me dying in laughter and I loved seeing them just have those tiny happy moments. I can see how he ended up down the road he ended up going down and I hope Aoife came help guide him in the right direction.

Thank you to Bloom Books, NetGalley and the author for a copy of this novel.

This book is the third in the Tommen Boys series. The first two books followed Johnny and Shannon, and now we follow Shannon’s older brother, Joey, and Aoife.

Chloe Walsh has a distinct ability to write a story that makes you feel such strong feelings toward the characters - either a strong love or a strong hate. We catch glimpses Joey in the first two books in the series, acting as the only dependent “parent” that his younger siblings can rely on, though he is kind of a jerk. Saving 6 backs up the story to when he’s 12, and we get to see what made him the way he is, and how Aoife fits into his life.

Aoife herself is a firecracker - sassy, popular, stands up for what she believes and is incredibly dependable. I thought the best thing about this book was their banter and their friendship in the earlier years.

I think the only part that I wasn’t a fan of was the fact that we’re seeing events that we already had to live through with Shannon, so it’s not a new plot really - it’s just from a different POV. It felt a bit like we weren’t moving forward.

I put this book off for a while, because I was anticipating it that much and just wasn’t ready for the emotions I knew it would bring. While this book didn’t end on a cliffhanger, I will be immediately starting Redeeming 6!