Saving 6: Boys of Tommen #3 Paperback – 5 Feb. 2023

I really was not expecting to so truly love this book! I raced to read it after Keeping 13, and was initially disappointed in the timeline of it - it takes place before and alongside Binding 13. I thought, oh I’m not really interested in this I already know about Joey and Aoife’s relationship. How wrong I was. This is such an emotional read and a beautiful love story. I didn’t think the Lynch family’s story could be any more heartbreaking, but it was even more emotional from Joey’s point of view. And I totally loved Aoife ❤️ can’t wait to read Redeeming 6.What to expect:- issues with substance abuse- family drama- love at first sight- friends to lovers- forbidden romance

“I was twelve years old and a frontline soldier in the war that raged within my family home.”😭😭 emotional wreck here!! I expected it. knew it was coming. I thought I was prepared… I was not 💔 you can never be prepared for a Chloe walsh book. Unless you can literally remove your heart before the book and put it back after… I currently have no words. Just sat here as an emotional mess 😅 JOEYYY 😭 he has my whole heart. Even if it’s obliterated right now, alongside his. Even though we know part of the outcome from the first two books in the series, it still all hurts just as much!! 💔 I despise his dad. My hate is so strong I can’t even… aaarghhhhh!!!! 🤬🤬“It was like there was a demon living just beneath the surface of my skin, one that had taken too many kicks lying down, and refused to take a single other.” 😭Moving on… as we know it really isn’t all heart ache. Majority of the book I was howling with laughter!! One of my favourite parts throughout is the headlines for each chapter 😂😂 it made me even more eager for each chapter and some are hilarious!!Aoife is just AMAZING!!! She is fierce, loyal, HILARIOUS & Joeys best friend 🥹 The first chapter stuck with me throughout the whole book, the first day at school. The first time they saw each other. The first back and fourth banter between them, I lived for that throughout the whole book!!!! I fell in love with Aoife alongside our Joey. I’m completely and utterly obsessed. I just NEED the second book!!“You’re my favourite friend, with my favourite legs.”“You’re my favourite friend, with my favourite everything.”Our Shannon!!! 😭 it hurts. Knowing I’m more detail of what she went through before she moved to Tommen. The bullying and abuse she suffers is just awful. I am now off to listen to the audio books of Binding 13 & keeping 13 because I need to reassure myself she is ok and happy and I need Gibsie to make me cry with laughter and not be crying from heartbreak. At least until I can get my next fix of Aoife and Joey, there will never be enough to sate my need for them. I need the next book now!!!“I’ll be seeing you, Molloy.”

Saving 6 was beyond anything I could've imagined for the first part of Joey Lynch's story. I knew this one was going to be a tough read, I'd prepared myself for such but i have to be honest, it still utterly destroyed me at times. Joey, along with all the Lynch children have suffered very traumatic childhoods. It broke my heart the way his responsibilities weigh on him. Even though he battles his own traumas and fights his own demons his loved ones always come first, I loved him so much for that. It is simply impossible not love Joey Lynch. I really liked the timeline for the story how we went back to where it all starts. We get a much better understanding of the Lynch family dynamic. How the struggles Joey faced shaped him to become the way he is, it really is heartbreaking. My love for Aoife grew with every chapter of the story. I liked the way she always had Joey's back no matter what. I did want to shake her a few times for the choices she made. I absolutely loved their first meeting, it was EVERYTHING!! The Lyrics "Nobody Ever Loved Me Like She Does" by The Beatles are perfect as noone will EVER love Joey Lynch the way Aoife Molloy does. I can't wait for the next part of their story even though I'm sure things will get a lot worse before they hopefully get better.

I loved Joey, my heart hurt for his lot in life. I've a love/hate relationship with Aoife. She was funny but grated on my nerves at times. I'm sorry to say I didn't click with this as well as the first two books. The story was still good, but it didn't hit me in the feels as hard. Moving on to Redeeming 6, hoping it grips me better.

It took me a really long time to read this book. I wasn’t in a mentally good place and I knew with joeys story I needed to be in a good place to take it on. Chloe…you will forever be that author for me. The one person I don’t ever need a sample before I buy. This is your best work yet. Through or all heartache you gift us with this masterpiece thank you.I knew from the snippets we saw of Joey in Shannon’s book that his would be so heartbreaking. What a guy Joey is 🥹 the love he has for his siblings is like no other and I simply cannot wait to continue his story. This is such a gripping book of childhood trauma,abuse and addiction. And a guy worth saving. Aoife…what a girl. Well done Chloe 👏🏼

This book is literally heartbreaking. I love Joey sooo very much that it ripped my heart apart reading about his self destruction. I had to take so many breaks throughout the reading of this book because it is so very sad. The love that he and Aoife share is so beautiful. I truly hope that he will be able to overcome his demons

This book. ❤️ Joey’s life is no picnic and I struggled with parts of this book. Part of me really missed the comedic relief that Gibsy & Johnny provided in the previous books in this series. It helped lighten up the tone a bit more.But as hard as it was to read at times it was also so beautiful. Chloe’s writing totally immerses us in the story, I feel so deeply for all the characters. I loved seeing both Joey and Aoife grow up in the pages, see their friendship evolve from 12 to 18 years old. Aiofe is such an amazing young girl. Their bond is beautiful, you just want them to find their happy ending so bad.I had to take a couple of breaks reading, the last 15-10% was triggering for me. I don’t respond well to addicts and while I feel for Joey and understand his pain, the mother in me wanted to get her away from him at times to protect her. She is just a child and they both carry way too much weight on their shoulders.This series has my whole heart. I am immediately Jumping into Redeeming 6 and I hope this next book puts me back together.

Acho que nada descreve mais esse livro para mim do que a palavra “intensidade” o livro tem uma carga emocional absurda que te faz entrar tanto de cabeça na história que vc se sente tão mal e sentida pelos personagens. O vício do Joey e tudo que ele passa dentro da sua cabeça e em casa é narrado de uma forma exemplar que faz a gente sair de uma bolha que fomos inseridos sobre os estereótipos do vício e de como uma pessoa precisa reagir a um lar abusivo, pq simplesmente todas as suas questões são retratadas de uma forma tão profunda que parece que está acontecendo com um familiar nosso que a gente só quer abraçar e enfiar em uma bolha segura (tal qual a Aoife queria fazer com ele). Por outro lado temos uma das personagens femininas mais surreais já feitas, Aoife que não se deixa ser atacada e humilhada por ninguém pois o que ela aceita é sobre as normas dela e de como isso a afetará a longo prazo, além da forma que ela consegue compreender as situações que o Joey tá inserido é impressionante, a empatia dela é uma das coisas mais linda sobre ela e apesar de tudo ela ainda consegue impor seus próprios limites sobre as situações. Por mais que o final tenha acabado de uma forma crítica e triste a gente percebe o quão incrível a autora foi em mostrar as nuanças de um relacionamento diante um vício, pois é mostrado a dualidade entre ser a pessoa viciada e ser a pessoa que observa o outro se perdendo no vício e esse contraste é feito de uma forma muito responsável. Estou ansiosa para a redenção desse casal pq eles merecem demaiiiis e tenho certeza que a autora abordará tudo de uma forma responsável tal qual fez nesse livro em mostrar que até aqueles relacionamentos que torcemos muito pra dar certo podem se tornar tóxico mas isso não significa que tudo está perdido.

As always, Chloe Walsh knows how to write a beautiful and emotional book. Definitely a 5 ⭐️ read. Check the TW before reading it because there are some heavy topics that are mentioned in the book.

„Don’t worry Peter Pan, I‘ll be your Wendy“THIS FCKING BOOKIt was everything and so much more—I cried several times and I‘m currently crying and definitely need therapy now but it was so beautiful at the same time.Seeing their friendship and relationship in general developing over years was so special to me I can’t describe it! Their first meet is my favorite thing ever and I will always remember that.Joey Lynch deserved the world and I hate everyone who made him walk forwards an addiction at such a young age. He’s the protector all of them needed but who protected him? Nobody.Well bitches I‘m now here 🫡Aoife Molloy is truly my spirit animal.MY GOD I LOVE THAT GIRL WITH MY WHOLE HEART.The way she constantly teased Joey and was basically forever in love with him warms my heart.It was everything, I love them so so much even through they broke my heart several times