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M**2
Brilliant
Excellent storyline with laugh out loud bits. A real love story that is heart breaking but real. Thoroughly enjoyable read in the Tommen boys series.
E**
So emotional!
This is the first book of Joey and Aoife's story and boy does it pack a punch! Joey and Aoife meet on their first day of secondary school and are immediately drawn to each other. Working for Aoife's dad means that Joey keeps their relationship strictly in the friend zone for years until they can no longer deny the draw they have to each other. Joey has a very difficult home life, living with an abusive father, a defenseless mother and four younger siblings that he is thrust into raising. To cope with the pressure he turns to drugs, a problem that progressively gets worse as he gets older. When reading the first two books, I didn't realise how bad Joey's addiction was and it was really painful to read.Aoife really is the life and soul of the party! She is amazingly bold and extremely protective of those she loves. She gets herself into some difficult situations while trying to defend and protect Joey. It's no surprise that it all gets to her and she starts to struggle with his addictions. But there's no tearing her away from Joey!I feel emotionally raw after reading this book. I'm diving straight into the next one even though I'm definitely not ready for it.
K**E
Book three of the boys of tommen series
This book was hard to get into compared to the first two books in the series. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t like or enjoy it because I did. I loved the banter between Joey and Aofie when they were just best friends, but my god was Paul Annoying. And as for the parents I think this book made me dislike them even more, like your just plain mean to the one child who is always helping to take care of you. Can’t wait to read the next half of joeys story
T**D
All the pain
No actual words can describe how i feel about this book. I've adored this series so far and this book didn't disappoint.Aoife is actually perfect and Joey my poor broken boy.I think I might need a little break before I go into the next book as I'm not emotionally strong enough right now as this one broke me .But, it's a dark story that's full of love and care and protection. And doing what's right by your family even it kills you.
L**S
Must read
Same as the others in this series, emotions feelings, real life struggled hurdles to jump a must read loved every word addictive read 😉
C**T
A fantastic read.
I loved the storyline of this book. I can't wait to continue on to the next and find out more.
E**S
Hooked and devastated
<b>"I love you more than I have ever loved another person in my life, and that's not an exaggeration. That's the god honest truth."</b>On Joey's first day of secondary school, he meets Aoife Molloy, a girl with a strong personality, self confidence and very nice legs. One day that girl is going to be his.I've put off Saving 6 since reading the first two in this series over a year ago. If you know this series, you know the heartbreak that comes with them and I just needed to prepare myself for that. Unsurprisingly, I'm now annoyed at myself for leaving it so long as yet again I have ended up completely attached to the characters.I will admit it took me a little while to get into this one. It follows several years of Joey and Aoife being in school and their little interactions together which I did enjoy reading but I could have done with some being cut out to be honest, it was just a bit too much back story building.Once we got to more intense things happening, my heart was stomped on. Aoife's care and love for Joey whilst he is falling apart was so beautiful and she is such a great FMC, strong willed, determined and fierce, she is exactly what Joey needs, even when he probably doesn't realise it.I loved watching their relationship and friendship grown and am keen to see what happens next, although I am expecting further heartbreak and tears.Please be aware that this series has huge triggers for domestic violence, r@pe and as$ault so be mindful of this when picking up the series.
B**D
OMG! I didn’t think this was going to be as good!
I will admit, I was a bit apprehensive about Joey’s book. I just wanted to get straight to Gisbie since he is, hands down, my favourite character in the series. But about 5 chapters in, I was completely hooked with the characters here. Aoife didn’t feel like she was accurately described right in the first two books—it felt more like she wasn’t as involved, but then this book explains her more and you just get to learn a lot more about her and can I say, she’s definitely my favourite FC in the entire series, so far. I LOVE that this series started off explaining their relationship and showing Joey’s struggles and why he couldn’t immediately or want to commit to her when he was a kid—it also shows Joey’s struggles and how he fell entirely into the wrong crowd and that it didn’t help anything going on with him at home or trying to be good for Aoife. But it was completely raw and honest and true and I LOVED everything about that. It didn’t feel like it glossed things over…it didn’t feel like it was just putting it in there to show a relationship struggle for them to come out stronger…none of it felt forced or like an act. It just was simply so good and RAW and everything that it should be to show struggles and addiction and I think that’s why I love Joey’s and Aoife’s book the most. Especially Redeeming 6. Like, I’ve never sat down and read a book without counting down the pages to the end wanting to know what happened. I was just along for the ride and happily went along with it, without needing to know what happens in the end. And this book is so important to explain everything about Joey and his history and why he’s simply the way he is. Defenitely one of the best reads of 2024.
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