Title: Saving 6
Author: Chloe Walsh
Publisher: Bloom Books
Genre: Drama, Romance
Pages: 496
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
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Saving 6
Joey Lynch’s life is not easy. His older brother has just run away from home, and now he feels the need to protect his little sister and younger brothers. Their father is an alcoholic who hits their mother and the children. Joey wants to protect everyone before their father beats someone to death, but that means Joey is the one who gets hurt.
When Aoife saw Joey for the first time, she fell in love. But Joey never wanted to be in a relationship. He tells her that he is not good enough for her. Aoife starts dating another guy because she is done waiting for him, but she still has feelings for Joey. Aoife wants to help him and make sure he is not destroying himself.
Review
This is the third book in the Boys of Tommen series written by Chloe Walsh. All of these books are very intense. They deal with themes like domestic abuse, bullying, and addiction.
When I read the first book in this series, I was in shock. I had no idea what the books were really about. All I knew was that they were very sad and extremely popular. I had no idea what was going to happen, and by the end of the first book I was in tears. That book basically ruined me. The second book was also very sad, and this one was no different.
I felt really sorry for Joey. He was trying to protect his siblings from their abusive father, and their mother was depressed. Because of that, Joey had to take care of her and the entire family. He was cooking, making money, and feeding the baby in the middle of the night. He was still so young and had to go through all of that.
I also liked Aoife. She has feelings for Joey and feels the need to help him, especially when she finds out he is doing drugs and what is happening at his house. She sees him a lot since they are in the same class, and Joey works at Aoife’s father’s garage, so she is always keeping an eye on him. She doesn’t judge him—she just tries to help him.
Again, this book was both beautiful and heartbreaking. I liked that we could read Joey’s side of the story. The book starts when Joey is around twelve years old, from the moment his older brother Darren runs away. From there, you read about everything that happens in his life over the next few years.
There is another book about Joey, Redeeming 6, which is the next book in the series. I really want to read it soon. I kind of know what is going to happen to him, but I would still like to read his side of the story. I want to know what he was thinking when Shannon almost dies and during everything that happens after that.