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Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh

9 reviews

briochebun's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3 out of 5 ☆’s.

“In a way, my childhood was robbed from me because of my ability to play rugby.”

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Goodness gracious that book was incredibly long for a contemporary romance novel (and it seems as though the rest of the series is even longer). 😮‍💨

I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions while reading this story - so I will go ahead and start off with the things that I enjoyed while reading: 

The side characters were interesting! I am curious about Joey + Aoife + Gibsie + Claire + Patrick and hope to learn more about them at some point in the future (when I get around to reading the rest of the series)! :)

I liked that Johnny & Shannon were kind to one another (most of the time at least). I went into this book blind and wasn’t sure what to expect but seeing him protect the “new girl” was refreshing!

I loved the songs that were mentioned throughout the book!

Now — onto the things that I wasn’t the biggest fan of:

Towards the middle point of the book / right up until the field trip chapter it felt as though I was rereading the same chapter over and over again because some things were soo repetitive. This book could’ve been shorter if some unnecessary / repetitive material would’ve been cut.

I also wish that this book had more male “villain” characters. Ronan was present at the beginning of the book, but then seemingly faded off into obscurity & it felt as though 95% of the female characters discussed in this book disliked Shannon because they were “jealous” of her (because she was soo different from all of them & all of their boyfriends wanted her) which…is something that I just wasn’t a fan of?

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I’m curious to see how the series progresses! ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Medical content, Bullying, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Sexism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual harassment and Blood

eva27's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Addiction, Gore, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

haleyslibrary1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Infidelity, Medical content, and Homophobia

luciadreams's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying

mana_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Blood

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

although this book was 800 pages, i managed to completely devour it in one day due to how gripping the story and romance was. the depth that the author went into for the different characters (and even the development of the side characters’ own relationships) was just so intricate and well-done. despite the fact that it did feel quite repetitive at times (especially when it kept mentioning how small and tiny shannon was all the time),
i did really enjoy the slow burn of the relationship and found myself loving shannon and johnny both individually and together so so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Rape

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

It's 6 a.m and omg, I was not expecting this. I had read pretty good things about the book but honestly I thought Shannon and Johnny would be too sweet for my taste, but I was wrong. I'm usually not a big fan of males with hero complexes and the trope of the shy girl who need saving. But this worked, so well. Plus it's cliché, yeah, but it's really absolutely well done. 
And not only the main characters, despite the large cast, Chloe Walsh does a great job fleshing out each characters, I love Claire and Gibsie (who need to get together like, right now) and all of the rugby boys and Joey and Aoife.
4'75/5, I'm not giving it 5 stars because I cringed at some scenes but still a great read and I'm starting the next one as soon as I finish the review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

The main character and her brothers are abused by their dad, most of the beatings are just implied but not explicit, but there is a final 'big' one which is pretty specific. Plus their mum is mentioned to have a miscarriage in the book

anncatherine's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

i have got mixed opinions about this book. it would have been really good if it didnt have 700+ pages. and also it ends on a cliffhanger! so unnecessary. i m not gonna read the second book which has 900 pages. id think its worth my time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders