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simone01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Bullying
nickiolii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Physical abuse
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape
leikyr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Bullying
Minor: Miscarriage and Rape
ellie_janef's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i have no words.Ā
this is a 727399273 star for me.Ā
shannon has been bullied all her life and grew up in an abusive household, with a violent, alcoholic father and a forgiving mother, the only person she is close with is her older brother joey. shannonās mam decides to pull her out of school in the middle of third year and enrol her in a private school, putting the family into further debt.Ā
shannon has 2 friends in her new school- Claire and Lizzie - who went to primary school with her.Ā
on her first day she is hit on her head by a rugby ball resulting in her having a concussion. the culprit? irelands future rugby star, Johnny Kavanagh.Ā
Johnny takes care of Shannon after her concussion and keeps an eye out for her in school.Ā
even though theyāve only briefly met, they canāt get each other out of their heads.Ā
johnny vows to protect shannon, but he canāt when her injuries show up daily and she wonāt tell him who is giving her them.Ā
shannon vows to protect johnny, but she canāt when heās just had surgery that heās still in pain from after it healed badly and he continues playing rugby regardless.Ā
they end up seeing each other constantly. whether itās shannon missing her bus and johnny driving her home, or shannonās brother joey heading over to Johnny's house to drop off his phone.Ā
they get very close very fast and have such good chemistry.Ā
this book is just sos so sos so so good, and i just want all the characters to be happy and have some peace.Ā
the found family is so good and i love the friendships between the characters so much.Ā
found family:
shannon lynch
johnny kavanagh
gerard gibsie (likes claire)
claire
hughie (claireās brother)
lizzie
pierce (lizzies boyfriend)
at the end johnny has a match in dublin and ends up passing out because of pain, he is brought to the hospital for emergency surgery. shannon sneaks out of the b&b where the school is staying with gibsie to visit johnny in hospital. when he is high on morphine he tells her he loves her and she admits her dad is hurting her.Ā
when she gets home her dad beats her badly and it ends on a cliffhanger of joey forcing their mother to choose - her husband or her kids.Ā
Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Bullying
calhox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Vomit and Miscarriage
Minor: Rape, Eating disorder, and Infertility
mimimac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Rape
mck_katie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Violence and Bullying
Minor: Rape
chadreadsrom's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Child abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Rape and Sexual content
emilyreads15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Let me just say that this is the slowest slowburn of all slowburns to ever exist. It took all my patience and I found myself yelling at the book a lot. Anyways what a cliffhanger. I need book 2 asap.
Giving this a 4.5 just bc it was such a long book for the very little amount of actual relationship time they had. But who cares because I loved it anyways and is a new sports romance fav of mine.
Now I need to decide if I want to but the kindle version of book 2 so I can have it now or get the physical copy that I really want even though it wonāt come until Sunday.
If you have a high patience tolerance then read this book asap. Thank you so much to my bestie, Lex for recommending this to me.Ā
Also please check TW before reading this book š«¶š»
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Body shaming, and Drug use
Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
rosereadsalot's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Mental illness, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual content, and Vomit