A review by tiasy97
Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh

3.5

 I did enjoy this book but I have sooooo many issues with Johnny and Shannon’s story. If I didn’t know this book was written by a woman, I would’ve assumed it was written by a man. The way Shannon is described is honestly so bizarre, why are we constantly being reminded of how tiny she is? She even mentions her tiny breasts? Literally no one talks about themselves like that. Stop being weird. Johnny being 18 and Shannon being 16 is also a huge huge no for me, and the fact that there are explicit sex scenes - WHEN THE MAIN CHARACTER IS SIXTEEN - is actually VERY weird. She is a child. You’re describing a child having sex. Okay! The way Shannon is described is overall very childlike, and she isn’t very mature at all (despite what you all say because newsflash! being abused and having trauma doesn’t automatically make you mature and THATS OKAY) whereas Johnny literally acts like an adult (maybe because he is 😘) - it just feels … ugh! 
But other than that, I did enjoy every other aspect of the book and I’ll probably read the others as they’re based on characters that are actually slightly interesting, and I wishhhh there was a book purely about the Lynch boys as I love them with all of my heart🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻