Binding 13- -
Penny Reid , Mia Sheridan , Colleen Hoover (specifically It Ends With Us ), and anyone who likes a hero who falls first and falls harder.
At first glance, Chloe Walsh’s Binding 13 looks like a familiar play: the massive, brooding rugby star and the fragile, mysterious new girl. It’s a setup that has fueled countless young adult and new adult romances. But to dismiss this door-stopper of a novel (clocking in at over 500 pages) as just another sports romance would be a massive fumble. Binding 13-
Furthermore, the book explores the failure of institutions. The school, the coaches, and even the police are either complicit or ineffective. The only true justice in the novel is the loyalty of a teenage boy who is willing to risk his entire future for the girl sitting alone in the library. Binding 13 is not a light read. It comes with a laundry list of trigger warnings (child abuse, bullying, panic disorders, injury). However, for readers who appreciate emotional devastation with a hard-won happy ending, it is unparalleled. Penny Reid , Mia Sheridan , Colleen Hoover
Penny Reid , Mia Sheridan , Colleen Hoover (specifically It Ends With Us ), and anyone who likes a hero who falls first and falls harder.
At first glance, Chloe Walsh’s Binding 13 looks like a familiar play: the massive, brooding rugby star and the fragile, mysterious new girl. It’s a setup that has fueled countless young adult and new adult romances. But to dismiss this door-stopper of a novel (clocking in at over 500 pages) as just another sports romance would be a massive fumble.
Furthermore, the book explores the failure of institutions. The school, the coaches, and even the police are either complicit or ineffective. The only true justice in the novel is the loyalty of a teenage boy who is willing to risk his entire future for the girl sitting alone in the library. Binding 13 is not a light read. It comes with a laundry list of trigger warnings (child abuse, bullying, panic disorders, injury). However, for readers who appreciate emotional devastation with a hard-won happy ending, it is unparalleled.