edie-may ౨ৎ's Reviews > Redeeming 6

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ── 6.00 stars .ᐟ °❀.ೃ࿔


‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ❛ And I loved him enough to keep
‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ fighting for him. Even when he’d
‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ given up on himself. ❜


‎ ‎ ‎ ⌗ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎started: nov 4, 2025 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⌝
‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⌞ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎finished: nov 7, 2025 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ᰔ


‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ age rating: 17+
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ spice level: 2.5/5
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ content warnings:
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ (child) abuse & DV
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ child loss
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ mental health and suicidal ideation
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ SA/mention of rape
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ sexual content
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ strong language
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ substance abuse
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ violence, death & grief


‎ ‎ ‎ spoiler-free review!
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ potentially one minor spoiler?? idk.


‎ ‎ ‎ ᰔ tl;dr: managed to keep my tears (mostly) in check this time around. i have no notes on the perfection that is the joeyaoife duology. the shannon and johnny crumbs made me unreasonably happy.


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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎iris - the goo goo dolls
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‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ 🖤┆ main tropes:

‎ ‎ ‎ ➪ everyone’s traumatised™
‎ ‎ ‎ ➪ first love
‎ ‎ ‎ ➪ found family
‎ ‎ ‎ ➪ friends to lovers


‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ──〝 and i don’t want the world to see me, 〞


‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ 🎱┆ review:

‎ ‎ ‎ huge announcement here, guys: i did not sob during the majority of this book. if you read my review for Saving 6, you will appreciate my character development, because that book set me off like a firehose. i am pleased to report that i only sobbed through the last 10% of this one!

‎ ‎ ‎ i can’t tell if i’m giving this six stars because it was a genuinely good book, or because it invoked such strong emotions in me that i simply couldn’t give it anything less. i think this and S6 may just be a perfect duology in this series.

‎ ‎ ‎ side note, but the more i read about shannon and johnny in this, the more i missed the absolute hell out of them. i literally had to fight the urge to go back and reread their books. i am so glad we got a cute little insight into their life post-K13.


‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ──〝 ‘cause i don’t think that they’d understand, 〞


‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ 🚔┆ characters:

‎ ‎ ‎ ➪ joey lynch
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ “You've got a beautiful mind, Joey Lynch, and a wonderful heart.”
‎ ‎ ‎ you cannot tell me this quote is not ‘medicine’ coded. and on the topic of songs… joey relapsing to ‘fade into you’ genuinely made me go into shock. i mean that with absolute sincerity; i had to step away and resist the urge to bawl, because, and excuse my language, what the actual fuck?
‎ ‎ ‎ this boy got me feeling angry, tired, heartbroken, and completely helpless. his pov got me ripping at my hair follicles, staring at the walls, curling up into a ball… all the usual shenanigans. that mazzy star scene will be engraved into my mind for the foreseeable future, though.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ♪ ‘family line’ by conan gray

‎ ‎ ‎ ➪ aoife molloy
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ “Have you ever considered that she might be the one pouring life into him?”
‎ ‎ ‎ aoife is a stronger woman than i, because i do not think i could put myself through this. she is genuinely such a tank, i love her and feel so horrible for her. joeyaoife till the day i die, but i sincerely hope my love story is not like theirs. these babies got put through the absolute wringer.
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⤷ ♪ ‘forever & always’ by taylor swift

‎ ‎ ‎ ➪ others
‎ ‎ ‎ shannon & johnny: i did not realise how much i missed my angels until i started reading about them again in these last two books. also, just need to point it out, but shannon’s newfound confidence? i feel like such a proud mama, it’s insane.
‎ ‎ ‎ gibsie: we know how i feel about my husband. the favour? i cannot deal, bro, i’m so in love. his book is going to demolish me in the worst ways possible.


‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ──〝 when everything’s made to be broken, 〞


˚₊ · »-✰→ my series reviews:

‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ Binding 13 (5★)
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ Keeping 13 (4.25★)
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ Saving 6 (6★)
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ Redeeming 6 (6★)
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ Taming 7 (4.75★)
‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ Releasing 10 (?★)


‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ──〝 i just want you to know who i am. 〞


┆ ⤿ 🚬 ⌗ pre-read:
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⋆ prediction: 4.50★ ✓

‎ ‎ ‎ ⤿ i said i’d read this as soon as possible in my last review, and i was not lying. is this good for my emotional psyche? no. expect a crashout soon. xo


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