Name: Taming 7
ISBN: 9781464216060

Chloe Walsh

The all new fifth book in Chloe Walsh's heart-wrenching and angsty Boys of Tommen series, following the long-awaited love story of fan favorites Claire and Gibsie. She's the quintessential sunshine girl. He's the lovable class clown. But storm clouds are rolling in, and this Tommen boy is about to get serious. Tommen's cheeky lad, Gerard "Gibsie" Gibson, is a comedian at heart, but underneath his happy-go-lucky-nature lurks a broken boy, tortured by the events of his past. Using humor to cope with his demons, Gibsie hides everything from the world. Only one person knows who he truly is on the inside. His friend's little sister. His Claire-bear. Enveloped in sunshine, Claire Biggs, has spent her whole life adoring the boy across the street. Her brother's friend. Seeing a side to Gerard that no one else sees, Claire is determined to tame her wild-at-heart childhood best friend. But when the unexpected occurs and lines are crossed, will Gibsie and Claire's friendship survive? Will it blossom into something more, or will they lose themselves in the riptide?

Taming 7

✨Moments before the pain in my lungs exploded and everything went dark, I saw it. A halo of light. An orb of pure sunshine. Her. I saw her. And that’s when I knew. That’s when I knew…

✨“You’re my favorite person in the whole wide world, and I would swap everyone for you. Even Hugh.”

✨“When they said someone had been saved from the water. I prayed for it to be you.”

✨“I promised God I would do all the good things in the world if he brought you back.”

✨“What about me?” he whispered as a lone tear trickled down his cheek. “Who’ll keep me safe?” “I will, silly,” I replied, releasing his hand so that I could give him a hug. “I’ll keep you safe, Gerard.”

✨“But your hugs feel like sunshine.” “Like sunshine?” I frowned in confusion. “How?” “Because you are sunshine, silly,”

✨Claire Biggs had a lot of things. My back. My attention. My heart. My soul. Yeah, she had all of me and that wasn’t an exaggeration.

✨If I could sew this girl to my skin without causing her an ounce of harm, then I would do it in a heartbeat. That’s how vital she was to my life. How essential she was to my existence. If drugs were to Joey Lynch what Claire Biggs was to me, then there was no amount of rehab that could sway me to kick the habit. Because she was the habit of my lifetime.

✨The girl was everything to me, and that wasn’t me being dramatic. It was a fact. The thought of letting her down made me feel physically sick. The thought of any form of harm coming to her, be it emotional or physical, made me feel homicidal.

✨Claire meant it when she told me that she loved me. That was the first of two things in life I was sure of, and I meant it right back. That was the second thing I was sure of. If I knew nothing else in this world, then I knew that I loved Claire Biggs. More than she could ever know. More than one lousy four-letter word could ever depict.

✨“You’re a dope.” “I’d gladly be dope if you put me in your mouth.”

✨Some of the best things in life aren’t meant to last forever. That’s why we cherish them when they happen. Like your favorite chocolate in a box. Or shooting stars. We don’t refuse to eat the sweet because once we do, it’ll be gone, or stop looking at the stars after one shoots by. We enjoy the moment because we know it’s worth living in.”

✨“But what if Dick escapes and sneaks into Hugh’s room again?” I called after her. “That’s not the dick I’m worried about escaping,” Mam muttered under her breath.

✨“Thanks,” I replied with a smile, falling into step beside him, all while trying my best not to be weird. God only knew why but I had the strongest urge to make farm animal noises in this moment. Probably because I was epically nervous and had no clue how to navigate these unknown waters.

✨“There’s only ever been you for me.”

✨And I would forever stand with this boy. After all, taming 7 had been the adventure of my lifetime.

Mariaaa

✨Moments before the pain in my lungs exploded and everything went dark, I saw it. A halo of light. An orb of pure sunshine. Her. I saw her. And that’s when I knew. That’s when I knew…

✨“You’re my favorite person in the whole wide world, and I would swap everyone for you. Even Hugh.”

✨“When they said someone had been saved from the water. I prayed for it to be you.”

✨“I promised God I would do all the good things in the world if he brought you back.”

✨“What about me?” he whispered as a lone tear trickled down his cheek. “Who’ll keep me safe?” “I will, silly,” I replied, releasing his hand so that I could give him a hug. “I’ll keep you safe, Gerard.”

✨“But your hugs feel like sunshine.” “Like sunshine?” I frowned in confusion. “How?” “Because you are sunshine, silly,”

✨Claire Biggs had a lot of things. My back. My attention. My heart. My soul. Yeah, she had all of me and that wasn’t an exaggeration.

✨If I could sew this girl to my skin without causing her an ounce of harm, then I would do it in a heartbeat. That’s how vital she was to my life. How essential she was to my existence. If drugs were to Joey Lynch what Claire Biggs was to me, then there was no amount of rehab that could sway me to kick the habit. Because she was the habit of my lifetime.

✨The girl was everything to me, and that wasn’t me being dramatic. It was a fact. The thought of letting her down made me feel physically sick. The thought of any form of harm coming to her, be it emotional or physical, made me feel homicidal.

✨Claire meant it when she told me that she loved me. That was the first of two things in life I was sure of, and I meant it right back. That was the second thing I was sure of. If I knew nothing else in this world, then I knew that I loved Claire Biggs. More than she could ever know. More than one lousy four-letter word could ever depict.

✨“You’re a dope.” “I’d gladly be dope if you put me in your mouth.”

✨Some of the best things in life aren’t meant to last forever. That’s why we cherish them when they happen. Like your favorite chocolate in a box. Or shooting stars. We don’t refuse to eat the sweet because once we do, it’ll be gone, or stop looking at the stars after one shoots by. We enjoy the moment because we know it’s worth living in.”

✨“But what if Dick escapes and sneaks into Hugh’s room again?” I called after her. “That’s not the dick I’m worried about escaping,” Mam muttered under her breath.

✨“Thanks,” I replied with a smile, falling into step beside him, all while trying my best not to be weird. God only knew why but I had the strongest urge to make farm animal noises in this moment. Probably because I was epically nervous and had no clue how to navigate these unknown waters.

✨“There’s only ever been you for me.”

✨And I would forever stand with this boy. After all, taming 7 had been the adventure of my lifetime.

If Lizzie has one hater, it's me. If she has zero haters, I'm dead.

I'm aware that her redemption arc is coming, but nothing can really redeem her in my eyes. She is extremely rude. To compare the tragedies of losing a sibling and feeling that she has it worse because of the manner of the death... Diabolical. As a member of the deceased siblings club, her membership is hear by revoked! It's giving Nessa energy from ACOTAR. Like I'll read her book, but I won't like her.

And the fact that I even have to mention her in this review tells you that the side characters had and took a lot of attention with this one. 

It felt entirely too short and jammed with the side characters taking the attention away from Claire and Gerald.

It was the only one in the series that didn't make me cringe too badly with nicknames and behaviors. Though, the treehouse situation and what Claire said almost took me out. I needed a minute after that.

This was the couple that I couldn't wait to read about and I was drawn to more then the others, so I would've loved if they would've gotten more time in their own story, with the same amount of time spent on them as the others. I felt like they kind of just got the short end, especially since they had such an important story to tell.

Nonetheless, I loved them together, just wish I would've seen more of them happy.

Sarah Campbell

If Lizzie has one hater, it's me. If she has zero haters, I'm dead.
I'm aware that her redemption arc is coming, but nothing can really redeem her in my eyes. She is extremely rude. To compare the tragedies of losing a sibling and feeling that she has it worse because of the manner of the death... Diabolical. As a member of the deceased siblings club, her membership is hear by revoked! It's giving Nessa energy from ACOTAR. Like I'll read her book, but I won't like her.
And the fact that I even have to mention her in this review tells you that the side characters had and took a lot of attention with this one. 
It felt entirely too short and jammed with the side characters taking the attention away from Claire and Gerald.
It was the only one in the series that didn't make me cringe too badly with nicknames and behaviors. Though, the treehouse situation and what Claire said almost took me out. I needed a minute after that.
This was the couple that I couldn't wait to read about and I was drawn to more then the others, so I would've loved if they would've gotten more time in their own story, with the same amount of time spent on them as the others. I felt like they kind of just got the short end, especially since they had such an important story to tell.
Nonetheless, I loved them together, just wish I would've seen more of them happy.

a ♡

Amaia Jubera

Wow wow wow, icant believe I just finished my num 1 favorite series of all time, I simply refuse to move on amd plsss someone take me back to 2022 when I first read binding and keeping 13!!!!, this series is perfect🥹💖✨️✨️

Malak Mazen

Idk what to do with my life now☺️ also that can’t be their only book thank you.

Kayla🎀

I’m happy but also sad to be caught up with this series. Gibsie’s charcter has always been a favorite of mine and seeing his book unfold was nothing like I expected. He is going through so much and I’m still hurting for him. Him and Claire are amazing though and seeing them together made me so happy. But I think their ending was so rushed and I just need more after everything he went through (the letter IYKYK), so I’m really hoping this Healing 7 could be real to really give their story a real finish for me. 

Priscilla Stanfield

4/5⭐️ • 2/5🌶️

I’m happy but also sad to be caught up with this series. Gibsie’s charcter has always been a favorite of mine and seeing his book unfold was nothing like I expected. He is going through so much and I’m still hurting for him. Him and Claire are amazing though and seeing them together made me so happy. But I think their ending was so rushed and I just need more after everything he went through (the letter IYKYK), so I’m really hoping this Healing 7 could be real to really give their story a real finish for me. 

Gibsie is one of my favorite book characters ever, so this was a very anticipated read for me. After reading the first four books directly before this, this book took me a longg time to get through compared to the rest of the series. The first half of the book was kind of slow and boring, but once I got to about half way the pace picked up. I was expecting a little bit more from this book, in comparison to the rest of the series, but I still really enjoyed it. I will forever love Gibsie and am absolutely a Lizzie hater, I hope we get another book in the series where we see Gibsie heal. 

Erinn Costa

Light spice, heavy trauma, and wholesome vibes

Amanda Autumn Berrey

This was Claire and Gibsie’s book friends to lovers was cute until the letter was found and took a very dramatic turn of events literally shocked me wtf and the fact that gibsie went through all that and still smiled 😣🫠💕💕💕

Hana 

let me just start this off by saying this book was one of my most anticipated reads. Now to get into it, I feel like I loved Claire and Gibsie in everybody else’s book except when it came to their own. There was NO character development for that vile creature named Lizzie, and I don’t know how I’m gonna ever be able to get through her and Hughie’s book After how absolutely repulsive she was. The ending was nothing short of terrible, like how are you just gonna drop that bomb, and wrap up everything and UNDER 50 pages??? I felt this book was very rushed, and too short, and I would’ve loved to see past events in their perspective like the other books (ex: the concert). I don’t know what the people are on who are reading this five stars, but can I have some???

Ella

Claire (specifically). She stood her ground and she's a true role model for me. I love her so so much. Everything about her, her undying love, constant support and ability to never give up is everything to me. 

Gibsie owns me. That boy really meant everything. He literally hid so much, it broke me to learn about his past. Fuck me man. 

I hate Lizzie. I do. Knowing everything, I hate her so much. I supported last time, and I showed her so much support but she's a piece of shit. To constantly trash everyone and then expect people to still care about you is shitty behaviour smh. 

Keira 💫

I cried so much reading this book. 

Claire and Gibsie have my heart. 

Claire (specifically). She stood her ground and she's a true role model for me. I love her so so much. Everything about her, her undying love, constant support and ability to never give up is everything to me. 

Gibsie owns me. That boy really meant everything. He literally hid so much, it broke me to learn about his past. Fuck me man. 

I hate Lizzie. I do. Knowing everything, I hate her so much. I supported last time, and I showed her so much support but she's a piece of shit. To constantly trash everyone and then expect people to still care about you is shitty behaviour smh. 

Holy shit this book destroyed me… Gibsie has my whole heart. He is the definition of “often those with the biggest smiles are the ones struggling the most.” His story is heart wrenching but so real and powerful. This series brings me to tears every single book