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Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas

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vanessaedwards1882's review against another edition

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hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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karlapardo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was good! I didn't expect it to like it much but I had heard great things so I gave it a try. I think that the book is well written and the development of the characters is there. It took me a little bit to get into it but it started to pick up around the middle part. I think that the book is a bit long but it doesn't loose it hook throughout it so I think it's fine. It was very easy for me to like both Pike and Jordan and their relationship. As individual characters I believe they are great. I think Jordan is a bad**s woman that will do anything and everything no matter how complicated life gets and I think that is such a great way to make a female main character. I love an independant, knows what she wants female main character and Jordan was that. Pike was also a wonderful character, very easily loveable. I think his character is very well rounded especially in the fatherhood aspect because his struggles through that part of his live are obvious. It was a good book and I would re-read it.

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honeybeebaby's review

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challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The age gap challenged me a bit. I overall liked it though. It was well written. Hot spicy scenes though!

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dilani's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Can’t decide what I disliked more. Maybe the N I N E T E E N year age gap?? Or maybe Jordan who’s “not like other girls 🤪” because of her love for the 80s??

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b34n13b's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

ugh this was so cute!!! there was so much chemistry between jordan and pike. sexy scenes had a lot of passion and connection (3.75/5). there’s a solid build up that really enhances the magnetism between them.

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jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Though I usually see this book come up as a “dark romance” recommendation, I would definitely recategorize it as a simple taboo romance and leave it at that. I appreciated the slow burn build, making it feel more realistic (if you can even say that about a boyfriend's dad, age-gap storyline). There was some repetitive & cringey dialogue, and a lot of the main characters’ issues could have been resolved with some faster-acting honestly, but overall it was cute, quick and had some swoon worthy moments.

I have a few more books by this author on my TBR list and can't wait to dive into her world again!

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