A review by annabananadel
Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

 “Birthday wishes don’t always come true, so I don’t waste a chance when I blow out a candle.” 

It was a fun read (or listen since I've done this in audiobook) and actually a good slow burn book. It was a first for me to read a romance between an ex-boyfriend's dad who is around 35-40s and a girl who is only just entered her twenties. It's a huge age gap, which I usually mind but for some reason, not in this book. I actually like how they initially started, even after knowing it's their boyfriend/son who is the connection between them both. I was pretty much invested half-way through and when they've gotten together. The last 2 hours of the book was kind of a blur for me, but mostly my fault since I was out shopping for books (lol) so I wasn't able to focus but maybe sometime, when I feel like it, I'll come back and listen with more focus on the last few chapters. I'm still pretty iffy on the reconciliation between Pike and his son, so I really need to re-listen to it.
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