Enter Pike, our MMC who has the means to give her everything she wants and needs, who fills the gaps in her life and makes her whole. Overall, Birthday Girl delivered an enthralling reading experience, leaving me eagerly anticipating my next read by Penelope Douglas with Credence!

When I read the blurb, I think a small part of me cringed, while a bigger part of it was screaming GIMME! Apologies to those of you who did love this, please don't be offended, different tastes and all that. I thought I would be uncomfortable reading it, because really, who would want to get themselves into a predicament where they develop feelings for their boyfriends father? Kids these days are into Zendaya and Tik Tok and Billie Eilish, an artist this "not like other girls" heroine would probably like. Penelope Douglas delivers a scorchingly hot and sinfully sexy, forbidden romance with Birthday Girl.P299 – Pike states “People notice things, and Cole is rarely here, while his girlfriend and I are constantly together.

I personally think that girl should spend some time on her education, making friends, and to well grow up a little bit, like most 19 year olds. Her father remarried a woman who looks at Jordan as scum, willing to help but will be the one to hold it over Jordan's head. Birthday Girl es un libro que tiene un planteamiento interesante, y al mismo tiempo, puede parecer problemático. All he ever did was party, cheat behind Jordan's back, and spend all the money they were saving up on booze and partying.I mean I don't know what loofah's you use in the states, but here they are really rough and that shit would chafe! I feel asleep thinking about it and woke up giddy as fuck because I knew I was about to jump back in to it…and see Pike. The character growth that came from the time apart, the realizations that occurred for our MMC, Pike, would never have happened if they stayed together.

It felt like the author was trying to show the shortfalls and challenges in a relationship such as this, and they voiced all the concerns that my husband and I had in our own relationship. If you love forbidden romance, slow burn romance, FANTASTIC sexual tension, a hero who is quite older and is super mature and charming, STEAMY AS HELL sex scenes, and angst, then this is the perfect book! I think what really made me connect with Jordan is how well Douglas handled this character's development. Giving up on his dreams to support his new son was not something he ever gave a second thought about. Jordan stops work at 6pm (p138) so it took almost 2 hours for Jordan to eat half her sandwich, get her tips, sweatshirt and bag then leave Grounders.

P367 - Lindsay would have read all of Jordan’s Dream Scrolls and left them on the table so Jordan would know she read them. I love both Pike and Jordan's thought process, both of them are similar in so many ways and I think that is the foremost reason why they molded together so perfectly. Moving in with her boyfriend's father rent free will allow her to save up enough to put herself on her feet and to get that more that she craves. He screwed up so many times and instead of Pike and Jordan being sorry, he should be the one who is sorry. this book was too long, it dragged, I didn't connect with either of the characters, and I probably wont remember this book in a few days.