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Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
2.0

Ok, this book gave me major “not like other girls” vibes and I didn’t love it.

I didn’t think I would enjoy this book because of the age gap, but that isn’t why I didn’t particularly enjoy it. I struggled more with the trope that Jordan is better than other girls and just better all around. The author kind of shoves that down our throats as a way to explain why the age difference is less taboo.

I was initially going to give it 2 stars, but the epilogue made it 3 stars. This was my first Pen Douglas book and I will be reading more to see if any of their works are better or if this is as good as it gets.