Review: The Birthday List by Devney Perry
THE BIRTHDAY LIST
By Devney Perry
Standalone
Release Day – April 3, 2018
Happily married to her
college sweetheart, Poppy lived a blessed life with the husband of her dreams.
Then everything changed. She is no longer a wife. She is no longer the envy of
her single friends. Now, people look at her with pity as they whisper a single
word behind her back.
Widow.
Years after her
husband’s tragic death, years of pain and sorrow and wishing for the life
she’ll never get back, Poppy decides to finish Jamie’s birthday list. She’ll do
the things he wanted to most. Because maybe, just maybe, if she can complete
his list, she can start to live again.
Poppy expects going
through the birthday list will be hard. She expects it to hurt. But what she
doesn’t expect is Cole. Could the man who delivered the news of her husband’s
death and shattered her heart be the one to help her put it back together
again?
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EXCERPT
Turning to the door, I smiled, ready to greet
my late-evening customer, but faltered as the door closed behind him.
Cole Goodman was walking my way.
My belly dipped as I took him in. His aviator
sunglasses were perched on top of his chocolate-brown hair. A black polo
stretched across his broad shoulders and pulled tight across his muscled arms.
His pale-blue jeans molded to his Herculean thighs before draping down to his black,
square-toed boots. The leather belt on Cole’s trim waist held both a shining
badge and a holstered gun.
Cole smiled and locked his light-green eyes on
mine as he crossed the room.
His straight, white teeth made my breath
hitch—something that had happened last night more times than I wanted to admit.
Molly, who had turned around from her seat to
greet our customer, spun around so her back was to Cole. Her cheeks flushed as
she whispered, “Wow.”
Wow
was right.
Cole Goodman was—simply put—gorgeous.
He could give a woman a speeding ticket and get
a thank-you in return. He inspired women to attempt push-ups in a karate class
just for the chance to watch him sweat through his gi. Cole made grown women
blush like teenagers and giggle in corners, like those girls at the dojo last
night.
My Readultery Life Review
I recently
discovered Devney Perry through her Jamison Valley Series, (if you haven’t read
them, you need too) so when I was given the opportunity to read an ARC for her
new book, The Birthday List, I snapped it up. I had high expectations about
this book, purely based on the level of detail from her Jamison Valley Series. I
can honestly say that this book has blown all expectations out of the water.
This story is
so beautifully written, I devoured the book in one sitting, finishing late into
the night. But it was totally worth it. I am sure that this story will be
re-read several times and I’d still enjoy it as much as I did the first time I read
it.
We meet Poppy,
who is married to her college sweetheart until the day she becomes a widow.
After five years of hard mourning, Poppy is finally ready to move on with her
life. When her husband, Jamie was alive he started a birthday list, things he
wanted to do or experience by the time he reached certain birthdays. As a way
of letting go Poppy decides to try and do most activities that Jamie recorded
on his birthday list. Hopefully by doing these activities Poppy will be able to
find closure in a chapter of her life that she never thought she would have to
experience, not until later in her life.
Along the way
Poppy learns life lessons and starts to experience love again, something that
she wasn’t expecting. Love was never on the cards, so when it comes in the
shape of local Detective Cole Goodman. Poppy never thought that the man who
delivered the worst news in her life would end up being her greatest adventure.
As with most of my reviews, I don’t like to give too much information away, so
you will need to check out this amazing book to find out what heart-breaking
and life changing events unfold, believe me you wont me disappointed.
This past year
has given me lots of new book boyfriends, but I can honestly say that Cole
Goodman is firmly at the top. His character in the book represents everything
that I sure most people look for when they hope to find their soul mates. He is
sweet, patient, loving and down right hot. He has a strength that I found attractive
and the way in which he interacts and helps Poppy complete items from the list spoke
to me in way that I don’t think I’ve got from a character or book before.
Poppy was such
an incredibly character. How she managed faced each task from Jamie’s list
showed strength and courage. She used a bad situation to help her make a life for
herself. She faced her fears and put one foot in front of the other to live her
life again and ultimately found love. Honestly, I don’t know if I would have
the strength or determination to do what Poppy did, I would like to believe
that I could.
While there is
plenty of drama within the storyline, I felt there was very little unnecessary
drama between the main characters, which can sometimes takeaway from a beautiful
story. This is purely a story about two characters and their blossoming romance
which comes together under very unusual circumstances and end up falling in love
with each other.
***** 5 Stars
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Devney is the USA Today bestselling
author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and
two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she
abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home
with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books,
decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers! Connect with her on social media.
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