Birthday by Meredith Russo
From the author of If I Was Your Girl, this book is an unconventional love story which is centred around two friends and how Morgan comes to terms with his identity.
Two kids Morgan and Eric, are linked for life due to their parents being in hospital when the boys were born on the same day and time. The story centres around their birthday - which they always share together and see how they have grown and changed. Eric has figured our who he is and how he fits into the world, however Morgan makes the difficult choice to live as her true self.
Over the years they ultimately drift apart, then come together again, fight, make-up and break up. They will ultimately realise that they are part of each other and they will be linked for life.
The story starts on the 13th birthday where they are celebrating their birthday at the local water park and Morgan tries to tell her best friend that she has been born in the wrong body. This doesn't go to plan and when they part on that day they are not speaking and it has been made even more difficult as Morgans mother passed away from cancer just 2 short years ago.
We make our way through the years hearing about their 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Birthday - and we get a snapshot of Morgan and Eric along with their family life and their sexuality. The story centres around the 3 days surrounding the birthdays and how they celebrate with each other. This story is written in dual POV style and through this we watch Morgan and Eric go through some hard decisions and you really feel for them - i felt all of the pain that they went through because of the writing style used by Russo. Once we have the big reveal and see that love prevails but will it survive .... my god I wanted it to survive. I love this story so much and will share it with my friends and family, especially my Trans MTF 18 year old as it may help him with his transition.
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