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#Selfie by Cambria Hebert
5.0

Okay, other than the male narrator's voice, I pretty much loved this book, as usual with this author. I had always adored Braeden as Rimmel's BBFL - Big Brother For Life. And then of course gotta love Ivy as Rimmel's roommate. I think I loved that Ivy ended up with a puppy, an adorable chihuahua puppy, and I had to go look up videos of chihuahua puppies on YouTube to see what they looked like walking. I'm very familiar with dachshund puppies, so wanted to see the difference. And of course, it was just as adorable as the book made it sound! While I'd normally be offended by someone calling the little dog, Prada, a rat like Braeden does, as I've had people in my life do that, you get used to it I guess. This book had so many adorably cute moments like that. And then sexy moments between Braeden and Ivy. Funny, snarky moments when the two of them would be arguing, and then some really emotional times, like Ivy's car accident, and also the Buzz Boss's dirty tricks in this one. We find out some things about the Buzz Boss in this book that make it look as if there was more going on than what we thought in how Ivy betrayed Rimmel unknowingly with Zach. I wonder if there is more background story between the Buzz Boss and Zach in the past that we might find out in the next book? That whole story line really kept my attention and had me at the edge of my seat guessing who it could be and why they were doing what they did. Even though Braeden did do the stupid thing of calling Ivy the name the others were implying, I knew that was a stupid boy thing. He figured out where he'd gone wrong, and figured out he needed a big act to get her back. And I liked how all that went. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series, although I think he is wrong to keep the pictures he saw from Ivy, she really should know what happened, it's only fair, and would ease some of her guilt. Oh yeah, I definitely liked how the title totally played into the story, and how there was the parallel between the selfies that were used to both shame Ivy, and also used by Braeden to remember her and the good night they'd had.

This review was first published on Lisa Loves Literature.