Print Length: 352 pages
Publisher: Graydon House; Original edition (June 30, 2020)
Publication Date: June 30, 2020
Sold by: Harlequin Digital Sales Corp.
You can’t put a filter on reality.
Bree Bozeman isn’t exactly pursuing the life of her dreams. Then again, she isn’t too sure what those dreams are. After dropping out of college, she’s living a pretty chill life in the surf community of Pacific Beach, San Diego…if “chill” means delivering food as a GrubGetter, and if it means “uneventful”.
But when Bree starts a new Instagram account — @breebythesea — one of her posts gets a signal boost from none other than wildly popular self-help guru Demi DiPalma, owner of a lifestyle brand empire. Suddenly, Bree just might be a rising star in the world of Instagram influencing. Is this the direction her life has been lacking? It’s not a career choice she’d ever seriously considered, but maybe it’s a sign from the universe. After all, Demi’s the real deal… right?
Everything is lining up for Bree: life goals, career, and even a blossoming romance with the chiseled guy next door, surf star Trey Cantu. But things are about to go sideways fast, and even the perfect filter’s not gonna fix it. Instagram might be free, but when your life looks flawless on camera, what’s the cost?
MY REVIEW:
Bree, a 25 yo premed college drop out, is living beach side in San Diego, and delivering food for GrubGetter - just until she figures out what to do with her life. Well, that was four years ago.
Suddenly, life catches up, and her life spirals downward - losing her car - her only source of income, her boyfriend leaving her with all the bills, school loans left unpaid, and Bree scraping to pay rent.
Hitting rock bottom and desperate to make a change, she reads a self-help book on how to succeed, which lead to her opening an instagram account as an influencer. Fake it til you make it only got Bree so far - she soon realizes the real cost of free products, followers and filters.
I enjoyed Rockaway’s relevant and timely social media trope, the stab at influencer culture, and Bree’s character as she learns the importance of adulting, responsibility, friendship, family and love.
I recommend this fun summer read.
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:
Kristin Rockaway is a native New Yorker and recovering corporate software engineer. After working in the IT industry for far too many years, she finally traded the city for the surf and chased her dreams out to Southern California, where she spends her days happily writing stories instead of code. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son, browsing the aisles of her neighborhood bookstores, and trying to catch up on sleep.
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