Book Review: David's Selfie

Book: David's Selfie by Daisy Harris

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

When David, a single father, vows to get laid just once before the year ends, he doesn’t figure on losing his cell phone—and with it one very revealing picture. Lucky for him, his phone is found by a disarmingly handsome man who might be perfect for the kind of casual Christmas fling David is after.

Go-go dancer Craig never would have guessed that the guy with the cute cock shot would turn out to be a doctor. Or that he’d find himself lying about his night job and worrying David will find out the truth. To complicate matters, each of their hook-ups requires days of planning. Yet before he knows it, Craig has a new boyfriend, and possibly a whole new family.

David’s ready to dive head-first into something new, but if Craig’s going to commit, he’ll need to come clean about his job, his past, and—most of all—the naughty picture that drew him to David in the first place.

Warning: Contains a male exotic dancer and extremely intimate photography. May contain traces of Zumba, bad roommates, and sad childhoods.

Call your doctor if after six hours you still can’t get the grin off your face.



Rating: 4 stars

Review:

I'm sure by now everyone knows that nothing good comes from taking nude pictures but in this case it might be an exception.

In this story, widower and 30 year old father Dr. David Letterer was trying to get back into dating by doing something completely out of his norm. He took a nude picture with his cellphone and sent it to a guy he met on a online dating site.

That picture ended up scoring David a date and they were to meet at a local bar. David was already a little nervous but he was even more nervous when he spotted his would be date. The guy wasn't quite what David was expecting - too intense and leather clad for the mild mannered doctor. Escaping to the restroom was his first thought and after getting his breathing under control he left the bar unaware he left his cellphone in the men's room.

This is where part-time bar dancer/Grad student/exercise instructor Craig Harding figures into the story, he found David's cellphone which also still happens to contain that certain picture. The only reason Craig saw it, was because was hoping he could spot the owner from the pictures. But there were no pictures of the face of phone's owner but just when he thought he would just leave it with the bartender, the phone rings leading to the two of them to eventually meet.

David's Selfie is a funny sexy look at dating but it also deals with some sad issue of abandonment from Craig whose back story is centered around his time as a foster child and trying not to think about them as he meets David's 3 years old daughter Maia.

Due to Craig's abandonment issues he always has his survival instincts at the ready and is always trying to be independent with never wanting to rely on someone else who may not be there for him.

I think the author did a good job with the characters because they seem like ordinary everyday people and didn't seem stereotypical or anything. I even thought Maia was well written she seemed like a regular 3 year old.

Since this is a novella (with less than 200 pages) I did wish the story was longer but the reader does get a complete story. However, be forewarned there are some rather racy scenes in the story. This was charming light read that dealt with love and family.