Title: The Girl in 6E
Author: A.R. Torre
Genre: Erotic Thriller
My life, inside this apartment is simple. It works, as long as I follow the rules.
1. Don’t leave the apartment. Not in case of fire, not to mail a letter, not to run an errand. The door stays shut, and I stay inside.
2. Don’t get attached to clients. I take off my clothes, I stand in front of the camera, and I perform. What they want, I give. Their secrets, I keep. Everything I tell them, is a lie.
3. Don’t kill anyone. I’ve obeyed that rule for over three years.
My life, inside this apartment was simple, and it worked. Then, I started breaking rules.
“Something happened, and I need advice.” I grip the phone tightly and wait for the psychiatrist’s response.
“Another episode?”
“No – nothing about that. It’s Jeremy…you know the guy who-”
“You’ve had one human interaction in three years, I know who you’re talking about. What happened?”
“He left me a note. Outside. With my package.” I read him the note, trying not to add inflections that probably don’t exist. When I finish there is silence, silence that stretches out so long that I find myself fidgeting.
“What do you want from me, DeAnna?”
“I want you to tell me what to do! I don’t know how to handle this shit.”
“What do you want to do?”
“I – I don’t know what I want. I just need you to tell me what to do.”
“What was it like when you were with him?”
I stand, pacing the expanse between my two bedrooms. Crossing the thresholds feels like moving between my two selves – sex kitten to lonely recluse. JessReilly19 to scheming murderess. I pushed against his hard chest and then he was there, in my mouth, his tongue pressed gently against mine, and my own traitorous mouth responded, my heart rate increased, my hands moved of their own accord, to his strong arms. Shoving the blade of the box cutters deep into his skin, the blood bursting from the movement, spraying gently upon my hand. I tasted him, greedy for everything, my hands roamed everywhere, grabbed at his shirt, hastily undoing the buttons. If he came back, if he came inside, I could be more prepared, could succeed in my quest for death.
“Deanna?”
I halt, trying to focus. “I’m sorry – what was the question?”
“What was it like when you were with him? How did you feel?”
“I wanted him.” On me, in me, dead beneath me.
“In what way?” Derek’s voice is so sensual, so soothing, so male. I make a decision, moving to my pink bed, and lay back on the sheets that smell of lube and latex.
The Girl in 6E by Alessandra Torre
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
*ARC Given to Blog for Honest Review*
4 “snap.” Kisses
Sometimes you need a book that knocks you for a loop. A book that surprises you because you like it, even if you’re not sure why. A book that doesn’t sugar coat things, where it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, it’s raw and gritty and real. This is not your traditional romance…to be honest, it’s really not a romance at all…but it’s a fantastically written gripping story that I don’t think has ever been written before (at least not from this angle and with the twists that it had) and it kept me entranced from beginning to end.
‘Jessica. Not my real name. He thought he knew me. They all thought they knew me.’
We meet Jessica…even though that’s not her real name, that’s what she goes by her in cam chats. It’s easier to pretend like you’re somebody you’re not when you use a different name. She’s twisted. She’s complex. She’s dark. She’s unlike any character I’ve ever read and I really liked her. Grew to love her by the end of the book. We follow her along as she lives her life, meet some of her different clients and see interactions…it honestly intrigued me! You don’t read the diary of an online video chat girl every day, I kinda felt like a voyeur, getting a sneak peak at something I wouldn’t normally understand.
‘One day, when I lose my daily battle and go on a killing spree, people will want to know why. Why sweet little Deanna Walker ‘snapped’. The journal will help people understand not why, but how. How I am, how my mind works. It has all the typical pieces to become a Lifetime movie. I wonder who will play me. I’d like it to be anyone but Lindsey Lohan. That bitch is crazy.’
Jessica’s real name is Deanna Walker. She has a past, a horrible tragic scarred past that has led her down to the life she has led for the past three years. She’s in her own personal prison, locked away from the world to protect others. Why? Because she’s a killer. You would think that’s an exaggeration, it’s really not. You would think that would make you not like her, it doesn’t. Despite her eccentric tendencies, strange habits and unconventional career, she’s hilarious, she’s down to earth, she’s logical (in a twisted way that made sense to me) – she’s not going to win the goodie goodie award any time soon, but she does have some surprises up her sleeve.
‘When there is evil in someone it grows, unattended by all and fielded by its harborer. I knew that, I felt it, each and every day, growing stronger inside of me till one day – snap – it would take control and every logical thought process, every thought of survival and preservation would disappear, and I would be a loose cannon, fired and on my path of destructfulness, with nothing but my own doom ahead of me, and the demise of whoever lay in my final path.’
I really don’t know what to call this book because while it has aspects of sex and…something else, not sure what to call it – but this book is not a romance. It’s really hard to tell you too much about the story without giving key parts away. But the writing is almost hypnotic, you think you shouldn’t be reading it (maybe) but you can’t stop reading it! Most of the book is from Dee’s POV, but you get sprinklings of other characters like Jeremy, Annie and Carolyn. It was all really fluid, never got confused with the POV changes – even in the chapters where she switched back and forth multiple times between Deanna and Jeremy.
‘I think that maybe God had a plan for me all along.’
This book will always be the original title in my mind, ‘On Me, In Me, Dead Beneath Me’ – mainly because that name really does suit it very well. Not that I don’t love the new title, I do – as soon as I read the line in the book where the title came from it made me smile, but the original title is what grabbed me and practically forced me to read the book in the first place. I loved Alessandra’s first book, so I had a feeling even though the topic was different, I was going to be pretty set with the writing style.
I liked the way the ending fell together and honestly the last chapter surprised me. In the best way possible. I wasn’t sure how it was going to end through most of the book, by it left me smiling and hopeful. Which for a book about some pretty dark and twisted topics, I’d say that’s a win. 🙂
Alessandra Torre is a new author who focuses on contemporary erotica. Her first book, Blindfolded Innocence, was published in July 2012, and was an Erotica #1 Bestseller for two weeks. Alessandra has since published an erotic thriller (The Girl in 6E) and an erotic miniseries (The Dumont Diaries). The sequel to Blindfolded, Masked Innocence, will be released in early 2014.
Alessandra lives in a Florida beach town and is married, with one young child. She enjoys reading, spending time with her family, and playing with her dogs. Her favorite authors include Lisa Gardner, Gillian Flynn, and Jennifer Crusie.
Huh, you’ve got my kind of curious, even though I’m not an erotica fan! Plus, I may have stalked the author a bit and found out she lives in the next town over from mine – which has piqued my interested more. :p