Cam Girl by Leah Raeder

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Cam Girl by Leah Raeder   
          

                Vada and Ellis were in a horrible car accident. Vada was behind the wheel. Ellis was completely drunk. Ryan was in the other car with a blood alcohol level of 0.20. Ryan didn’t make it. Vada almost lost her arm. Ellis lost her best friend. They had been best friends for five years. In many ways they were more than best friends. But Vada never consider Ellis her girlfriend. She was bisexual not gay and she had barely been in a real relationship with a guy let alone a girl. The night of the accident it wasn’t just their relationship that changed. Vada was no longer able to paint or sketch because of her injury. She stopped going to her master’s program, was evicted from her home and met Frankie, a cam girl. Everything changed.
                This was a novel unlike anything I have ever read before. Vada and Ellis are two extremely complicated characters. Not only in their relationship with each other but in their sexuality. This novel deals with sexuality in such a descriptive, honest, emotional and visceral level. It was intense. These characters were so beautifully and obviously flawed. I couldn’t help but to be drawn into their emotional and conflicted relationship, mostly because I really wanted to understand it. But they barely understood it and that’s basically what this story is. This story is about two people in their early twenties still trying to figure out their sexuality and relationship under some very trying circumstances.

                I feel like I will constantly look to Raeder as an example on how to write beautifully flawed female characters. This is third novel I have read by Raeder and Raeder does a fabulous job at creating and sculpturing characters. This book is no exception. I loved the play on words. I love the descriptive writing. I didn’t care for the idea of Vada being a cam girl. As much as it was a vital part of the story, there were moments when it seemed The most emotional instants were when Vada was examining herself and her relationships. I really enjoyed this story but I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Raeder is not for the faint of heart. If you are at all uncomfortable with explicit sex scenes or even the concept of different sexualities then you need to stay away from this novel. Raeder does not hold back and it is an eye opening experience. I give this novel 4 out of 5 stats. There were times when the pacing slowed down a little bit and I wasn’t sure where the story was going but in the end this was a book worth reading. 

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