Cam Girl by Leah Raeder
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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