I’ll admit, at the beginning of the story I questioned how a person could realistically survive without stepping foot outside their apartment, but Torre practically offers a how-to guide. Torre has done her research, providing readers with timely nuggets of information that paint a vivid picture of what it would be like to live as Deanna does, avoiding all face-to-face interaction and protecting her identity at all costs. The story itself is fast-paced, captivating you from the first page. As the reader, you’re thrown into the sordid world of online sex, and Torre doesn’t mince words, offering provocative details that bring with them a heavy dose of reality.

Torre (who also writes under Alessandra Torre), and I found myself immediately intrigued by her crisp writing style, the unique and tightly plotted storyline, and a compelling protagonist. That is, until Deanna recognizes that one of her online admirers has the same violent urges that she has, and she is forced to leave her confines in order to save a life. It’s highly lucrative for her and safe for everyone involved. Confined within those walls for three years, she lives the life of JessReilly19, a bubbly nineteen-year-old college student who pays her bills performing sex acts via her webcam. Luckily for the outside world, she has locked herself in her apartment to keep from acting on her urges.

Just the thought of physical human contact- any human contact-drives her imagination wild with visions of plunging knives into flesh, slow deaths, and blood-curdling screams. THE GIRL IN 6E leads the reader into the warped mind of Deanna Madden, a beautiful recluse with a thirst for murder.

The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre