The V Girl by Maya Roberts E-Book Review

***I received this book from netgalley.com and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.***

Title: The V Girl

Author: Mya Robarts

Publisher: Self Published

Publication Date: July 1, 2014

Description:

In post-apocalyptic North America, rape and sexual slavery are legal. Lila Velez, desperately wants to lose her virginity before the troops visit her town and can take it away by force. She makes plans to seduce her only friend, Rey, the most attractive man in her town. Lila does not love him but he is the only man who has shown her true affection, an affection she is willing to take as a substitute of love.

Lila’s coping mechanism to her mother’s rape and kidnapping is her secret. A secret that will bring her closer to Aleksey, a foreign, broody man. Lila does not trust him because his links to the troops and his rough, yet irresistible appearance. Aleksey offers Lila an alternative to her plans, a possibility that terrifies her…and tempts her in spite of herself. 

All the while Lila will have to find a way to live in the constant company of death, slavery, starvation, sexual abuse and the danger of losing the people she loves the most.

Due to mature content, this book is intended for +18 readers.

Review:

I want to preface this by saying I did receive this for review on netgalley.com. Despite this novel being over a year old I noticed it listed on there and had recently seen a youtube.com review of it so I decided to give it a try.

I was a little taken aback by the subject matter as I got into it. This is definitely not for younger audiences and has a trigger warning for sexual violence and rape.

In fact the majority of the story is about rape. The main character does not want to suffer sexual abuse during "recruitment" in a new future dystopian America. Her goal is to experience sex in a nonviolent and preferably loving situation with someone she cares about.

However, she is running out of time as recruitment is not far away so she tries to lose her virginity to her best friend that she has feelings for and admires. Her best friend is rather religious and refuses to have sex with her unless they are married.

Believe me when I say I know how crazy this plot sounds. Seriously, its nuts. But for some reason I found this book addicting. We end up with a couple of other options for our protagonists deflower-er and we find out some things about her past that helps the reader understand some of the main characters quirkier qualities. (She has a real problem with voyeurism.)

I found the main characters openness to sexuality refreshing and also enjoyed that she wanted it to be more than just a physical act, but also an act of love. In most new adult/romance/erotica it is just purely about sex and I didn't see that in this book which was refreshing.

I think the overall theme of this book is consent and what it means to obtain consent and what effects people who experience sex through no-consent often go through. It is definitely not an easy to discuss subject. 

And despite it's serious subject matter I also found it cute. Which was strange but the love interest etc was pretty adorable on top of all the other stuff.

I was a little disappointed by the world building. I honestly know nothing about why America is the way it is or why recruitment is happening. I also have no clue where she is supposedly living and what happened to the majority of the population. In a romance I know that might not be the most important aspect but since it is supposed to be a dystopian it might have had a little more world description.

Overall, I was pretty pleasantly surprised by this. It is a little outside of my comfort zone but I did enjoy it and would suggest it for fans of novels like these. It has excellent www.goodreads.com ratings.

My Star Rating:

3.75 out of 5

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