I haven't touched a human in three years. That seems like it would be a difficult task, but it's not. Not anymore, thanks to the internet. 
 I am, quite possibly, the most popular recluse ever. Not many shut-ins have a 200-member fan club, a bank account in the seven-figure range, and hundreds of men lining up to pay for undivided attention. 
 They get satisfaction, I get a distraction. Their secret desires are nothing compared to why I hide... my lust for blood, my love of death. 
 Taking their money is easy. Keeping all these secrets... one is bound to escape. 
 What if you hid yourself away because all you could think of was killing? And what if one girl's life depending on you venturing into society? 
 "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." 
 -- John Milton, Paradise Lost" 
 "I don't fear human interaction. I fear what will happen when I get close enough to a human to interact. Let's just say I don't play well with others." 
 This book has been compared to Dexter meets Fifty Shades of Grey. Surprisingly, this is fairly accurate. For those who don't already know, A.R. Torre is a pseudonym for Alessandra Torre. I was so excited when I found out about this book. I love any kind of psychological thrillers and suspense, but I tend to read mostly romance. I love that this takes two of my favorite genres and throws them into this dark, sexy novel. This book grips you from the first chapter and is fast paced through the entire book. I couldn't set it down and I read it in a day. 
 "To the people I cam with, I am JessReilly19, a bubbly nineteen-year-old college student - a hospitality major - who enjoys pop music, underage drinking, and shopping. None of them really know the true me. I am who they want me to be, and they like it like that. So do I. Knowing the real me would be a bit of a buzzkill. The real me is Deanna Madden, whose mother killed her entire family, then committed suicide." 
 The Girl In 6E is about Deanna Madden, a girl who hasn't left her apartment in 3 years. Her neighbors and the UPS delivery man want to know who this mysterious girl is. Why hasn't anyone seen her, and why is she getting packages for Deanna Madden and someone named Jessica Reilly? Deanna is a beautiful girl with a dark past and some homicidal urges. In order to keep the outside world safe, she made the decision to lock herself in. She's able to order everything she needs to survive online, and she pays a neighbor to lock her in from the outside overnight, so she can't act on her impulses. In order to pay for her lifestyle, she has a job working as a cam girl. Men and women can chat her up and watch her take her clothes off for a small price. She's been doing this for a while and has built up quite a client list. Single, married, people with secret fetishes and many different requests for their sexual fantasies, she has devoted a whole room in her apartment for her job. All of her clients know her as Jessica Reilly, a 19 year old college student, who has cyber sex on the side to pay for her schooling. 
 "No one is normal. Everyone is just pretending to be normal." 
 "I don't mind being killer-crazy, but I don't want to be loony-bin-crazy. That would probably be bad for business--a bit of a turnoff." 
 She's used to taking odd requests, but things take a dark turn when a new guy takes her into a private session. When a child goes missing, she has a sick feeling in her gut. Knowing she's the only one who can track him down, with a help of a client who's an IT genius and the hot ups delivery man, can she resist her murderous urges long enough to rescue this little girl before it's too late? 
 "I don't judge the men and women who chat with me and reveal their secrets and perversions. How can I? My secret, my obsession, is worse than any of theirs." 
 I have to say, I had no idea about any of these strange fetishes people have, so reading about it was pretty interesting. I read that Torre went into several chat sessions for her research, so I can't even imagine all of the things she learned researching for this novel. 
 "Hope, in general, is dangerous. Hope can be the loose thread that pulls apart your sanity." 
 When I got to the point where you realize this guy has pedophilic tendencies, I was so sick to my stomach. It's something so sick that happens, but you never want to think about it. I've challenged myself to read some darker books this year, so I pushed forward to keep reading. This definitely isn't for the faint of heart, so if you are sensitive or prone to any triggers, this isn't for you. 
 "Demon was just a name, not a separate entity. I am Demon. There's never nice Deanna, then evil Demon. I'm always evil. Demon is Deanna." 
 Deanna is a character who lusts after murder. It is something she's obsessed over, spends her nights fantasizing about. Even when she interacts with her neighbor through the door, she's imagining what she would do if he got in, or if she got out. She is not the type of person someone would consider a hero. She is flawed, damaged, she even calls herself Demon. But, but, but, she overcame her fear of leaving her apartment, her urges to kill to go out to save an innocent child. Is that something that an inherently bad person would do? I've said before that I love flawed characters. Deanna is what I would call a villainous hero. She has all of the qualities of someone, who on paper, looks to be evil. But, is she, really? I absolutely love when characters blur the line between good and evil. Everyone loves a good villain. Can't wait to start on the sequel, Do Not Disturb. The final book, If You Dare, was just released earlier this month and I'm looking forward to finding out what's in store for Deanna! 
 "This is it. This is my time."