ROMANCE SET IN A DYSTOPIAN FUTUREIn post-apocalyptic North America, two emerging nations are at war and sexual slavery is legal. Lila Velez desperately wants to lose her virginity before the troops visit her town and take it away by force. She makes plans to seduce her only friend. He is the only man who has shown her true affection, an affection she is willing to take as a substitute for love.… love.
Lila hides a secret that will bring her closer to Aleksey Fürst, a foreign, broody man who she distrusts because of his links to the troops and his rough, yet irresistible appearance. He offers Lila an alternative to her plans, a possibility that terrifies her…and tempts her in spite of herself.
With threats looming at every turn and no way to escape, Lila fears that falling in love will only lead to more heartache. The consequences of laying down her arms for Aleksey and welcoming hope might destroy more than her heart. They might force her to face the worst of her nightmares becoming a reality. Is love possible in a world that has forgotten what the human touch is?
NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR
* This is a book full of romance and anti-rape messages. I didn’t write this book to romanticize violence against women but to tell the story of a girl who has to come of age under the most terrible circumstances.
* This full-length novel is a stand alone. No cliffhanger.
* Alpha male hero. No cheating. No slut-shaming.
* Includes a discussion guide for bookclubs.
* Possible triggers for abuse survivors.
* Loosely based on documented evidence of unpunished war crimes.
QUOTES
“Real love ought to be more like a tree and less like a flower.”
“You usually can’t recall all the people you’ve shared laughs with. But you rarely forget the people you’ve shared your tears with.”
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One of the best books I’ve ever read. I fell in love with the characters especially aleksey – he’s dream guy material. I love how protective he is towards LIla and her family. He has gentleness in his large frame but also so much pure alpha male. He takes what he wants plus I enjoy his kink so… whoever sees this post – you will not be disappointed if you read it.
This book was a recommended read to me by a fellow reader…
First read by this author.
I went into reading this book with no ideas of what the book was about other than what the cover stated…..the v girl ( a coming of age story )
Set in a dystopian future. A land wracked by war, comes the reconning. ‘Recruits’ are taken by the army and used and abused in the most horrific ways before being thrust into a world of servitude or death restocking the earring sides.
Lila is a v girl..a virgin and she scared, always scared but moreso now than ever before because the time for the next reconning is coming and she will be recruited. Virgins are always recruited. In a bid to prevent this from happening she tries and fails in getting her friend to sleep with her…. as if the embarrassment of his refusal isn’t enough prior to this happening… during her preparations in ensuring she is as ready as ever to seduce her friend, she bathed in a river and notices that she isn’t alone. A soldier is also bathing, Lila is terrified of soldiers ( she witness a brutal event that damaged her family by soldiers ) and to avoid him at all cost and fear of him attacking her she tries to sneak away, but ends up landing arse first in his head.
Aleksy is the general of the neutral unnos cops, they are in Lola’s small city ensuring peace for the upcoming reconning and enforce peace between the two fighting factions.
He is a giant of a man, respected and feared, ‘they either fear him of like him ( sexually ) no body loves him… he is so much more than his size and strength…Alone and jaded by the world he wasn’t expecting to meet Lila, wasn’t expecting this young girl and her many different facets, her voyeristic nature, her strength, her fight and especially her love….
Traumatic and harrowing and dark and beautiful and sad with bright splashes and moments of joy.
A truly moving book of epic proportions.
This is a book about pain and loss and ultimately hope, for laying a better future with stones from the broken pieces of ones past.
Just an amazing book
5 stars because I can’t give 6 stars. I wish I could.
HOLY COW. What an emotional rollercoaster! I’ll need some days to recover.
The best part? The heroine was never raped. Not once. THANK. YOU.
You can write some dark shit without going there. Even in a story where rape is legal. Can you believe it? No rape to change the heroine or make her “strong” or other bs like that. Some (too many) authors should learn from Mya Robarts.
The second best part? Heroine’s first time. It was what I *hoped* for with all my being and it’s the only (very) important reason this book gets 5 stars, lol.
It’s a pity there’re still no new books from this author. I’ll definitely read the spinoffs if it means I’ll see #Lileksey again.
The V Girl was an amazing novel. It didn’t take long before I was pulled into this post-apocalyptic version of the US. Each time I sat down to read I found I didn’t want to stop.
The world Lila and her family live in is quite horrifying. I found the characters we follow were well fleshed out, with their strengths and flaws available for us to learn instead of hidden away or completely forgotten. While there are plenty of terrible moments they are properly balanced with moments that are gentle.
Unique, eye-widening, swoony! This was a super interesting dystopian world that may make some people wince but it was also super thought provoking. I seriously loved Aleksey!