A review by melissanniereads
Madame by Sara Cate

adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I might be in the minority here, and forgive me for the unorganized thoughts, but I really was unimpressed with Madame.

Spoiler sahead 

My first and biggest gripe is that the two scenes with Eden and Jade are either being recorded for Clay, or in a voyeur room with other people watching. Not just for the two of them to be with eachother. We were promised a scene of Jade flogging Eden, a private one on one without Clay there!, that was then taken away by Jade being stupid. It also felt very Gay For You with Jade and Eden. It would have been so easy for Jade to have already had a girlfriend in the past, or less hand wavy of just kissing girls drunk at a party. 

I also personally did not like going back and forth between the past and the present between Clay and Eden in small paragraphs. I felt like it would have flowed much better if we got everything with the both of them first, and then the rest of the book. 

I also felt like there were too many tropes just packed in here for the sake of either marketing or the author really wasn't interested in writing more books on SPC but was contracted to do so. I think it would have been much better for Jade to simply be Clay's girlfriend and really explore being a Switch, then to shove Age Gap and Boss's Daughter in there too.


I also don't know if its be cause I loved Praise, Give Me More, and liked Mercy (still havnt read Eyes On Me) but really didn't care for and DNF'd Highest Bidder that's clouding my judgement. 

This just wasn't my favorite and I'm dissapointed. Maybe Sara Cate's stuff just isn't for me.
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