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A review by sixphanel
The Road to Madison by Elle Spencer
2.0
Surprisingly enough, I didn't enjoy this book too much.
The story is this: Two women who grew up together and ended up falling in love got separated, and you get told the story of how they got separated in flashbacks while you start seeing them get to know each other again (with lots of one-sided hate).
This had potential: the girl who has nothing and who used to work for the rich family ends up becoming super successful, which is y'know, a trope that I adore. But... the father happens. And actually, something like this happened as well with the last book I read before this one! The "evil" character is pure evil, but instead of being the mother... this time, it was the father. Being 100% pure evil makes things boring for me, there's no surprise, no evolution, no travel... he stays the same during the whole book: being a ball of pure homophobic hate.
I've seen friends' reviews from this book asking why we didn't get more positive flashbacks, how the girls loved each other, instead of all the terrible things that end up happening to them. I have to agree with them!
But if you're in search of a book to read... get Casting Lacey, that book from the same author is seriously awesome!
The story is this: Two women who grew up together and ended up falling in love got separated, and you get told the story of how they got separated in flashbacks while you start seeing them get to know each other again (with lots of one-sided hate).
This had potential: the girl who has nothing and who used to work for the rich family ends up becoming super successful, which is y'know, a trope that I adore. But... the father happens. And actually, something like this happened as well with the last book I read before this one! The "evil" character is pure evil, but instead of being the mother... this time, it was the father. Being 100% pure evil makes things boring for me, there's no surprise, no evolution, no travel... he stays the same during the whole book: being a ball of pure homophobic hate.
I've seen friends' reviews from this book asking why we didn't get more positive flashbacks, how the girls loved each other, instead of all the terrible things that end up happening to them. I have to agree with them!
But if you're in search of a book to read... get Casting Lacey, that book from the same author is seriously awesome!