Absolutely f*ckin ridiculous! Everything about this was so ridiculous. I generally stay away from the billionaire mc stories which have evolved as a subgere of their own, mostly because they tend to be extremely shallow, but this was a new low (or maybe not, because as I've pointed out, I don't read this category of stories, lesbian or otherwise).
Madison, a butch lesbian business mogul billionaire, is part of the titular lesbian billionaire’s club. The LBC has about a dozen high-powered lesbian business executives like her, most of who are closeted, which is why the safety of the club is of utmost importance. Madison however is not one of the closet cases, instead her trysts with prostitutes and women make the front pages almost every other day! This is putting the identities of the women of the LBC on the line (a moot point, a. No newspaper is that obsessed with any business mogul or their affairs, b. Why? Why do Madison's affairs affect the LBC so much when there are a hundred other things threatening their identities).
The ladies of the LBC make a bet to get Madison to "settle-down" with somebody to get the papers off her back. Well, fate is working in favor. Madison alamot gets run over by a blonde woman, Claire and BOOM! It's love.
Madison then takes it upon herself to, in a borderline obsessive manner, stalk Claire, hire private investigators, get info on her because Claire for some obnoxious reason, even refuses to consider going out on a dinner date with Madison.
Now, get this, I love icy women. I find rich people to be extremely shallow, and I come in contact with them quite often, but the ice queen rich billionaire getting softened by the waitressing beauty is a dynamic dig. But while reading LBC, I almskt wanted to step in and say, "Leave her alone Madison!"
It's not just the creepy behaviour—I can justify the creepiest stuff in my fiction—the book was written in first person Madison pov and it felt so impersonal and off that I just couldn't get into it, let alone imagine them falling in love. The lack of any emotional development didn't help them make their point.
And DRAMA! and ANGST! There was so much of these. There is a whole arc wherein a Dark Web hacker is trying to expose the LBC which leads to Madison having to bodily save Claire from harm (where are the guards when you need them, don't rich people always have bodyguards?) but there is the very predictable and entirely stupid arc of Claire overhearing that this was all for a bet, and that Madison's friends think very lowly of her. Cue more drama and poetic declarations of love (honestly, Madison needs new friends, go join the local LGBT+ club or something, hon).
And the sex scenes very not well done at all. There was no build up, and I didn't get the "Power. Money. Sex" vibe from it at all. Vanilla and no toys either. And the "she gave me the best lap dance of my life and it was better than sex" turn around for Madison's character felt completely wrong. I mean, we’re talking about a woman who goes through women like my cat goes through catnip...
1.5 stars. This was painful to get through.