Alicia’s Reviews > Madame > Status Update

Ugh. My blood pressure. Making Eden the Villain so that C & J can fix their shit and end up together? I know it doesn't end that way. I'm aware she'll come back. But seriously?! IT'S EDEN'S BOOK! I mean I guess she did it with Hunter/Drake/Isabelle, too. But at least that was done well. That story was ALWAYS all of their story. Jade has no place here. None.

I hate that I love Eden and Clay so much that I suffer through either of them and Jade. She feels like his pal and Eden's mentee. Rightfully so since that's how she started with both of them. Aside from deciding to f—ck, their relationships with never developed from that. I don't believe for one second either of them loves her. Especially not when they love each other SO much.

She has a whole team. A whole team. And not once did they stop her from making what was supposed to be a book about her most interesting character, the story of a completely different woman. Jade can have a book. I'd read that book. But THIS isn't her story. Eden and Clay should have had way more moments by now, especially since she planted that seed in the last book.

Every Jade chapter makes me set the book down. I feel like a bad feminist for not rooting for her but a. She's a pawn on the chessboard of Eden and Clay's denial. 2. The constant mirroring of Eden's past with Clay with Jade's present makes my teeth grind. 3. Clay and Eden are much stronger characters. 4. It really feels like she was just shoved in the story for added conflict and 5. She's keeping Clay and Eden apart

If I could skip over every Jade chapter and not miss anything, I would. I love a good throuple, but this would've been much better if it was just Eden and Clay.