Yeah, I've continued with the series. Why, you ask? Why, when I so thoroughly despised Fifty Shades of Grey, would I do this to myself? Why, for the fun factor, of course! Bad writing tends to make me giddy because I'm much better at being a horribly judgmental person critic than I am at....well, most anything else. Reading books this awful actually brings a certain amount of joy into my life. Plus, I had a few people tell me they couldn't wait for my reviews of the second and third Fifty books....

I really wish I could manually add a 6th star to Goodreads for this book. I never would have believed it was possible, but Fifty Shades Darker is even better than Fifty Shades of Grey. Hard to believe, but true. Reading this book reminded me of a quote that I love by Alan Cohen, “Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.” Reading Fifty Shades Darker is l...

Fifty Shades Darker is the second (and my favorite) installment of the Fifty shades trilogy. I love seeing Christian start to come into his own in this book. His issues come to light, and he starts dealing with them. Christian Grey... one of my original book boyfriends. Not only is he a damaged man (my favorite) but he is sexy, kinky, bossy and romantic. I know this isn't a lengthy review- but this book doesn't need one. I've read this series quite a few times and each time, I love i

Okay! Here comes unpopular review! Correction: it is not a review. I just posted some quotes from book including my opinions about those quotes! So this may be considered as quote-reviewing ( or mocking, teasing, whatever!) I always shared my favorite quotes of books I reread for my flashback Saturday! This time I’m sharing my most enjoyable, questioningly awkward and entertaining quotes made me remember why I don’t like this series and detest the movies ( sorry Jamie, you were amazing at the “

2 miserable stars Ok. There's a dangerous theme in this book that I want to speak out about: Ladies, despite what EL James says, you will not change your man's personality or fix his age-old sexual perversions in 5 weeks.I thought part one of Fifty Shades series was too tense and upsetting, but be careful what you wish for... In this follow-up to the infamous BDSM themed 1st novel, Christian shifts his needs and personality 180* and it was yawn-worthy at best. This story was much less dramatic

The missus bought a Paperback ...down Tesco, Saturday, I had a look inside her bag;.......T'was "fifty shades of grey". Well I just left her to it, And at ten I went to bed. An hour later she appeared; The sight filled me with dread….. In her left she held a rope; And in her right a whip! She threw them down upon the floor, And then began to strip. Well fifty years or so ago; I might have had a peek; But Mabel hasn't weathered well; ..... She's eighty four next week!! Watching Mabel bump and gri...

4.5 "He's my happily ever after," stars First read Feb. 14, 2015Reread Sept. 23, 2015Re-reread lol June 1, 2017Spoilers "I've missed you so much, Anastasia," he breathes.Fifty Shades Darker is the second book in the Fifty Shades Trilogy. Another great book by E.L. James. I loved this book even more than the first!! "I don't want to fight with you, Anastasia. I want you back, and I want you healthy,"This book picks up a week after Ana left Christian because she couldn't handle his lifestyle

Warning: Spoilers abound!!Actual rating: 1.5 starsHonestly, I didn’t read this whole thing; I skimmed most of it and I still managed to get the gist of it. At least I saved myself the torture of reading about Ana’s constant inner monologue. I have to say that my review of the first book still largely stands.It’s ironic how someone with a name like Steele can’t stand her ground. At the end of the first book, Ana finally sees some sense and leaves Christian. Surprise surprise, that doesn’t last lo...

Updated 8/3/19:My tastes have seriously changed, and this gets no more than 3 Stars from me nearly eight years later.*******It never happens, but, during the time I was reading Fifty Shades Darker, I was doing some research online for something altogether unrelated, and I came across the following quote. For me, it captures the essence of Ana's love for Christian, and it honestly gave me chills when I read it and immediately thought of them. I also believe this is truly applicable for *every* re...

Hullo! Welcome to another shitty review of mine! Ya'll are probably wondering why I'm torturing myself writing this........... Number one, I read this entire series (yeah every word hoping tomorrow will be a better day), and I have this need to empty my thoughts and anger. Number two, I'm better and having much fun writing horrible reviews than my normal neat and clean ones.........Number three, I've been getting many requests asking for a review on this......(mwah! Girlies and boyz....here is w...

Read my review on Fiction Vixen Book Reviews. (It is a little different than below.) Read my interview with E.L. James and enter the Fiction Vixen Book Reviews giveaway to win a copy of this book! 4.5 stars I loved it. It was a different experience than the first one; the pace is much slower, even though there are a lot of outside forces and complications when there weren't in the previous one. The chemistry is as sizzling as ever though (whew! *fan please!*), the romance is sweeter, an

WHY? Why did I read this? For some reason I had it on my Kindle for ages, but since reading the disaster that was Fifty Shades of Grey (book 1) I decided not to bother with the second one. Then I found myself suddenly left with nothing to read on my Kindle except this, so I went for it.I just dislike everything about this book: the pathetic writing, the "plot" if you can call it that, Christian Grey (aka The Jackass), and Anastasia Steele (aka The Doormat). They shall henceforth be called as suc...

Wow, talk about Fifty Shades of bad writing. I'm surprised I made it through this one, but you gotta give it to EL James, even though it's horrendously written, it's darn addictive.There's so many flaws in this book, which make it painful to read. 1. Ana acts like an overly 'innocent' teenager despite being an able career woman in her early 20's. She's flushing left right and centre at even a glance or smile towards her. When she's not flushing, she's going Oh my! at every suggestive comment tha...

6+ stars to each of the books in the trilogy!! This is how I see Christian:It pains me to no end that I don’t have proper reviews up for these books. These were one of the first sets of books I read when I first started reading series and were a HUGE part of what inspired me to start reading and blogging again but at the time that I read them, I still wasn’t writing real reviews. I fully plan on rereading someday soon (for the fourth time) and writing out full reviews for them. But, I mean, the

*****FIVE++++ HEARTS & FLOWERS STARS*****{BR with Dee, Mel, and Sharon}Re-Read #4!!! "This is me, Ana. All of me...and I'm all yours. What do I have to do to make you realize that? To make you see that I want you any way I can get you. That I love you." I remember when I first read FSOG, I thought Christian was perfect. He was so very Sexy and Dominant. He was my perfect man. I didn't think he could get any better, and then I read this book. I think I fell hopelessly in love with him by th...

My review of the first installment is applicable across this entire pathetic, thieving enterprise.My Fifty Shades of Grey review. My Fifty Shades Freed review.My review of the Bundle. It includes some important points I didn't include in these reviews.