Review for Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James

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When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms. Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires. Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

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SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PROCEED NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT READ!

I am sitting here contemplating on just how to proceed with this review.  I read the ones that were out here and my sister in law convienced me into reading it.  I will say this is for a mature audience and NO TEENAGER SHOULD BE READING THIS!

Anastasia Steele meets greek god Christian Grey and falls into the dark world of binding, spanking, and use of adult toys.  Yep. That's about it.  Her confusing thoughts on Christian are minimal.  Her character and his are lacking in development with only glimpses into his past. 

I nearly found myself skipping pages and stuck to it, because I wanted to give this book a fair shake.  Finally, nearing the end of the book you start to fall in love with tortured Christian Grey who is hiding his fair amount of secrets in his past.  You start to see him through Ana's eyes and yearn to learn more about the vunerable man who hides behind his 50 shades of f'd up.

I give it a four out of five stars, not for the sex, for that really didn't appeal to me, but for the development that started to happen at the end of the book.  Needless to say Mrs. James saved it from total disaster, but could have delved deeper into Christian in the middle of the book than at the end.

I have just picked up the second in the series....that is saying something...right?

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The Bookworm!