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LOL thank you! Well at least somebody understands. I didn't say anything about it being the best written book I have ever read or anything like that and everyone started hating saying the series is horribly written and terrible critiquing it like it was meant to be some classic novel. I loved the story, the characters, and most of all the BDSM aspect. Definitely straight up pr0n 4laugh

The problem with it being just straight pr0n is that it's badly written pr0n. The words are clunky, the flow is terrible, and it really isn't written in a way that actually denotes feelings other than she is terrified of him. The BDSM aspects are rather on the vanilla side and even then, they do not follow the three main rules of any SANE couple that are part of the scene: aka SAFE, SANE, CONSENSUAL. Safe - the sub is the one who tells the dom what they want and the dom explains what they expect. Sane - the dom makes sure that the sub is okay with every aspect of the relationship before it is even started, and will take care of any emotional needs of the sub once the scene is over. Consensual - the sub agrees to the scene before it happens AND IS ALLOWED TO STOP IT IF IT GETS TOO MUCH.

In the first book alone, he pretty much expects her to live as part of a Total Power Exchange pairing. That means as his slave. He also breaks into her house and rapes her when she tells him that she isn't interested (which she plays off as being a joke), he tries to get her to sign a contract that is a SLAVE contract and not just a BDSM contract, he follows her across country, uses several illegal means to keep track of her and forces what he wants on her and gets mad when she tries to have a backbone. Half of the time, she submits to him because A- she is afraid of what he would do if she says no, and B- she thinks no one else will love her because she is 'so plain and ugly'.

Sorry, I do like smutty fluffy romances but to me, they are not that. They are not even bad it's good pieces of fluff. It's just two blank slates that just are not that interesting at all.

Haha personally?
It's not realistic, nor would I want a relationship like Christian and Ana have, but it's still kinky as hell. I haven't finished the first book yet, I am about done with it, but I enjoy it.
Regardless of what the media says.

I read the trilogy. At first, I was just curious why everyone is fussing about it so when I finally got the chance, I read it. The first book was good that it got me hooked because the ending made me go NOOOOOOO. Though i have to say from the very beginning, Christian was a lunatic already.

The second and third book felt like an obligation to read it. There were some scenes that were really intense(not the sex scenes but the ones when Christian and Ana got into fights) and to me that shows how good the writer is but sadly she didn't carry it out through the whole trilogy.

And OH MY GOSH, i know that it's an erotic novel but how much sex can a person do?! They do it at home before going to an event, when they get to an event, they do it there then when they got home they still do it @.@ I kinda got bored because of it.

I liked how they gave like a bonus chapter from Christian's POV. It's just adorable to see guys fall for someone even though in this case he is a lunatic.

I find their emails absolutely adorable! (But I just can't help that writer made those parts just as fillers cause she has nothing else to write xD )