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evergreensandbookishthings 's review for:
Fifty Shades of Grey
by E.L. James
Ummmmm... what to say!? I knew going into this that it started as Twilight fan fic and that was painfully obvious to me as I was reading. If it wasn't based on someone else's basic story framework, I would have given it another star for being a total page turner. But was it a fast read because she used a similar storyline and a number of similar scenes? The only thing that really drove me nuts, though, was (much like Stephenie Meyer) she overuses phrases in the most annoying way: there was altogether too much 'smouldering' 'whispering' 'murmuring' 'oh my!' 'peeking through lashes' 'pants hanging from hips' going on. Much like there's just way too much 'dazzling' going on in Twilight. That aside, I SO wanted to know how things were going to unfold and, well, it was some fun SMUTTY reading for sure! Of course she leaves it on a cliffhanger and now I'm just going to go ahead and read them all. If you liked Twilight and you have an open mind/healthy attitude toward sex, it's a great read.