So I finally read this book... and it was no where nearly as bad as everyone has made it out to be over the years. If anything, it was actually quite entertaining. I was never bored with the book, even if I was angry with one of the main characters. Anger at least still shows an interest and an investment in the story whether anyone wants to admit that or not. Was the story a little unbelievable? Slightly, sure. But then again I have never met a billionaire who can literally make anything happen at any time day or night, so I can also not really attest to that level of credibility for the story. Did Ana flip flop? Yep. A whole lot. But then she was a virgin with almost 0 dating experience, so that part of the story makes sense to me, too. All in all, the story did not bother me at all. As I mentioned, I was quite entertained.

What did bother me were a lot of the writing elements chosen. Phrases were COMPLETELY overused and exhausted. If I have to read 'my inner goddess' or 'you're biting your lip' or 'my fifty shades' in the next books then I may have to get a whip of my own to beat a pillow senseless in order to take out my frustration of the repetitive phrasing and vocab. Also, the author misused a TON of phrases throughout the book. I do wonder if there was a proper editor? Not sure. But I can only hope (maybe...?) that the writing itself improves as the books progress? Or maybe I am just being too naive here.

And the ending? Wait, what ending? That could have just been an end of a chapter it was so run-of-the-mill. I was expecting the "cliffhanger" of the book to related to Grey's "situation" - but no. The book ended just like half a dozen of the chapters ended.

Anyway, the book gets 3 stars from me still. I was entertained and I really had a hard time putting the book down at times (no pun intended).