Let me begin this review by stating that I've only read a handful of romance novels in my lifetime and my only point of reference for erotic literature is Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty series. This book was GOOD. Really, really good. The writing isn't exemplary (apparently, the story started out as Twilight fan fiction before it was published). In some ways, the obsessive relationship aspect of Twilight was perfectly captured in this novel, although I felt that Ana had a much stronger backbone than Bella did. I've read a few reviews on GoodReads that didn't like this book because it was repetitive, but I also learned that the book was originally published one chapter at a time (apparently, that is how fan fiction is published online ... in installments?) So, in a way, I can understand where the repetitiveness comes from, since the story was published one chapter at a time.If you're going to read this book, just make sure that you know going in that it's erotic literature. I also noticed in a few reviews that people who didn't like the book mainly critiqued the fact that they'd heard a lot of buzz about it, but had no idea what it was about. The content is explicit but I found it to be an entertaining read. I read over 300 pages yesterday afternoon, and finished off the remainder of the book this morning, so it's an easy and captivating read. And I can't wait for next book to arrive at the library, so I've decided to order to the set from Chapters. Yes, they're THAT addicting.Review also posted at: http://writergrrlreads.blogspot.ca/2012/04/fifty-shades-of-grey-el-james.html
