I haven't read it myself, but from reading the reviews from people who actually live the BDSM lifestyle, they say this is an abusive relationship. One reviewer actually posted how many times the phrase "she rolled her eyes" was found in the book! Don't ever recall reading about someone who rolled their eyes unless it was a book for teenage girls. So I will save my money and spend it on well written erotica. If you are looking for erotica in general or BDSM specifically, then a good place to check out is Ellora's Cave. They have all kinds of erotica. A free website full of short stories is Literotica.com. Smashwords has a wide variety of free erotica as well, just make sure the adult filter is set to 'off.'
Makes you wonder, doesn't it? There are tons of undiscovered authors out there that fall to the wayside while this author rakes in the millions. My first erotica novel was by Jaid Black. Then I discovered Laurann Dohner then Diana Persaud. No disappointments. I prefer Laurann Dohner's New Species over the Cyborg series, but both are unique premises. I also read Christine Feehan, Kresley Cole and Sherrilyn Kenyon.
I read the first 50 shades book and then was given the 2nd and 3rd, I didnt find it exciting, due to he had to have loads of money, so its a story of girl falls for boy who has money, she said his money doesnt change her, but shes quite happy to go on a private jet to somewhere for lunch. There are some great authors out there, who have more believable story lines
I was disappointed in it. I read the first but didn't bother with the second and third ones. Ana frequently annoyed the hell out of me. And the books repeated the same idea over and over again. I'm sure to drive home things but it was repetitive enough I got sick of it. It's not surprising though since it's based on the Twilight books and I had basically the same feelings about the first one of those. And yeah I may be last girl on earth who hasn't read them all. There's better erotica on the web written by amateurs than 50 shades. Though I guess she was basically an amateur too.