The book that has captivated millions is basically about a love story between one gorgeous rich man, Christian Grey and one virginal and virtuous young woman Anna Steele.
Sounds like your run-of-the-mill romance novel right? ... Maybe Not.
Christian has not only intrigued Anna with his boyishly good looks and confident swagger, but he introduces her into the unspoken world of BDSM ( Bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism).
I'll be honest, my mother was the first to tell me about the book- which she described to me as a 'romance novel everyone is talking about'. I had just finished the Hunger Games trilogy and figured why not give another trilogy a go. Though it wasn't until I was riding the subway to work at 6 in the morning that I realized this was not your traditional Nicholas Sparks type of love story. Thankfully I was reading from my kindle and no one around me could tell that I was leafing through an erotic sex scene before bashfully running out of the metro.
Now I've shared a few pages with my boyfriend, who just rolled his eyes and told me I was reading porn and when I shared my enthusiasm for the book with my girlfriends they too didn't show any interest. Was I missing something here? The book did sell more than a quarter of a million books within a year not to mention the movie deal it scored for a reported 5 million.
Perhaps some can't get over the idea that "Fifty Shades of Grey" is just some soft porn dirty Ol' romance that more of the 40-somethings are responding to, but I still recommend you to pick up at least the first one and give it a try.
Yes there is a lot of sex-talk and sex-scenes...some with whips, floggers, blindfolds, cuffs, plugs, clamps etc.. but behind all the kinkery there is a solid love story between two people.. one that has a sad and scary childhood that unveils secrets into why a life of BDSM works for him... and another played by the hopeless romantic who cant help feel the need to "fix" her troubled lover, which I think everyone at some point might be able to relate to. The broken man that has so much 'potential', could you be the one to fix him.. Could you be his white knight?
I just started the third book of the trilogy and (without giving anything away) will tell you the book is one- not all about sex (thought there is A LOT).. two- not all hearts and flowers ( though there are some corny lines mixed in) and three- actually has some interesting and thrilling plot twists that will surprise you.
Some extra interesting tidbits on the 50 Shades extravaganza:
- The author, E.L James told 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas "it's all my fantasies in, in one thing." ..and went on to say her two teenage sons have NOT read her book (Thank God..or else her book sales will be paying for their psychotherapy for the rest of their lives).
- Fifty Shades is now a NO.1 on multiple best seller lists.
- Books two & three hit book shelves today (they were only available in the U.S electronically before)
- Sex shops have seen a spike in sales since the book has been out ( Pleasure Chest, a sex shop in California is organizing a "Fifty Shades of Pleasure" workshop- Chk your local listings).
- One Man told Pleasure Chest, "my wife's reading this book. She attacked me three times last week. I've been married for 20 years and we rarely have sex three times in one week."
- Twitter and entertainment sites have already been taking guesses at who will be cast as Christian Grey ( Leonardo Dicaprio (my favorite), Ed Westwick ( you know from Gossip Girls, doesn't anyone still watch that show other than me?), Ryan Gosling (would be great but a little too obvious and well known). Here is a good read on possible castings for the whole movie: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/fifty-shades-of-grey-casting_n_1430214.html?ref=entertainment )
So don't be embarrassed and jump on the Fifty Shades of Grey bandwagon and GO ahead and read them.. and read them all~
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