E L JamesFifty Shades Trilogy (Fifty Shades of Grey / Fifty Shades Darker / Fifty Shades Freed)

Here are reviews from all three booksI love this book! I've read it before, but wanted to read it again. It was just as good the second time.Anna's roommate is sick with the flu. Kate has attempted to get an interview with Christian Grey for 9 months for the student paper she works on. She can't pass up this chance, so she begs Anna to do the interview for her, because she is sick.Anna is nervous, and literally falls into Christian's office. Anna reads the questions that Kate has prepared. One of the questions was, Christian are you gay? She was so embarrassed, and explained that she was reading the questions that her roommate wrote down. After the interview Christian wants more time with Anna. He ask if he can show her the building. Anna says no, that she needs to get home to study. Christian is torn. He knows he needs to stay away from Anna, but he is drawn to her. He goes to her work and shops. He agrees to a photo shoot to go along with the article. Before long Christian is attempting to talk Anna into being his submissive. He gave her rules, and a contract to read and go over before she makes up her mind. Anna is so innocent. She doesn't know what half of it means.I love how Anna's subconscious is almost like another character in this wonder story. The subconscious will sometimes cheer Anna on, or at times make snide comments.My favorite parts to the book are below:Sample from chapter 10:"What's vanilla sex?" I ask, if anything to distract myself from the intense, burning, sexy look he's giving me. He laughs. "Just straightforward sex, Anastasia. No toys, no add-ons," He shrugs. "You know...Well actually you don't, but that's what it means." "Oh." I thought it was chocolate fudge brownie sex that we had, with a cherry on the top. But hey, what do I know?"Sample from chapter 11: The only man I've ever been attracted to, and he comes with a bloody contract, a flogger, and a whole world of issues. Well, at least I got my way this weekend. My inner goddess stops and smiles serenely. Oh yes... She mouths, nodding at me smugly. I flush at the memorySample from chapter 26: This is a man in need. His fear is naked and obvious, but he's lost...Somewhere in his darkness. His eyes are wide and bleak and tortured. I can soothe him, join him briefly in the darkness and bring him into the light.The sample from chapter 26, sums up the book. Anna is so full life, so innocent. Christian however is a darker soul. Has had a bad childhood before he was adopted. When he is around Anna we get to see glimpse of him laughing. Anna, and Christian share many first together in this book. I loved the book, but didn't care for the end. It does however end perfect to set up for the next book in the series.*********************************************This is a series of three books and should be read in order starting with 50 shades of grey. This part of the review is for fifty shades darker. In this book I loved how Anna's and Christian's relationship grew. I really enjoyed their fun email, and text banter. The suspense to the story will keep you holding your breath. In this book Anna has to deal with her boss who is a pervert. Christian and Anna have to deal with Christian's crazy exes. The romance between Christian and Anna is off the charts Hot and steamy. This is an adult book for 18 and older.In the past Christian never did romance or love. He had subs to satisfy his needs. He met Anna in the first book. Anna took his breath away. He asked Anna to be his sub. Anna left him before she signed his contract. The second book starts out with both being miserable. They both want more. Christian offers Anna a relationship. This is new to both of them, so they experience a lot of first together. Anna is afraid she can't be everything Christian needs. Christian assures her, she is everything he will ever need.Sample from chapter 9 - "Do you have any idea how exquisite your scent s, Ana? It's irresistible." His words do what they always do, Flame my blood, quicken my pulse, and he trails his nose down my throat, across my breasts, kissing me reverentially as he does. "You are so beautiful," He murmurs,Sample from chapter 12 - "Anastasia, It's not like that. I don't like talking about this shit. I've lived in a bubble for years with nothing affecting me and not having to justify myself to anyone. She's always been there as a confidante. And now my past and my future are colliding in a way I never thought possible." I glance at him and he's staring at me, his eyes wide. "I never thought I had a future with anyone, Anastasia. You give me hope and have me thinking about all sorts of possibilities." He drifts off.**************************************************This is a series of 3 books that should be read in order. Fifty shades of gray, fifty shades darker, and fifty shades free. This series is for adults 18 years and up for it is an erotic romance. The sex is red hot, and the romance is sweet. This part of the review is for the book fifty shades free.Here are some samples of my favorite parts of book three.Sample from chapter 7 - I kiss his chest, and we lie silently watching as the x-files finish and the commercials come on. "It's been a heavenly three weeks. Car chases and fires and psycho ex - bosses notwithstanding. Like being in our own private bubble," I mutter dreamily.Sample from chapter 8 - "You've got to let me make my own decisions, take my own risks, and make my own mistakes, and let me learn from them. I need to walk before I can run, Christian, don't you see? I want some independence. That's what my name means to me." There, that's what I wanted to say this afternoon. "You feel railroaded?" He whispers. I nod. He closes his eyes, agitated. "I just want to give you the world, Ana, everything and anything you want. And save you from it, too. Keep you safe. But I also want everyone to know your mine.Sample from chapter 10"What do you need?" ask Mrs. Jones, stepping forward. She's recovered her composure. "Something to restrain him, cord or rope," Ryan replies. Cable ties. I flush as memories of the night before invade my mind. Reflexively, I rub my wrists and glance quickly down at them. No, no bruising. Good. "I have something. Cable ties. Will they do? All eyes turn to me. "Yes ma'am. Perfect." Sawyer says, serious and straight faced. I want the floor to swallow me up, but I turn and head to our bedroom. Sometimes you just have to brazen things out. Perhaps it's the combination of fear and alcohol making me audacious.Sample from chapter 13 - He tips my chin up with his finger, leans down, and kisses me tenderly. "So are you." I smile. "Though I feel like I cheated. I didn't have to wait for you at all." He grins. "Am I that much of a prize?" "Christian, you are the state lottery, the cure for cancer, and the three wishes from Aladdin's lamp all rolled into one." He raises a brow. "When will you realize this?" I scold him.Sample from chapter 23 - "Oh ana," Christian whispers, his voice anguished and pained. "I thought I'd lost you. Then I thought I'd lost you again. Seeing you lying on the ground, pale and cold and unconscious, it was all my worst fears realized. And now here you are, brave and strong...giving me hope. Loving me after all that I've done. "Yes, I do love you Christian desperately. I always will." Gently taking my head between his hands, he wipes my tears away with his thumbs. He gazes into my eyes, gray to blue, and all I see is his fear, and wonder, and love. "I love you, too," He breathes. And he kisses me sweetly, tenderly, like a man who adores his wife.********************************************After reading all three books I can't help but smile on thinking back to how Christian and Ana got together. Ana's roommate was sick, so Ana was volunteered to interview Christian (Mr. Gray) for Kate that worked on the student newspaper. After graduation Ana got drunk for the first time ever, and drunk dialed Christian...And this is how the story begins. Ana and Christian is a beautiful, and erotic romance.

My husband heard about this trilogy on a morning radio show and recommended I read it. I looked it up, read the product description, and decided that it didn't sound like "my kind of book." Over the next few weeks, several friends mentioned it to me. A very close friend told me, "It's about bondage. But keep an open mind. And JUST READ IT!" So I downloaded it and began doing just that...The first few chapters of book one set the scene...naive, bookish girl meets attractive, billionaire CEO and lust ensues. The rest of book one was sex. Explicit sex. And at first it was "steamy." But I quickly found myself wondering when it would end. I read it all, though in reality, I could have skipped entire chapters and really missed nothing.Books two and three got more into the actual story line and made me glad I stuck with it. I quickly realized that the descriptive sex scenes in book one were necessary to fully develop the two main characters. On the exterior, Christian is a powerful, worldly man but through his interactions with Anastasia, the reader begins to see his immaturity and "damaged" side. And Anastasia's oblivion over the fact that every eligible bachelor in her life is fawning over her betrays her presentation of herself as an ordinary, bumbling recent college grad. It was exciting to see the evolution of Christian and Anastasia throughout the trilogy.To say that this is "a book about bondage" is wrong. Yes, there are a few select scenes that depict sex with restraints or spankings or floggers. But in the grand scheme of things, they were isolated, fleeting events. Instead, I would say this book is a love story. It's about the concessions we will make for the one we love and the "hard limits" that keep us true to ourselves. The author has created two very memorable main characters and a laundry list of amazing supporting characters, including "the inner goddess" who honestly was one of my favorites! And I especially liked the last chapter (following the epilogue) which was told from Christian's perspective. I would have liked to have had more of his point of view sprinkled throughout the books.What's interesting to me is that these books have received such a wide array of ratings by Amazon users. Clearly the author has done her job of presenting a controversial theme and getting readers talking. I notice a few unifying comments from the reviewers who did not like the book (or gave it a low rating)....1) The ebook is too expensive. - To this I say that it's unfair of readers to low ball their rating of the author's work simply because they're unhappy with the publisher's price. As a consumer, you have the option to buy or not to buy. You also have the option to buy hard copies rather than ebooks. If you don't want to shell out the extra few cents to buy the trilogy instead of the three individual ebooks, then don't. If you'd rather buy the paperbacks, then do. If you'd rather borrow a friend's hard copy or check it out of the library, go for it. But don't hold that against the author!2) There was no story line. - To this I say, "You must have stopped reading at the end of book one."3) There was too much repetition. - To this I say I think Anastasia's inner dialogue includes a lot of "holy crap" and "oh my" for a reason. Despite her personal and professional evolution, she's still a bit unsure of herself and her ability to adapt to her new lifestyle. No matter what, she's still young, naive Ana on the inside.