I realize that this book has been out for a couple years,
but I feel I should get my review in before I see the movie that is coming out
tomorrow night.
First off, I started out really excited and enjoying the
book. I’m a huge fan of romance/smut
novels and have read blogs on how difficult it is to write a good sex scene,
one that is believable. It didn't take
me the entire book to realize that was not what I was going to get.
Don’t get me wrong. I
couldn't put it down. I've read all
three in the series. More than
once. But I was truly disappointed.
First off, what virgin can give the best blow job ever on
her first time, including swallowing?
There were LOTS of sex scenes, and none of them were ever really
developed. There was some form of sex on
just about every other page, but because of how quickly Ana would orgasm, they
just never seemed to get off the ground.
I’m not saying every sex scene needs to be developed but a good portion
of them should be.
Anastasia talks about her body like she’s 12 using
terminology like “down there” or (worse yet) calling Christian’s abdominal hair
his “happy trail”. Who talks like that?
My favorite part of the books were the email messages that
they would send back and forth. I love
seeing how they flirted with each other, plus is was a good moment to develop
foreplay between them, getting you ready for the next time they were together.
The worst part of the book though? All the similarities between Ana and
Christian to Bella and Edward. I realize
that this was the reason behind the book, to give us a “grown up” version of
Twilight, but if I want a “grown up” version of something, they had better be
in their 30s and have had some life experiences.
On the bright side…it did give me some ideas of things to
try. ;)
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