50 SHADES OF GREY

So, uh, yeah, this happened. 

I'd heard that 50 Shades was a fanfic inspired by Twilight.  You know how much I like vampire books/movies/etc.  Zombies, not so much, although there have been a few "vampire" books that were more like zombie books, but, story for another time.  Since I'd heard about the Twilight connection I went into reading this expecting a teen angst vampire book.  Let's ignore for a second that I just happily expected a book I was reading to be that. 

50 Shades is about Anastasia Steele (seriously) who meets a gorgeous billionaire (of course) named Christian Grey.  Up until their meeting I was curious who her vampire lover would be, and a gorgeous billionaire isn't bad.  He's very mysterious, like any good vampire.  He has secrets, which, of course he does, he's a vampire.  Oh, he likes to get kinky, don't all vampires.   He wants her to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and who wouldn't, being a vampire and all.  It was about, perhaps, a fifth of the way in when I realized, this is not about vampires.  He's all about BDSM.  I think that's the acronym.  I'm at work and there's NO WAY I'm looking that up on Google.  Basically, he's a Dominant who wants to find a Submissive. 

I learned more than I would ever need to know about this lifestyle while reading this book.  It is NOT for the faint of heart.   But don't get turned away by it either.  It's a very interesting story, which, I found well written.  It's a trilogy (another vampire misdirect) and after I finished this book I immediately ordered the next. I'm very curious about how this is going to play out. 

I would recommend this book, but don't read it as your first "romance" novel.