HUGE improvement compared to Fifty Shades of Grey! Still not AMAZING but not bad at all, I honestly enjoyed reading Fifty Shades Darker and I'm looking forward to read Fifty Shades Freed!

4.5 "He's my happily ever after," stars First read Feb. 14, 2015Reread Sept. 23, 2015Re-reread lol June 1, 2017Spoilers "I've missed you so much, Anastasia," he breathes.Fifty Shades Darker is the second book in the Fifty Shades Trilogy. Another great book by E.L. James. I loved this book even more than the first!! "I don't want to fight with you, Anastasia. I want you back, and I want you healthy,"This book picks up a week after Ana left Christian because she couldn't handle his lifestyle...

Fifty Shades Darker is the second (and my favorite) installment of the Fifty shades trilogy. I love seeing Christian start to come into his own in this book. His issues come to light, and he starts dealing with them. Christian Grey... one of my original book boyfriends. Not only is he a damaged man (my favorite) but he is sexy, kinky, bossy and romantic. I know this isn't a lengthy review- but this book doesn't need one. I've read this series quite a few times and each time, I love i...

Yeah, I've continued with the series. Why, you ask? Why, when I so thoroughly despised Fifty Shades of Grey, would I do this to myself? Why, for the fun factor, of course! Bad writing tends to make me giddy because I'm much better at being a horribly judgmental person critic than I am at....well, most anything else. Reading books this awful actually brings a certain amount of joy into my life. Plus, I had a few people tell me they couldn't wait for my reviews of the second and third Fifty books....

I really wish I could manually add a 6th star to Goodreads for this book. I never would have believed it was possible, but Fifty Shades Darker is even better than Fifty Shades of Grey. Hard to believe, but true. Reading this book reminded me of a quote that I love by Alan Cohen, “Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.” Reading Fifty Shades Darker is l...

Updated 8/3/19:My tastes have seriously changed, and this gets no more than 3 Stars from me nearly eight years later.*******It never happens, but, during the time I was reading Fifty Shades Darker, I was doing some research online for something altogether unrelated, and I came across the following quote. For me, it captures the essence of Ana's love for Christian, and it honestly gave me chills when I read it and immediately thought of them. I also believe this is truly applicable for *every* re...

Okay! Here comes unpopular review! Correction: it is not a review. I just posted some quotes from book including my opinions about those quotes! So this may be considered as quote-reviewing ( or mocking, teasing, whatever!) I always shared my favorite quotes of books I reread for my flashback Saturday! This time I’m sharing my most enjoyable, questioningly awkward and entertaining quotes made me remember why I don’t like this series and detest the movies ( sorry Jamie, you were amazing at the “ ...

The missus bought a Paperback ...down Tesco, Saturday, I had a look inside her bag;.......T'was "fifty shades of grey". Well I just left her to it, And at ten I went to bed. An hour later she appeared; The sight filled me with dread….. In her left she held a rope; And in her right a whip! She threw them down upon the floor, And then began to strip. Well fifty years or so ago; I might have had a peek; But Mabel hasn't weathered well; ..... She's eighty four next week!! Watching Mabel bump and gri...

2 miserable stars Ok. There's a dangerous theme in this book that I want to speak out about: Ladies, despite what EL James says, you will not change your man's personality or fix his age-old sexual perversions in 5 weeks.I thought part one of Fifty Shades series was too tense and upsetting, but be careful what you wish for... In this follow-up to the infamous BDSM themed 1st novel, Christian shifts his needs and personality 180* and it was yawn-worthy at best. This story was much less dramatic...

Warning: Spoilers abound!!Actual rating: 1.5 starsHonestly, I didn’t read this whole thing; I skimmed most of it and I still managed to get the gist of it. At least I saved myself the torture of reading about Ana’s constant inner monologue. I have to say that my review of the first book still largely stands.It’s ironic how someone with a name like Steele can’t stand her ground. At the end of the first book, Ana finally sees some sense and leaves Christian. Surprise surprise, that doesn’t last lo...