Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
Mini rant first and then the review: as much hype and press as this book has gotten I found the widely acclaimed erotic bits disappointing and not terribly interesting; the author uses British syntax when her characters are American which can be a little awkward to read; the author willingly admitted to starting the books as fan fiction after reading Twilight which is upsetting because I passionately hate Twilight. As much as I hate the Twilight series (they are horrible examples for tweens, poorly written, and the characters are simply annoying) Fifty Shades of Grey despite being inspired by the novels completely surpasses them in writing and character depth. This book is everything Twilight could have been.
Fifty Shades of Grey is set in Portland and Seattle where an innocent college student, Anastasia Steele, fatefully interviews the wealthy entrepreneur Christian Grey who offers her the chance to be his Submissive in a BDSM relationship. Ana surprisingly agrees, but manages to convince Christian to enter into a more traditional romance along with trying out the BDSM lifestyle. Unfortunately Ana's attempt to understand Christian's darkness backfires epically.
As unlikely as it is for a person to be offered the position of Submissive to a multi-billionaire Adonis, the overall message is universally applicable; relationships take work on both sides and some times they don't work no matter how good the sex. Although the sex scenes were fairly tame (in my opinion) and a little unconventional, the relationship and character dynamics make this a very good read.
April 30, 2012
April 24, 2012
The Rae Wilder Novels: Demon Girl
The Rae Wilder Novels: Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher
Demon Girl is set in the a future when paranormal creatures have taken over the world and humans are nearly extinct. To keep safe from the fairies, vampires, witches, and were-animals the remaining humans have barricaded themselves in walled communities where Clerics and The Temple are the dominating forces. Rae is a teenager studying to become a Cleric when she sneaks out into the forest surrounding The Temple and stumbles upon Clerics torturing a young fairy, meets the fairy's older brother and becomes Breandan's mate, finds out she is a fairy- with wings and everything, meets a vampire named Tomas who she falls for also, and then gets embroiled in a fairy war. And this is only the first book. I certainly liked this book at least as much as The Hunger Games if not more so since the storyline lends itself to a sequel and the main character doesn't seem quite as clueless/heartless as Katniss seemed in The Hunger Games. I was also impressed at how few spelling and punctuation errors there were, especially since many of the ebooks I've read have had gross typos.
Demon Girl is set in the a future when paranormal creatures have taken over the world and humans are nearly extinct. To keep safe from the fairies, vampires, witches, and were-animals the remaining humans have barricaded themselves in walled communities where Clerics and The Temple are the dominating forces. Rae is a teenager studying to become a Cleric when she sneaks out into the forest surrounding The Temple and stumbles upon Clerics torturing a young fairy, meets the fairy's older brother and becomes Breandan's mate, finds out she is a fairy- with wings and everything, meets a vampire named Tomas who she falls for also, and then gets embroiled in a fairy war. And this is only the first book. I certainly liked this book at least as much as The Hunger Games if not more so since the storyline lends itself to a sequel and the main character doesn't seem quite as clueless/heartless as Katniss seemed in The Hunger Games. I was also impressed at how few spelling and punctuation errors there were, especially since many of the ebooks I've read have had gross typos.
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