50 Shades of Grey

50 Shades of Grey Synopsis

Here is the best selling book according to EVERYONE!  One of my besties sent me this book and said you have to read this, my mother-in-law called and said have you read this?! you must! (in hindsight gross) I read the synopsis several times to understand what the hype was about and didn't get it.  Well I bowed to peer pressure and read the book and I say BORING!! OMG it had good parts but the writing in this book was awful if I never read the words "baby," "groan," or "delicious" ever again it will be too soon.  It was the same thing over and over again, by the end I was skipping pages just to get to the end.  The last 30 pages or so it finally starts getting interesting but not enough to make me want to go into the second book.  It will just be more of the same and bleh it was hard enough the first time around.  The love story was ok, the heroine is strong in some aspects and I like that, but the entire book builds to a decision that is decided on three different times and still changes.. so annoying.  And the poor hero has a predominately f'ed up up bringing. Here is a controlling bastard, but the hints of his abuse as a child and the denial of his abuse during his teen years is upsetting. not to mention he continued a relationship with his abuser well into adulthood always reminding him what happened, no wonder he was messed up I would be too. BTW on a tangent what woman who knows she has freaky hard core sex constantly, wears white cotton panties to see her man?  That is completely ridiculous no 23yo wears white cotton panties these days especially if she expects to have sex! I think people were just surprised by the sex scenes in the book and S&M is not THAT interesting.  I know how the trilogy ends you know how it ends everyone knows by about chapter 5.  I almost gave up at chapter 4 and wouldn't have missed much if I had.  All in all skip it move on unless you need a boost in your sex drive/life.  No offense to my peeps who loved it, I love you still but not this.

Good for the sex drive

Rating~~5

Passion

Passion Plot Summary

So after the second book in this series I was hopeless and about to give up completely on it, but I happened to find the third book at the used book store for half price so I thought what the hell it can't be that bad right?  Well turns out this book was AWESOME which is made obvious by the amount of time it took me to finish!! I was really surprised at how good this book was, I couldn't manage to put it down.  The difference between this book and the previous books was that there was a goal in the end, the main character was striving for something and she knew what she was aiming for not just wandering in the dark, like it the previous two books.  This book was basically a hop from lifetime to lifetime describing Daniel and Luce's past lives and love together.  You get to see where their love grew from and what all went into their idea of "soul mates."   It still doesn't answer the nagging ever present question of where in the hell did Luce and Daniel meet?! That is the question I really want answered and I am still left wanting, damn it they better answer this in the finale known as Rapture whenever it is released. (which by the way they set up the finale story very well in the end here, i'm looking forward to it.)  This book goes all the way back to the beginning of time through Egypt, Mayan, and Shakespearean history it was pretty cool.  I am a big history buff so the idea of going back in time is interesting to me , there are no factual events that happen but whatever that's not the point the romance mixed into different eras is the point.  I would say that this book makes trudging through the first and second book worth it.     

Good for romance mixed with history enthusiasts

Rating~~1  



City of Ashes

City of Ashes Plot Summary

 

The second mortal instruments book, I only continued on because my friend assured me that the series did get better after the first book, turns out she was right.  This sequel can be added to a short list of books that I classify as better than the original book.  The action really picked up in this book which made it more interesting right off the bat, and there was less of the poor me love triangle BS that gets old fast.  There were a few unexpected turns in this book which proved one of my previous complaints incorrect.(too predictable)   There is still the very odd love story present throughout but fortunately, it isn't as prominent in this book as it was in the mourning teenage drama original.  This book is more of finding out what the villain will do next and why, the real history of what happened to the main characters, and the love of family it just has more sustenance. The villain still has a seductive lure to his son in the book and you catch yourself wondering if his kid will fall for it all.  I still believe I can predict the way the romance story will end, and if the series is any good how it will end, but after the second book I am more inclined to find out what happens in the middle.  I have requested from my friend the third and fourth book of this series and hope that it continues with the mystery and violence(PG) to an awesome climax.  There are quite a few books in the series so lets hope the author doesn't over write the story just for more books/money.

good for girls/women most ages

Rating~~3