Meh. While this wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, it wasn't very good either. I had a lot of problems with the writing and grammar. For a book that was professionally published, it sure was awfully unpolished and I have to wonder if they were in such a rush to get it put out that they forgot to have an editor go over it. There were a fair amount of grammar and punctuation errors and LOTS of awkward phrasing, as well as several phrases that were CONSTANTLY repeated. The characters also said quite a few things that were awfully British, considering they were from NW United States. Another thing that the author did a fair amount was use words that were too big for the story, as if she wanted to say, "Hey, look at me! I know big words!! I really AM smart." That's a pretty big pet peeve of mine. Again, an editor should have caught all that, so either there wasn't one, or he/she was asleep on the job. 
 As far as plot/characerization goes, I had a lot of the same problems as I did with Twilight (which makes sense, all things considered). Ana was a weak character. Before you get your panties in a twist, I don't mean that she personally was weak. I mean she wasn't even close to three dimensional. The same is true of Christian. The plot was just meh, although I should add that it was more about character driven conflict while I prefer externally driven conflict, if that makes sense. 
 As for the sex. I was expecting full on BDSM, lots of kink and steam and whatnot. That is just plain not what I got here. A little spanking, some tying up, and just a little bit more. That barely counts. Honestly, it's not really my kink, but the way people were carrying on, I was expecting WAY more than the two BDSM (out of so many I lost count) sex scenes. I've also read WAY steamier stuff in plain old regular romance novels, as I generally don't read erotica (Charlotte Featherstone comes to mind, although I suppose her books could be classified as erotica. They have some seriously lovely writing and oh my gosh, are they steamy). 
 Some other things that bothered me. Yes, Christian is messed up, issues with a capital I. I should note that this does not do it for me, pretty much at all (at least not this level of messed up). I would also like to say that enjoying a BDSM lifestyle, either as a Dom or Sub, doesn't mean that the person involved has issues. I very much got that vibe from this book, as if a person couldn't possibly enjoy it if they didn't have issues. That seriously bothered me. Also, the bathtub scene really irritated as well. (view spoiler)[I'm pretty sure the author forgot they were in a tub, because not once was there mention of Ana's face hitting water when she was going down on Christian and that's all I could think about, which seriously took me out of the story. (hide spoiler)] Ugh, and (view spoiler)[the scene where he yanks out of her tampon. How in any way, shape, or form is that supposed to be sexy? For that matter, how is using a (more or less) stranger's toothbrush anything but super icky? (hide spoiler)] 
 There were other things that were bothering me as I read this, but I've honestly forgotten what. I'll admit that this review might be somewhat biased, as this type of book isn't generally my cup of tea, and knowing that it started as Twilight fanfic is also a bit of a turnoff for me. That being said, I don't think I would've enjoyed this anymore even if I did usually enjoy erotica or BDSM novels. I'm sure there are better novels out there in all of the genres that this book fits in (erotica, romance, BDSM, etc). *shrugs* It was a quick read, and therefore not a complete waste of time, and I did want to find out if the hype was warranted (it's not, both for those who love it and those who hate it).