This book starts off a few days after the first one ended. Ana is literally a mess! She has not been eating or sleeping. She cannot stay focused and practically could make a river out of all the tears she has shed. Her roommate, Kate has gone on vacation and Ana is left feeling very lonely and with no one to talk to. I hated to see Ana this way! I was heartbroken for her and wanted to smack Christian upside the head! 
 Christian still offers to go with Ana to Jose's show and without any other options, Ana accepts. Christian comes up with a new relationship plan for them and Ana finds herself not being able to say no to him again. 
 I absolutely loved Christian in this book. He is trying so hard to fight his demons and show Ana that he cares for her. Ana was a pistol, she was able to stand up for herself on many occasions and try to show Christian that she can make decisions on her own. The email bantering was yet again ongoing and I enjoyed every minute of it! 
 Fifty Shades Darker showed the reader much more into the past of Christian and helped Ana come to terms with Christian's ex "subs", with a few twists of course. 
 The sexual scenes were a little more intimate in this book, but don't despair, there were plenty of them. I am very much looking forward to the next and final book in this series, Fifty Shades Freed, coming in January 2012! 
 "Are you on your own?" 
 "No. There are six people staring at me right now wondering who the hell I'm talking to." 
 shit..."Really?" I gasp, panicked. 
 "Yes. Really. My girlfriend," he announces away from the phone. 
 holy cow! "They probably all thought you were gay, you know."