This is really not the book for me. Nevertheless, I plan to read the other two because I am curious about how she continues the story. Even though it doesn't have much of a plot as it is now. And well, you know how they say that in order to be able to criticise something you have to know what you are talking about. 
 I am not going to critise it for being too close to a fanfiction story, it is, but I do read a lot of fanfiction and I don't think that's the reason for this book being bad. It just is. Many of the stories on fanfiction.net are far better than this thing. 
 The writing is plain bad. I don't think it even lives to the standards of the twilight series that she aims to emulate - but truth is, I was aware of the literary quality of the book before hand. Certain words and sentences are said in almost every page, like "jeez" and "holy cow". (Say holy cow one more time! I dare you. I double dare you!!) 
 What annoys me the most is the way in which the relationship of the protagonists is portrayed. I don't care how hot Grey is - which is repeated like a zillion times throughout the book - I still find him creepy: Women out there, if you find a guy like that in real life, run as fast as you can in the opposite direction, seriously. I am afraid of this book sending the wrong message about relationships and particularly about sex. Their sex is just too wonderful, she always likes everything. Even when she doesn't, she sort of does. His controlling tendencies remind me a lot about things I did not like about my exboyfriends: how you cannot go anywhere without telling them, how you can't have a conversation with a guy because, clearly he just wants to get into your panties and that is not acceptable... 
 This is not what BDMS is about. For the defenders of the book: No, it is not really about two consensual adults. She is confused most of the time, she does not really want to sign the contract - which means she is not really consenting - and he breaks his own rules by having sexual intercourse with her when she has not signed the aforementioned contract. She is a virgin and too innocent for her own good and he is well versed in the art of f**king. This inequality between them both makes the consent argument look a little bit deficient to me. 
 Also, she keeps on mentioning some "inner godess" and I don't get it. It sounds schizophrenic.