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Book Review of Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, Bk 2)

Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, Bk 2)
Helpful Score: 2


I do actually like this book. It's very engaging and dramatic. However, I find Ana's "innocence" somewhat unbelievable. I don't practice BDSM but I do know about it and what it entails. I can believe she was a virgin up until she met Christian, it's the rest of her innocence I can't quite believe. And the sex got rather vanilla in this book compared to the first book. I was a little conflicted about this. The first book was a lot more intense with the sexual tension and the second book is more like geez...again?! However, I didn't quite feel so dirty reading the second book or grimace too much at Ana and her slight stupidity about life and love. But other than that I actually very much enjoyed this book more for the drama than really anything else. I also liked that Ana was a lot stronger in this one instead of the whimpering little girl that she was in the first book. Can't wait to read the third book.