50 Shades of Darkness

***WARNING - SPOILER ALERT***

So I finally got through the second book in the 50 shades trilogy. While it had many eye rolling moments for me, I also found the second novel to have some mystery which was a nice change from the uber passionate love-making in almost every chapter (I can feel my eyes rolling once more).

We start off chapter one with seeing Ana getting herself established at a new job where she has the room to grow and something she is quite passionate about. Unfortunately for her, she was hired mainly for her looks and not her skills as her boss is a complete sleazeball. She's withered away to nothing as she's so distressed about her breakup from Mr. Grey, but it's not long before Christian once again enters the series with his suave and romantic gestures which lead to the two lovebirds rekindling in a fury of passion. You would swear these two had been separated for years with the way they dramatically reunited as only the timespan of days passed them by.

The slimeball of a boss, Jack, was an addition along with two new key characters that played very important roles. The pedophile-ish Elena, and Post-Sub Leila. The intro to Elena was intriguing because she plays such an important role as to why Christian has this passion to be a Dominant. We learn of their past relationship together and their continuous friendship which makes Ana utterly disgusted and extremely jealous. In the beginning, we first meet Elena in a way that doesn't seem to be intimidating. She's aware of Christian's relationship with Ana and seems to be supportive. We later come to find out she is invasive, intrusive and oversteps her boundaries by digging her nose where it doesn't belong when it comes Ana and Christian's relationship. Than we have Leila who is painted in the most unflattering light as a previous Submissive who can't seem to get over her past fling with the incomparable Mr. Grey. She stalks and compares herself to Ana in the most creepiest of fashions. Was it just me or was anyone else afraid that they would wake up to the figure of a black silouette watching them sleep?

These two characters and the mystery behind thiers stories are what saved this book for me. The sexual escapades became quite repetitive. I could only hear about this Inner Goddess, Christian's body-wash scent and the phrase "You are mine" so many times. I also found Kate to be super nosey when she decides to corner the two lovers and confront them about the NDA that she found while snooping in Ana's bedroom. Uh...invasive much? Christian's sad tale about how he grew up was heartbreaking and also plays a part in why he is dark and why he is who he is, but even with all these revelations about his past and new characters...I found myself getting irritated with the repetition and the un-realistic depiction of what a relationship is really like. With that being said, I give this book: