Ok-the more you compare it to Crave, the more you make me want to read it...damn.
Do you have an e-reader? Just read a sample and see if you like it, that's what I did.
It's not as dark as Crave. And a lot tamer in the sex department. Also..
* Grey/Ana = 26/21 Spike/Buffy = 48/28
* Ana is single, out of college, a virgin Buffy is married to Spike's son and really NOT a virgin
*Spike's ex-wife was a crack whore and his mother insane. Grey's mother was a crack whore
In some respects 50 Shades is more believable and less outlandish. Also the sex is more believable. But I don't know how much the publisher cleaned it up from the fanfic.
And the BDSM in Shades is more realistic...this writer has certainly done some research. (Not that I would know necessarily...but it fits what people who are actively involved have told me.)
(Note - I loved Crave.)
But the tropes and central core are very similar. This reminds me a lot of Crave, particularly the relationship between the two characters - and the hero's dark issues.
Even the text-messaging reminds me of Crave. James has a similar knack with dialogue. And her sex scenes are somewhat similar to Nauti's. There's differences here and there, but they are very similar in a lot of weird ways. Making me want to tell Nauti that, hello, there's a ready market for your stuff - change the character's names and publish it as erotica on e-books - you'll make a killing.
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Date: 2012-05-01 02:55 am (UTC)Do you have an e-reader? Just read a sample and see if you like it, that's what I did.
It's not as dark as Crave. And a lot tamer in the sex department. Also..
* Grey/Ana = 26/21
Spike/Buffy = 48/28
* Ana is single, out of college, a virgin
Buffy is married to Spike's son and really NOT a virgin
*Spike's ex-wife was a crack whore and his mother insane.
Grey's mother was a crack whore
In some respects 50 Shades is more believable and less outlandish. Also
the sex is more believable. But I don't know how much the publisher cleaned it up from the fanfic.
And the BDSM in Shades is more realistic...this writer has certainly done some research. (Not that I would know necessarily...but it fits what people who are actively involved have told me.)
(Note - I loved Crave.)
But the tropes and central core are very similar. This reminds me a lot of Crave, particularly the relationship between the two characters - and the hero's dark issues.
Even the text-messaging reminds me of Crave. James has a similar knack with dialogue. And her sex scenes are somewhat similar to Nauti's. There's differences here and there, but they are very similar in a lot of weird ways.
Making me want to tell Nauti that, hello, there's a ready market for your stuff - change the character's names and publish it as erotica on e-books - you'll make a killing.