I wanted to read this series because I enjoyed the first series and I love dual POV, so I wanted to try and give this series a go. Christian’s thoughts are so overbearing and boring.  

This book is based on twenty-seven-year-old Christian Grey, and he exercises control in all things: his world is neat, disciplined. The scorching, sensual affair ended in heartbreak and recrimination, but Christian Grey cannot get Anastasia Steele out of his mind, or his blood. Christian is determined to win her back, he tries to suppress his darkest desires and his need for complete control, and to love Ana on her own terms. But the horrors of his childhood still haunt him, and Ana’s scheming boss, Jack Hyde, clearly wants her for himself. Can Christian’s confidant and therapist, Dr. Flynn, help him face down his demons? Or will the possessiveness of Elena, his seducers, and the deranged devotion of Leila, his former submissive, drag Christian down into the past? And if Christian does with Ana back, can a man so dark and damaged ever hope to keep her? 

I loved the alternative POV. I loved that there were more details of what Christian’s therapist was thinking and how he knew about Leila beforehand, and it explains some of his actions and how he was very overprotective. I loved seeing the plane accident as well because from Ana’s point of view, it goes, Christian is going to work, Ana’s goes out for drinks and then next thing you know Christian’s gone missing and they’ve all gone to the apartment and Ana’s freaking out. Where Christian is talking to Ros about Andrea marrying an employee and talking about business details, then the plane has an engine fire, and he is worried about getting home to Ana and his phone has died. I loved that he didn’t trust Jack from day one and knew about the accusations, I would have personally told Ana to be careful, but he obviously had a plan to sack Jack when he took over from SIP. I loved watching him kicking Jack’s ass as well and was wanting him to push Christian’s buttons.  

My only issue with this book is the pace was very slow and I was bored at some points and yes, I know it was the same as Fifty Shades, but I found myself skimming over the BDSM chapters and the chapters that we had already read in Fifty Shades. It was just like one sentence or word had been changed to make it different. Change Ana to Christian and he said I inserted himself rather than he inserted himself, but it was the exact same. There was nothing new besides the plane accident, which we knew about, but we could see how Christian got home. Christian was a complete man child who needed to grow up and let Ana breathe and live her life. Again, for Leila being the big villain in this book, you only really see her for the first half and then it’s just brushed under the rug.  

I am going to hope that the series gets better, but I’m also trying not to put all my eggs in one basket.