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I just finished the series and couldn't put it down. Just reading "excerpts" doesn't do it justice. The characters are extremely complex. It is funny, sad, heart-breaking and a very unusual love story. I highly recommend it. When a book has over 400 ratings on Amazon and scores a 4.6 there is something to be said for it.
I just finished the series and couldn't put it down. Just reading "excerpts" doesn't do it justice. The characters are extremely complex. It is funny, sad, heart-breaking and a very unusual love story. I highly recommend it. When a book has over 400 ratings on Amazon and scores a 4.6 there is something to be said for it.
I read the Anne Rice Sleeping Beauty trilogy and loved it.
I think I like erotica more than romance and have not read any romance novels.
I am wondering about purchasing the Fifty Shade trilogy.
How does it compare to Sleeping Beauty?
I think the author is Australian and although it was to be economically purchased in Kindle, the paper books cost a fortune because they were I believe, printed to order.
Now she has a deal with some book publishing company and the paperbacks are scheduled to be out in April.
The thing is, this whole thing is being driven by people reading the books and adoring them.
They all say something similar. You may not love the writing, but once you get into it, it is riveting.
I read the Anne Rice Sleeping Beauty trilogy and loved it.
I think I like erotica more than romance and have not read any romance novels.
I am wondering about purchasing the Fifty Shade trilogy.
How does it compare to Sleeping Beauty?
I think the author is Australian and although it was to be economically purchased in Kindle, the paper books cost a fortune because they were I believe, printed to order.
Now she has a deal with some book publishing company and the paperbacks are scheduled to be out in April.
The thing is, this whole thing is being driven by people reading the books and adoring them.
They all say something similar. You may not love the writing, but once you get into it, it is riveting.
I've never read the Sleeping Beauty books but they sound good! Your right on the $. I think they were $9.99 per book on the Kindle but $29.99 if you purchased the books at a bookstore. From what I've heard they are next to impossible to find in the book stores because of the high demand.
My favorite part on these books (besides the obvious) is the email exchange between the two. I wish I could be that witty!
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I can't commit to a series. It's just too much for me. But I noticed these books being advertised on Amazon a month or so ago. Never heard of the author. Couldn't understand why THREE books were being released in one shot, rather than having them spread out.
The other mystery to me is why two of them are only available for pre-order -- they're only being released in mid-April -- but my library has all three of them available on Kindle now.
A little of the background as I know it, which MAY be wrong -
There is a group of people(amateurs) who write free pieces (stories, novellas) for the Kindle in the style of Twilight, Harry Potter, etc.
This woman, the author, wrote some/an erotic Twilight piece. She had a certain popularity, and so started this trilogy which had a following and she
managed to sell them on Kindle.
They really took off. I read articles about women on the Upper East Side (society types) secretly reading these things. They were not available in paper and those who wanted them/ordered them would have to pay hundreds of dollars for a special printing.
As word spread (they are supposed to be addictive and women all over are saying they could not put them down), they hit it big on best seller lists, and she struck a deal with a British publisher (she is Australian) for several million and they are now coming out in paperback.
That's the best that I can do now. Hope that helps.
There is talk about this being a new genre, so I don't think it is typical romance stuff that never attracted me.
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Just finished the series
