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Fifty Shades of Grey

Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy

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Fifty Shades of Grey

Written by: E. L. James
Narrated by: Becca Battoe
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More than 150 million copies sold worldwide.

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too - but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success - his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family - Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

This audiobook is intended for mature audiences.

Look for E L James’ passionate new love story, The Mister, coming April 16, 2019.

©2011 E L James (P)2012 Random House
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Women's Fiction BDSM Student
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  • Finalist, GoodReads Choice Awards, Best Romance

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A different kind of Romance...

Story well written. Details (although sometimes too long) interesting. It gives you a good mental picture of the rooms / atmosphere. The BDSM took a little long to manifest itself... Some of the “scenes” made me laugh out loud. In all, an enjoyable and entertaining book.

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Such a good listen

Absolutely love listening to this book series, besides all the hot stuff it has a good storyline

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Terrible Narration

The narration was terrible and distracting. I couldn't focus on the story because of the narrator. The narrator was awkward and the voices were forced and sounded like she was making fun of the characters. I want my credit back. 😅 Sorry, Becca. Get Andi Arndt to narrate it and I'd pay for it.

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sounds like a teenage girl wrote it.

I am only halfway through this book!😂 if I have to hear the word "murmur" one more time I am going to eat my left foot. Same with constant use of "holy shit!"

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A+

This was a sexy read it kept me glue the whole time. getting the second one right now

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Valley Girl Narrator

I thoroughly enjoyed the story itself, and have already purchased the other 4 books left including 'Grey' and 'Darker', but it was so very hard for me to even get started with this book to begin with. The narrator's voice reminds me of some bimbo valley girl with only a few brain cells floating around in there. I almost didn't go through with this story and I was so close to turning it off and requesting a refund, just because of her voice. I powered through, however, and worked out for the better I guess you could say. As being someone who had only ever seen the movies, the book (at least this one so far) holds a lot more to be learned and discovered. I can't wait to begin the next one, and my struggle is do I continue with the next book in the series, or do I listen to this first book in Christian's perspective first, before I move on to the second book in the trilogy...? Ahhh choices.

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Pretty Good

After the 50 Shades craze a few years ago, as a man I decided to see what all the fuss was about.
I decided to listen to it via audio book because that would allow me to hear the book during my commute to/from work. So far I find the Amazon Audible service to be very easy to use and works well. #Audible1
I'm glad that I'm listening to this book rather than reading it because there are parts of it that are mundane and drag on, so I may have stopped reading, but once you get to the good stuff, it's not bad.
I find Becca Battoe's narrating voice to be quite good and helps to keep you engaged during the slow parts. I will be looking to other books narrated by her in the future.

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Great Book!! Well worth the money and time.

Everything I thought it would be. Erotic, sexy, sometimes mind blowing. The reader did a great job making you feel like you were listening to two people. Great job!
Is it bad that I want to listen to it again lol.

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Loved the story, hated the narrating

The narrator sounded too much like they were using their voice for reading to a group of children. obviously that was not the case, considering the context of this book. It was very difficult to listen to her, especially throughout the infamous adult scenes.

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The emails!

If I wanted to read emails I would listen to this book. A monkey with a type writer could do better.

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