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  • Fifty Shades Darker

  • Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
  • By: E. L. James
  • Narrated by: Becca Battoe
  • Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (26,690 ratings)

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Fifty Shades Darker

By: E. L. James
Narrated by: Becca Battoe
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Publisher's summary

MORE THAN 150 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

Look for E L James’s passionate new love story, The Mister, available now.

Daunted by the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house.

But desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades.

While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life.

This book is intended for mature audiences.

©2011 E L James (P)2012 Random House

Critic reviews

"In a class by itself." ( Entertainment Weekly)

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Super good trilogy

Highly recommend, nice story, narrator sounds just like Anastasia, neat and thrilling, catching, couldn’t put it down.

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The details once again a

I love the details of this subtle books. It’s like I have reread the book again and I can take it anywhere. Thanks again and I added to my favorites list to keep and listen to anytime.

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Delivers on romance and drama

I liked the character development and realistic personality traits that they display. Saw the movies recently and loved them and it inspired buying the audible books

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Good Point, Well Made!!

Again, the only reason why I scored it so high was because I kept the audiobook at a faster speed, instead of the normal speed. If I kept it at the NORMAL speed, I think I would have been pissed and seriously would have wanted my $$ back. However, keeping at a FASTER speed did the trick. I was still captivated, is it possible to have that much sex? Holy Crap!! CRAZY!! Yet so intriguing. KEEP IT ON THE HIGHER SPEED TO GET THROUGH IT!! THAT IS THE ONLY WAY!!

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Super Awesome!

If you could sum up Fifty Shades Darker in three words, what would they be?

Yes, I Do!!!!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Fifty!! He is just simply amazing... He is sooo in love with Ana and don't even know it... OMG! He just don't know what do. He is soooo passionate about Ana, and soooo controlling, plus I even love when he is so angry he damn near go insane... He really is 50 shades... *He is the best character I have ever read about... LOVED IT!!

Have you listened to any of Becca Battoe’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Listen to Fifty Shades of Grey!! She was awesome...

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Paging Dr. Flinn; My Fifty; no no... I got it...

* Ben and Jerry's and Ana* Loved it!!!

wait... no... "Holy F--K!" or even "Bit*h Troll!"

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And the story continues . . .

This story just continues to be exciting and not just in the bedroom. It picks up right where the first one leaves off. Still a little too much sex for my taste but a great story line.

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Not as good as the first but still enjoyable

After reading the first book I was addicted. Half way through this one I realized that I wasn't as excited. When I reached the end I was happy/satisfied but not left in as much suspense for the third book. I'll probably still read the third book because I always need to know how the story ends but may read something from a different author in between.

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Love This Series

What did you love best about Fifty Shades Darker?

I was sceptical about getting these but all I had been hearing is how great they were so I took the leap and love them. The narrator is wonderful and it is not as crazy sex as everyone thinks stop being prudes we all enjoy a little spank once in a while.

I would and will recomend this series to everyone I know.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Christian and Anastasia were great

Which character – as performed by Becca Battoe – was your favorite?

Anastasia she did the character great justice and had me laughing, crying and in shock sometimes just by the way she spoke.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I was going to do it over a couple of weeks but it ended up being in 2 days of listening I could not stop so I just listened.

Any additional comments?

I would surely recomend this to anyone and also would read more books by the same author because if they are as good as these were I wont be able to put them down.

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Darker is sometimes better!

What did you love best about Fifty Shades Darker?

Anna & Christian got back together

What did you like best about this story?

The way they learned to compromise

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I found it hard to put it down

Any additional comments?

Loved it!

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It just gets better!!!

If you could sum up Fifty Shades Darker in three words, what would they be?

Insatiable, Awesome and Mindblowing.

What did you like best about this story?

I like how Christen gave over himself to his feelings for Ana and her to him. My friends and I would sit and daydream about Christen's of our own. When Ana realizes that she needs Christen and that the feeling is mutual is another driving point in this book.

What about Becca Battoe’s performance did you like?

Her performance could have been better but she did the best she could. It would have been better if there was a male voicve for Christen but after listening the 1st book, I have gotten used to her immitation of how he would sound.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I wish I could have spent every waking minute listening to this book but I couldn't. That doesn't mean I didnt try. It kept me trying to guess what would happen next and because I wanted to know I always had an earpiece in.

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