Fifty Shades fiction work in the Twilight fictional universe. It was originally called Master of the Universe and written as "Snowdragons Icequeen". The original trilogy, "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker", "Fifty Shades Freed", have been published as an omnibus edition called the ""Fifty Shades" Trilogy". Fifty Shades Fifty Shades is an adult erotic BDSM romance franchise created by E. L. James; originating as a fanfic about the young-adult genre "Twilight" teen romance novel series by Stephenie Meyer. It has produced a novel series, with an original novel trilogy and two follow-up novels, as well as a film trilogy. Anastasia Steele,
Fifty Shades (novel series) book in "The New York Times" as being written "like a Brontë devoid of talent," and said it was "dull and poorly written." Jesse Kornbluth of "The Huffington Post" said: "As a reading experience, "Fifty Shades"...is a sad joke, puny of plot". Princeton professor April Alliston wrote, "Though no literary masterpiece, "Fifty Shades" is more than parasitic fan fiction based on the recent "Twilight" vampire series." "Entertainment Weekly" writer Lisa Schwarzbaum gave the book a "B+" rating and praised it for being "in a class by itself." British author Jenny Colgan in "The Guardian" wrote "It is jolly, eminently readable