Fifty Shames Gone Grey: An Earl Grey Novella

Fifty Shames

by Fanny Merkin, Andrew Shaffer

Zillionaire BDSM-crazed tycoon Earl Grey and his wife Anna Steal return in this follow-up companion to Fanny Merkin’s Goodreads Choice Awards-nominated parody, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey. Earl Grey’s wife disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary. He quickly becomes the prime suspect, leaving him with no friends except for his twin sister, Goonie. Can movie star Tyler Perry help him find his wife…or is she just gone, girl? And in the bonus short story An Earl Grey Christmas, Anna searches a Seattle warehouse for the perfect holiday gift for her husband. What do you get the man who has everything? A BJ, of course. (That’s basketball jersey, you pervs.) This expanded edition of the sequel novella also includes an author Q&A, essays on the cultural impact of Fifty Shades of Grey, and a gallery of unused (but hilarious) promotional artwork.

132 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 2, 2015

About the author

Fanny Merkin is the fictional alter-ego of Andrew Shaffer.

Reviews

[Lakshmi C · Rating 2 out of 5]

2. 5 Stars

This could have been a 3 star read but the ending ruined it. Bigtime. This started off well and I wish it were a full length novel instead of a novella. You get to see them in different circumstances instead of Kinky Sex, Expensive Displays of Affection, Drama, Repeat.

I really like Early Grey. Read his thoughts :

When I first noticed him, I thought to myself, Look at that chocoholic. Later on, I began to realize he probably had the same thought about me.

It looked like burglars had ransacked our place. Of course, this was typical of our trailer. Neither one of us was gifted in the art of cleanliness.

We had a son, Chris—but he was repossessed by the bank.

I’d known from the moment we met that we were destined to be. Cupid had been on my side. I knew that, because I’d paid him off.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another hilarious installment! I loved it!

[Thibaut Nicodème · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Lia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointed

I’m not sure what I expected but this did not reach the bar I had set. It was really short and I’m not even sure what happened. In that sense it was a lot like gone girl.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I...don't even know what I just read, but somehow still enjoyed it? Even bigger twist than the original Gone Girl.

"So if you find this diary and I’m dead, do the math.
Because I can’t do the math.
Math is hard."

[Kristin Bolt-Bates · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

There were a few funny parts, but overall dumb. I'm sure the full story might be better.....nah I doubt it.

[Rose Williams · Rating 1 out of 5]

Aww, I was hoping I would love this one like I loved Fifty Shames.

It just didn't make me laugh. Very disappointing.

[Noa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely hilarious. It’s really a shame that it wasn’t longer because I would read so much more

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny
I also enjoyed reading the Q and A

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can I do 3 1/2 stars? Maybe I’ll change to 4. Regardless, I don’t know if I’ve ever read a parody of fan fiction, but this was enjoyable, and I thought the author was clever and exaggerated things just perfectly. I read the Fifty Shades trilogy and thought they were poorly written. The repetitive descriptions and some of the awkwardness (“inner goddess”) made me cringe. So when Merkin gives Anna an “inner guidette” I cackled. This is a very quick read - more a compilation of Merkin’s (a pen name for the author) writing parodies of the trilogy and commentary on the evolution of fan fiction in publishing. If you hate-read Fifty trilogy like I did, you’ll get a small kick out of this!

[Andrea Stoeckel · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is pretty bad, but probably on par with the 50 Shades trilogy, which is really bad

[Keiffer Farr · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really had high hopes for this book. It started great, but then ended on a sour note. If the ending was different, then I really believe I would have enjoyed the story more.

[Cyberpunkkitten · Rating 2 out of 5]

I laughed.