Let me start out by saying
that the main reason why I decided to read and review Bared to You is because I’ve encountered a lot of people who’ve
compared the Crossfire book series to
the Fifty Shades trilogy. In most
cases, I’ve seen people say that the Crossfire
series is significantly better than the Fifty
Shades trilogy, which has mostly been attributed to Sylvia Day being a much
more experienced writer compared to E.L. James. Although, I’ve also seen people
say that they like the Fifty Shades
trilogy more than they liked Bared to You.
After reading Bared to You, I’m
absolutely baffled by the fact that anybody would think that the Fifty Shades trilogy is better than the Crossfire series since it’s pretty clear
to me that Sylvia Day’s writing ability is definitely completely superior to
E.L. James’ writing.
That being said, I realize
that everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and when I think about how
there are some people who like the Fifty
Shades trilogy more than the Crossfire
series, I’m reminded of the fact that I like 90210 a lot more than Gossip
Girl. While I do like both 90210
and Gossip Girl, I’m also not blinded
by the fact that in terms of the quality of the writing for the two shows, the
writing for Gossip Girl is definitely
superior to the quality of the writing for 90210.
At the risk of seeming like I’m going to far off topic, one of the main reasons
why I like 90210 more is because
anybody with even just a small shred of maturity can see that the relationship
between Chuck and Blair, who are arguably the main romantic pairing on the
show, is incredibly toxic and abusive. The sad thing about that is the way the
producers always talked about Chuck and Blair’s relationship, it’s as if they
view that relationship as some epic fairytale romance when it really did end up
being a very toxic and abusive relationship. I feel I should mention that I was
originally a major Chuck and Blair shipper, it was only when their relationship
became truly abusive at some point during season three that I stopped being a
fan of that relationship.
While 90210 didn’t have much of a clearly defined endgame couple, the
closest 90210 had to an endgame
couple was Liam and Annie. Liam and Annie’s relationship wasn’t necessarily
handled all that well when it came to them frequently getting together only to
almost immediately breakup with little to no buildup or development to them either
getting together or breaking up. What I think made Liam and Annie’s
relationship better is that at least it wasn’t sick and abusive with them
constantly treating each other like crap or either of them trying to sabotage
the other’s happiness when they weren’t together like Chuck and Blair
constantly did. They definitely handled things between them with a lot more
maturity, which is one of the reasons why I liked them as a couple as much as I
did, but I digress.
