Uninspired, florid prose legitimized as "good" via public endorsement on morning talk shows that cater to a dominantly white, middle class group of women... ugh. When people say it's Twilight for adults, they are not kidding. The quality of writing is a bit below Meyer's... which isn't that high anyway.
If anyone wants real and well written bdsm, they should read the Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice (written under a pen name Roquelere or something like that).