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But this was twilight fan fiction, even the writer admits it on her website. She wanted to write a more adult version. The characters are almost exactly the same personality wise and they had the same names before it got published. And the vampire danger was just replaced with s&m danger.

Ana & Bella both virgins, both like books, both similar in looks, both turn from dowdy but beautiful to goddess, both have a good friend who wants more and the friend is a minority race, both have distant mothers.

Christian/ Edward both adopted, both have dark secret, both stalkerish and rich, both have a hard time trusting people, both their dads are doctors, they have adopted siblings, both didn't want the baby in the beginning, etc.

James/Jack both wanted to hurt Bella/Ana to antagonize Christian.

Jose/Jacob the minority race good friend who wanted more.

I find it hard that people can't accept that fsog is twilight fan fiction even when the writer admits it!

Sorry I got the wrong parent as a doctor, Christian mum plays the doctor role. Switching it up a tiny bit. The doctor parent is the one that rescued Christian/Edward in both books.

Some more similarites -

Christian & Edward both look the same with red hair. Both play the piano beautifully. Both give Ana/Bella a new car because it's safer and they're worried about her safety.

Ana/Bella both have a step-father. They both kissed the friend who wanted more, and realise it was a mistake. There is a scene with a female waitress with both Edward/Christian and Bella/Ana, and how the guy only has eyes for the Ana/Bella, and Bella/Ana says he dazzled the waitress and that she too is dazzled by him.

I am not disputing the author may have said that but I have been reading books since I was a teenager and I am 42 now, and Twilight was not the first to have these types of characters. But it seems every book I see someone saying this is just like twilight.

No twilight was not the first to have these type of characters. Vampire diaires had the high school, teenager, love triangle going for it before Twilight. But twilight characters are not the same as vampire diaires characters. Lots of writers are inspired by each other.

But fsog and twilight are too similiar in vein in background and details that just saying the author was influence by twilight is an understatement.

As for other books that are compared to twilight, I think it's more a case of writers using the same formula because it made lots of money for twilight, and people are saying these books are using the same formula as twilight. Formula - love triangle, innocent heroine, dark, broody male, third wheel lover, nothing really happens but lovey dovey stuff. But the details are different in these books.

Twilight was not the first book with similar characters and love triangles, they occur frequently. But 50 Shades DID start out as Twilight fanfiction, you can't deny a fact. I'm actually wondering what kind of other books you're referring to there because I have never ever seen anyone claim "this is just like Twilight" about any books I read/want to read.

I think people who say "this is just like Twilight" about random books may just be Twilight fanboys/girls projecting their favourite book onto everything else with a remotely similar element. Like people who read The Hunger Games and suddenly think every book that features an elimination game or deserted place full of children is like that series. Or extremely religious people who see the face of Jesus on their piece of toast.

Also, there is a difference between "this book is like Twilight" and "this book is Twilight fanfiction". Any book with angsty love triangles or teenage vampires can be considered "like Twilight" as a means for fans of those motifs to communicate to each other that they might like this or that book. Calling something fanfiction when the author hasn't acknowledged as much him/herself is different - and an insult to the author, IMO.

I was referring to the fact about innocent girl/dominating guy, not the vampire part. Because anytime now that must be a twilight reference, since no other author must have written that storyline. SMH Almost every Historical romance novels from the 80s were like that.

Again, I'm wondering which books that's being said about, because I can't recall hearing anything of the sort.

I don't remember which ones as I have read over 500 books since coming onto goodreads a few years ago. But I just remember people commenting this is Twilight FanFiction, blah blah blah. And thinking this is nothing like Twilight except for the fact innocent girl/dominating guy.

I know a YA book that has been compared to twilight, Fallen. Different details, but the formula is the same and replace vampire with angel. That book gets called a clone of twilight a lot. It's not fan-fiction but they jumped on the popular formula of this decade.

It wasn't that one since I haven't read that book. It is going to bug me now on what story it was.