Bared to You by Sylvia Day - Plagiarism Much??

What with all the hype of Fifty Shades of Grey and the disappointing "his point of view" book "Grey", somebody recommended I try Bared to You by Sylvia Day. While I'm not a huge fan of erotic romances, heroes like Christian Grey do tend to be addictive (well, you know what I mean). 

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So I read Bared to You and have the other parts of the Crossfire series on my Kindle as well (not that I am going to read them unless I have nothing better to read). 

Let me start by saying that I am NO FAN of E.L. James and her writing skills (or lack of for that matter) but in the name of fairness, I must say that ripping off somebody's book is REALLY REALLY not cool! 

Christian Grey is a drop-dead gorgeous, successful and disgustingly rich gift of hot, maleness to womankind. 
Gideon Cross is is a drop-dead gorgeous, successful and disgustingly rich gift of hot, maleness to womankind. 

Christian Grey is fifty shades f----d up b/c of a tormented childhood and was raised by adopted parents. 
Gideon Cross is fifty shades f......d up b/c of a tormented childhood and was raised by adopted parents. 

Christian Grey has a beautiful, breathtaking home with all luxuries known to mankind (walk-in closet with ACTUAL clothes included)
Gideon Cross has a beautiful, breathtaking home with all luxuries known to mankind (walk-in closet with ACTUAL clothes included)

Christian Grey has a playroom.
Gideon Cross has a f--k pad. 

Christian Grey is a dominant.
Gideon Cross is a dominant. 

Christian Grey has a thing of making out in elevators (among other places). 
Gideon Cross has a thing of making out in elevators (among other places) ... maybe i mixed this up... both books are so similar, I am just not sure anymore. 

Christian Grey is "to die for" in a three piece suit. 
Gideon Cross is "to die for" in a three piece suit. 

Christian Grey has a string of weird ex-girlfriends (or whatever you want to call them). 
Gideon Cross has a string of weird ex-girlfriends (or whatever you want to call them). 

Anastasia Steele uses Ah and Holy cow a lot. 
Eva Tramell uses Oh God and Ah Gideon a lot. 
In both cases, the occasion to use such Ahs and Ooohs should be obvious to people who are thinking of reading this book. 

Anastasia Steele is a brunette. 
Eva Tramell is a brunette (or maybe I just assumed that since I was no longer sure which book I was reading!) 

Anastasia Steele's mom is on to her 3rd or 4th marriage. 
Eva Tramell's mom is on her 3rd or 4th marriage. 

I mean, ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??????????????

Seriously. All the playroom scenes in FSOG were at least a bit more creative than putting the woman on the bloody couch and doing it as was Gideon Cross's modus operandi in most of the sex scenes, not to mention going down on her every single time. Creative much? 

Oh and did I forget? Christian Grey and Gideon Cross. First name, last name - C and last name, first name G. Seriously??? 

I don't know. I'm not really into erotic romances but I had heard such good things about this one that I was curious so I read it. While I have nothing negative to say about the author's writing skills (which are clearly much much much much better than E.L. James' ) BUT this is so close to plagiarism that it is difficult to digest. It's like replacing names, changing suits and just using better grammar and ta daaaaaa you have a best-seller! 

No offence to anyone who likes this book. To each his own but my core objection is the lack of originality. So not cool!