I will tell you the real problem with Fifty Shades of Gray.

The problem is that the softcore Twilight BDSM fanfic has apparently outsold the softcore Lymond Chronicles BDSM fanfic. This is sad.

(I base this assertion regarding Kushiel's Dart's true nature on 1) general plot structure, and 2) there being dudes named "Piero" and "Strozzi" in close proximity in the fourth book.)

Unrelated question.

Has Marjorie Liu written any books where it's the woman who's somehow overtly otherworldly and always speaks formally, and the guy who can pass for a normal human and uses slang?