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    Gabriel's Inferno

    Written by Sylvain Reynard

    Narrated by John Michael Morgan

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    About this audiobook

    From national bestselling author Sylvain Reynard comes the haunting, unforgettable tale of one man's salvation and one woman's sensual awakening . . .

    Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well-respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and consumed by the profound belief that he is beyond all hope of redemption.

    When the sweet and innocent Julia Mitchell enrolls as his graduate student, his attraction and mysterious connection to her not only jeopardizes his career, but sends him on a journey in which his past and his present collide.

    An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible-forgiveness and love.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 27, 2012
    ISBN9781101616079
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    • 5/5
      Going in I will say that I have not read any other reviews on this book and requested it based on the summary alone. And I am so glad that I did. Although the book has been labeled as Erotic Romance, it was tastefully done and left me fanning myself even though the only "real" sex was at the end of the book.
      I was immedietly sucked in on the first page, Julia is a college student and while you really want to hate Professor Emerson in the beginning, he does redeem himself early on.
      Gabriel Emerson is a 30ish Professor that while extremely sexy, from just his description alone, is kind of an ass. He seems to belittle Julia at first, which made me almost put the book down, but I stuck with it, knowing that something good had to come from it. We meet Paul a fellow student and he tries to make Julia laugh after her "dressing down" from Professor Emerson.
      The story slowly progresses from there and while Gabriel is a royal pain to Julia for most of the first half of the book, he soon realizes why she keeps coming back.
      Julia has been in love with Gabriel since she was 17, even before she actually met him. They spent a wonderful night together, without any sexual contact besides kissing, and she has pretty much compared every other guy in her life to him and that one night. However, Gabriel doesn't even really remember that night, he believes that she was a dream or an Angel sent to him; his drug induced hallucination' since she was gone when he returned after waking up earlier than her.
      Throughout the book, both Julia and Gabriel are keeping secrets from each other, guarding their past faults and horrors from the one they love. This book has so much, death, abuse, drug addiction and even "murder". My heart broke for Julia each time that Gabriel pushed her way and I cried along with Gabriel when he finally revealed his most shameful secret.
      I can not wait to start on the second book.
    • 5/5
      Intense. Gabriel is deeply flawed. Arrogant, self-important and bitter, with a sex drive that makes a dog in heat seem like it's having a dry spell, It's hard to believe Gabriel is so well respected in his knowledge of all things Dante. When his private life is anything but respectable. Enter Julia Mitchell. A post-graduate studying Dante and one of Gabriel's students. As the story unfolds we find that Gabriel and Julia's lives are just as much of a tragedy Dante's and Beatrice.
    • 4/5
      The writing was wonderful. I lived reading about Dante's & Gabriel''s inferno and how the two stories intertwined.

      I thought the novel was a bit long and thought about putting it down a couple of times. Since I did not know anything about Dante's Inferno, I had to break away from this book, so I could learn about the tale Dante's Inferno.

      I love, love, loved Gabriel. Juliane, not so much. Paul/Virgil was just creepy..

      With all of the hype, I was looking forward to finally reading this book. I wanted to love it, but I didn't.

      3.5 stars
    • 4/5
      Vivid yet apropos descriptions of intense romantic love. Enjoyed immensely.
    • 5/5
      Great story! Great narration! Wonderful storyline. Such a great and sexy love story.
    • 5/5
      Wow!!! The story of Gabriel and Julian was AMAZING! I couldn't stop,the love and passion between them made my heart sing.Heartache and sorrow replaced by passion and desire took my breath away.... Bravissimo
    • 4/5
      Not at all like Fifty Shades. Don't know why it's being compared to that book.
      This Book is well written and well researched. All in all a good read. Will be reading the last two.
    • 4/5
      This is the story of two tortured souls who meet in youth and unwittingly hurt each other badly. They once again meet after they are both older and wiser, but are still hurting desperately. The story is their struggle to find a way to heal.
    • 5/5
      At first I didn't like Gabriel, but as Julia's generous compassion inspired him, his tender regard for her was like a fairy tale. His deep devotion caused him to be a lover a woman would dream of especially as her first. Gabriel definitely "used his words". He seduced both by words and actions.


    • 5/5
      Absolutely awesome. I'm glad it was referred to me. Thanks.
    • 3/5
      Disappointed! Definitely not what I was expecting. I had such high hopes based on the reviews. I felt like it dragged on for way too long. He was too much of a gentleman and not the bodice-ripper that I wanted him to be. He was artsy, and a little snobby. Do women really want to romanced to death all the time or is it OK sometimes to just get down to business without it looking cheap. Maybe it's just me...! I didn't hate the book but it just wasn't my style!
    • 4/5
      Overall I really liked this book, and in fact, I read it in less than 24 hours (that's saying a lot, because I have a toddler). The author built the tension really well and it kept me reading and wanting to know what would happen next.I had just two issues with the characters. First, they were a bit stereotypical of romance novel characters... damaged, rich, handsome man meets timid, insecure, beautiful woman. And secondly, there was this huge build up to the revealing of the events that had "damaged" these two in the past. Lots of hints and enticing clues as to what made Julia so scarred and Gabriel so angry and self-loathing. But when it all came out, it felt a bit anti-climatic. But, definitely better than 50 Shades of Grey!
    • 5/5
      This book was slow in the beginning but intriguing. In the end I truly loved the book and felt as though I was getting an educational lesson about all things Italy and Dante! I look forward to reading his next book.
    • 3/5
      In the first quarter of the book, Gabriel acts like a complete jackass and Julia comes across as pathetic and weak. I had a hard time really connecting with her because she didn't seem to have much of a spine and I knew there was *something* in her past that made her so withdrawn, but there wasn't enough detail on that for me to really understand her character.

      Once Gabriel does an about-face and decides that Julia walks on water, the book improved. I enjoyed the middle of the book, though I must say that the resemblance to Fifty Shades is pretty stark. I learned that they were both Twilight fan fics at one time, which I didn't know (about this book, anyway). The prose in Gabriel's Inferno was far superior to Fifty Shades, but the character development was not as strong. And, I'll be honest, I missed the sex. I found myself wishing they would just get on with it! LOL

      The last quarter of the book had some beautiful moments, but it went on too long for my taste. It was a little over the top in the gushy "I want to worship you" language, which made me start skimming.

      It was good, but not as good as I hoped it would be.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. Think of this as romance for the educated. The characters are well developed, there is a clear storyline. And if you are turned off by all the explicit sex in the Fifty Shades books, you'll be happily surprised that this book has very little and what little there is, it's tasteful and realistic. Read them, you'll love them.
    • 1/5
      Let's set aside the unethical practices that lead to this book (aka Twilight Fan Fiction) being published and just focus on the story. This is a giant turd-nugget of misogyny wrapped in romance stereotypes and sprinkled with the most basic understanding of classic literature. No literally, if you read Dante's Inferno for Dummies you will walk away with a better comprehension of that classic work than the author of this humongous joke of a novel.

      The sad part is the author is skilled at manipulating readers into believing that a story about a young college coed being mentally, emotionally and intellectually manipulated by her professors is sexually arousing, and laughably romantic. No seriously, the overwhelming amount of agency that is given up by our leading female is so devastating that every time I see a female reader give this book anything more than two stars I feel the woman's movement take a full step backwards.

      It would be refreshing to read a book with literary themes that didn't show a female heroine who has to use her vagina to win love and respect from her male counterpart, but alas Gabriel's Inferno is not it. Not by a long shot.

      Additional note: I have a theory that part of why many readers (who have no experience or knowledge of classic literature) love this book has a lot to do with effort justification. See my comments below.
    • 3/5
      I admit it, I kinda liked this book. I liked the love story. I will read the other two books n the trilogy, too. I see resemblances to Fifty Shades, but no sex ( until the very end of the book).
    • 1/5
      This is really bad version of Fifty Shades. It was like the only thing that was different was the background of the characters. I couldn't even finish it, it was so annoying. Julia was so irritating. I actually liked Gabriel. The whole thing with Dante's inferno was irritating. It was just too similar to Fifty Shades with how Gabriel treated Julia. He would get on her about eating. He would buy her things and she would refuse, blah blah blah. I've read it all before. Thank God I didn't buy the book, I borrowed it. It would have definitely been a waste of money.
    • 2/5
      Ok, so I had to take a couple days and really think about what I wanted to say, since I obviously did not like this book as much as everyone else did. I wanted to really be clear in my own head about what it was that bothered me so much that I could barely finish the story. I also wanted to remind myself that there were some things that I liked too.

      I liked Gabriel from the very beginning. I adore tortured hero types, and he fit the bill from the start. Plus he was a much needed antidote to Julia's sickeningly sweet personality. Unfortunately, Gabriel seemed to become infected by Julia's "sweetness" virus about half-way thru the story, which was a bummer.

      I liked the information about Dante that was introduced in the beginning. But then, again about half-way thru, I started to feel like I was being bludgeoned to death with the comparisons between Dante and Beatrice and Gabriel and Julia. Enough already!

      I had a lot of problems with the POV. I felt like I was being jerked around from one character to the next, then outside of the characters totally, then back inside a character's head. It was confusing and disorienting. I didn't like it.

      I've already mentioned Julia's sickeningly sweet personality, but it bears mentioning again. She was portrayed as this epitome of innocence and purity, kind of like Cinderella. I didn't mind at first, but about a third of the way thru, it went beyond boring into torture. I couldn't tolerate her at all by the end of the book.

      So obviously I won't be reading the sequel to this one.
    • 3/5
      Weird writing, the characters were not that great, the pairing didn't do it for me, Julia is very whiney and then all of a sudden she gets a streak of boldness. Like I said, weird. The first 150 pages were so very good, but the book should've ended there. Not sure if I'll read the second.
    • 1/5
      I couldn't sum up my feelings on this book better than breena31 did in her review. I listened to the audio version of this book and barely made it to the end. The narration probably didn't help my perception of the overly saccharin yet vapid dialogue. I read many reviews before purchasing this book and was excited for a meaty, sexy romance, but got so frustrated and intolerant of the cliche prose that I lost sight of anything I enjoyed. I also had such difficulty believing the instant connection between the characters at ages 17 and 27. What does a 17 year old girl have to offer intellectually or emotionally to a 27 year old broken man?
    • 1/5
      Awful. Horribly written. I couldn't even get 20 pages because of the disconnected plot points and indistinct point of view.
    • 3/5
      I've heard so many things about this book I had to give it a try and im glad I did. I thought the book was going to be similar to Fifty Shades but it wasnt. I liked the love story the Dante references the strugles of the characters and I like that they both had their own secrets. I liked the character of Julia she was shy but yet she will make herself speak out and let Gabriel know at moments what she was feeling. Of course Profesor Emmerson was a complicated character, he was very selfish and had a lot of poblems a very angry person but he softens as we go through the book. overall I really liked it.
    • 5/5
      Great book and a must reread as the third installment, Gabriel's Redemption comes out this December. Fantastic "history" to the H and h -- a romance ten years in the making. Love that there's much more than sex -- actually, I love that they held off, even if they are sticking to the letter of the rule though not the intent.

      This romance is more than about a broken wealthy man (of the FSoG and CrossFire variety), but is also of a broken woman rebuilt, who is strong and vulnerable, though not quite fitting a cliche. She's smart; he's smart. She's sensible, not flighty or unsure of herself and doesn't give in to the whims of emotion.

      With so many references to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, I want to read it to understand better the references made in this story, though still feel a bit intimidated by it. Funny how a well-structured, well thought out romance can spark such an interest.

      This book should not be lumped with Twilight, FSoG or Crossfire.

      Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed those three series. This is a step beyond. If you enjoyed those other series, I expect you'll enjoy this one. If you didn't enjoy those because you felt depth of character was missing, you'll also enjoy this one. Much like Twilight, sex was not a part of this first book, per se. The development of the relationship, development of a romance, the revelation of the back story takes center stage in this first book.
    • 5/5
      wonderful book
    • 5/5
      Excellent ! ?
    • 5/5
      Probably my favorite love story... Emerson is an ass
    • 3/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Gabriel’s Inferno is a Professor/Student relationship that spends more time exploring the past and setting up a relationship that is quite anti-climactic.Opening Sentence: The poet stood next to the bridge and watched as the young woman approached.The Review:Gabriel’s Inferno is a very deceiving book. I was expecting an erotic romance or at least some kind of steamy romance. In an age with books being marketed towards the 50 Shades readers (I will state I haven’t read them yet.) and covers being redesigned to be more obscure I can understand why these books are placed with the more erotic products. I will also state that I think this book was a fluke, I imagine the other two books in the Gabriel’s Inferno series are probably more steamy and erotic after the events of this one.I was really conflicted at the beginning of the novel. I couldn’t stand how terribly Gabriel treated Julianne (Julia). He was totally uncalled for and I really wanted to set the novel aside. Then also in the first chapter there was a huge chunk where the point of view was by a classmate of Julianne’s, Paul Norris who kept talking about how attractive she was, I just remember thinking that this book was supposed to be about Julia and Gabriel and not some guy named Paul. I powered through until Julia overhears Gabriel receiving the news that someone in his life died. Then when Julia gets the same call, I was hooked for a while. I really wanted to know how they knew this person but yet didn’t “seem” to know each other.Julia and Gabriel have a past together that Gabriel is unaware of and it is kind of frustrating all in itself. This past really influences Julia’s present as a graduate student specializing in Dante, Gabriel’s specialty. Gabriel just didn’t piece it together, much to Julia’s dismay. Gabriel is a Professor at the University of Toronto where Julia is accepted into the graduate program. She was also accepted at Harvard but couldn’t afford it. Their attraction for each other is pretty much instantaneous (past & present) although Gabriel doesn’t quite understand why he doesn’t want to hurt the poor, nice girls feelings at first. Not to mention dating a student would ruin his career, but since he isn’t hurting for money, that isn’t too much of a problem.Gabriel’s Inferno is basically a “courting” book. Gabriel courts Julia the entire book and this isn’t a short book at over 500 pages. The reason why…Gabriel and Julia have secrets. Secrets that are potentially devastating. Once their feelings for each other are revealed, the next step in their relationship is to divulge the secrets that could end their relationship. Also, Julia is a big V and Gabriel has to make taking that away from her uber-super special, even planning out the big day.Gabriel is crazy moody. He easily goes from hot to cold and back again. He thinks he is this dark creature who can’t have anything or anyone he wants. He is in a self-imposed prison. He has no problem sleeping with any woman he sees. Outwardly, Julia is this really nice, naïve and sweet girl, everyone thinks she is beautiful and she doesn’t see it. Inwardly, she does suffer from some really poor self-esteem. I felt that they did have some steamy interactions with each other but their respective moodiness kind of ruins the moment.This novel is told in the third person and it is constantly jumping from person to person, even time jumping from one paragraph to another. It took a little bit for me to get used to but once I did I really didn’t have too much of a problem with it.I’m just going to go on a stupid rant here…What do you think of books that bash something you really like? I am a pretty huge fan of Nine Inch Nails. I know a lot of people don’t like them but I like that type of music. This novel just bashed them left and right, including the fact that Trent Reznor really made the girl want to hurl. Yes, Gabriel stated that he liked Nine Inch Nails but that didn’t turn out too well in the end. I know this could have been any band, it just happened to be one that I really liked so much so that I had to listen to them while reading this novel. I’m going to try and pull a Taylor Swift and try to “Shake It Off”. Rant over.Overall, this novel was a half & half for me. I enjoyed half of it. I didn’t enjoy the other half of it. It might not have been a problem if it wasn’t soooo long. The buildup just didn’t pay off in the end. I was not too thrilled with the climactic buildup and subsequent revelations. One of the characters terrible secret was so not a secret to me and that in itself was annoying. I just really can’t recommend this novel unless you are looking for something with a bit of steam, some moodiness and/or really like Dante and Italy.Notable Scene:“Beatrice.” He clasped her wrist, pulling her toward him. He shifted slightly on the bed to accommodate her, enveloping her in his arms as she rested her head on his naked chest. “I thought you’d forgotten me.”“Never,” she choked out as the tears began to flow uncontrollably. “I thought of you every day.”“Don’t cry. You found me.”Gabriel closed his eyes and turned his head, his breathing beginning to regulate again. Julia lay very still, not wanting her sobs to disturb him, trying desperately not to shake the bed as she let her grief and relief wash over her. Tears travelled in small rivers down her pale cheeks and onto the expanse of tanned and tattooed skin that lay beneath her head.Her Gabriel had remembered her. Her Gabriel had finally returned.“Beatrice,” his arm tightened around her waist as he moved to whisper against her hair, still damp from the shower. “Don’t cry.” With his brilliant blue eyes closed, Gabriel pressed his lips to her forehead, once, twice, thrice.“I missed you. So much,” she whispered, her lips moving against his tattoo.“You found me,” he murmured. “I should have waited. I love you.”Now Julia wept harder, clinging to him as if she were drowning and he was her savior. She kissed the skin of his chest lightly and ran her fingers up and down his abdomen.In response, Gabriel’s fingertips traced the goose-pimpled flesh of her arms before slipping under the loose fabric of her T-shirt. He feathered his fingers across her skin until his hand finally stilled against her lower back. He sighed deeply and seemed to pass into his dreamland once again.“I love you, Gabriel. So much it hurts,” she said, her hand coming to rest over his gently beating heart.FTC Advisory: Berkley/Penguin provided me with a copy of Gabriel’s Inferno. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 4/5

      Supported by solid details and characters. I feel learning a lot of new things as i read the book.
    • 5/5
      Reviewed by: RachelBook provided by: NetGalleyReview originally posted at Romancing the BookLet me start off by saying that I was halfway through the book when I stopped reading and went online to read other reviews of this book. I thought I was going crazy which I’m going to explain. Clearly watching too much late night Twilight and mention of Fifty Shades of Gray wasn’t any help but was I crazy? This book had a lot of parallels with Twilight as well as Fifty Shades and oddly enough, I enjoyed it more than both books put together. I don’t usually like erotica or books that are overly graphic. I especially don’t like when men are overly rude to women. I’m so pleased that for this book, as a reviewer, I put aside my feelings and just read.Gabriel Emerson is an absolute mess. He’s a tortured, violent, mean, rageaholic, and thinks he’s totally beyond redemption. He doesn’t recognize Juliette when he first sees her but part of his subconscious apparently does for he can’t fight the attraction he feels for her, no matter how hard he tries. Juliette has held a secret crush for Gabriel ever since he gave her her very first kiss when she was seventeen. Imagine her surprise when she shows up for class and sees that he’s her professor, only he pushes her away. He’s rude, condescending, and honestly a complete and total jerk to her.As their student teacher relationship progresses into something much more you can see him fighting his feelings. He’s so protective it borders on crazy and even though he’s mean about it, he wants to feed her, pay her, take care of her. It isn’t until one fateful night that everything clicks and he remembers his “Beatrice.” What follows is a sordid tale of love, redemption, and most of all forgiveness of not just past sins but of past mistakes.The constant talk of Dante and other literature throughout the story nearly had me dizzy but also very thankful I paid attention in all my college lit classes! The way that the author tied in Dantes Inferno was so brilliant that I inwardly applauded her genius as I read.This book is the type that women flock to. Why do I say that? There is nothing more attractive than an alpha male that is so fiercely protective that he would do anything for you. I mean, really, if more men read this story I’m sure there would be happier relationships in this world. Women want to be taken care of, they want to be pursued–preferably by a tall sexy Greek god, but I digress….Books like this are ones that people will pick up again and again, not necessarily because the writing is so incredibly deep that you have to take time to digest it between chapters, but because the plot of the story causes a little stir in your chest.Warning: Graphic sex, but not as much as some erotica, and mostly at the very end. There is a lot of mention of drug usage, drinking, abuse, and lots of graphic language.