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akiikomori's review against another edition
4.0
SAY IT ISN’T SO!?!?!
Say it isn’t over!
Tell me there’s more! I don’t think I can go on!
Alright, now that I’m done being dramatic we can get down to business.
I don’t know if Gabriel’s Redemption can be classified as suspense…but damn… There was one section in the book that had my heart POUNDING! If there wasn’t a happy ending I was going to be one seriously angry reader!
Thankfully there was a happy ending and this reader is well-pleased!
This final installment to the Gabriel’s Inferno series was beautifully concluded with happy endings all around. However it left this reader wanting a little bit more.
Professor Gabriel Emerson is now happily married to the love of his life, his Beatrice, Julianne Mitchell. They have started a new life together, built a home in Cambridge, now all Julia wants to do is to finish her studies in order to become a Dante specialist. But all is not well in paradise. Just like any married couple they find themselves out of the honeymoon stage and have gone straight to bickering. Julia wants to achieve academic success by her own merits, but Gabriel has his own theories about how she should proceed with her research, especially when she’s invited to give a lecture at Oxford. The Emersons don’t only argue about their academic future but also about whether or not they want to start a family. This popular topic drives Gabriel to do research on his family history which ultimately leads to some eye-opening discoveries that lie in his bloodline.
Book 1 was all about finding love again, finding each other and falling back into love. Book 2 was about learning how to live together, how to adjust, and then how to forgive those we hold dear. In the final book, Gabriel’s Redemption, it’s all about compromise, communication, and being open and honest with one another. Both Gabriel and Julianne learn that they can’t face everything alone, and can’t carry the weight of their worries on their own shoulders. It isn’t noble and it isn’t helping anyone. Being married means that you don’t have to face problems on your own, that you have someone to help you. Gabriel, having been alone for so long is used to getting his way and has to learn that someone else’s happiness must come before his. And Julianne must learn to accept help, especially from her husband.
As much as I loved this novel I felt that there were a few questions left unanswered. The questions weren’t as important as Julianne and Gabriel’s story but I felt that they deserved justice.
What happened to Tom and Diane’s baby?
Do Paul and Allison get back together?
Do Rachel and Aaron get pregnant?
What’s life like for Julia and Gabriel after their baby is born?
I do wish there were some more chapters, maybe a novella or an epilogue, SOMETHING MORE! It just…and I’m sorry I know the book is long enough but the way it ended just felt like a cop-out. There was just so much more to be said even though Gabriel was right, his baby was just the beginning of his happy ending…I’m just being selfish and WANTED MORE!
Just because you find your happy ending doesn’t mean the honeymoon phase is going to last forever.
Couples, like Gabriel and Julianne are going to have to work at their happiness even more now that they’re married. But they love each other immensely, and Gabriel worships her, holding onto that love and doing whatever he can to prove himself, to her which I think is extremely honourable and selfless of him. There is no one who will love her more than him and he promises to work at it every day. This is a trait that every man should have and every woman should be lucky to find. In this respect I truly envy Julia.
“Every night when I fall asleep with her in my arms, I thank God she’s mine. Every morning when I wake up, my first thought is that I’m grateful she married me. I will never be worthy of her. But I spend every day trying my damnedest.”
Book 3 was not my favourite but can still attribute greatly to Reynard’s amazingly eloquent style of writing. Book 1 will always be the one that has a place in my heart, with all its HEAT, FIRE, and PASSION! Gabriel and Julianne have worked hard to achieve their happy ending, I only wish my own story could be half as good as theirs.
4/5 Hearts of Love
Check out the rest of my reviews at http://www.akiikomorireading.com
Say it isn’t over!
Tell me there’s more! I don’t think I can go on!
Alright, now that I’m done being dramatic we can get down to business.
I don’t know if Gabriel’s Redemption can be classified as suspense…but damn… There was one section in the book that had my heart POUNDING! If there wasn’t a happy ending I was going to be one seriously angry reader!
Thankfully there was a happy ending and this reader is well-pleased!
This final installment to the Gabriel’s Inferno series was beautifully concluded with happy endings all around. However it left this reader wanting a little bit more.
Professor Gabriel Emerson is now happily married to the love of his life, his Beatrice, Julianne Mitchell. They have started a new life together, built a home in Cambridge, now all Julia wants to do is to finish her studies in order to become a Dante specialist. But all is not well in paradise. Just like any married couple they find themselves out of the honeymoon stage and have gone straight to bickering. Julia wants to achieve academic success by her own merits, but Gabriel has his own theories about how she should proceed with her research, especially when she’s invited to give a lecture at Oxford. The Emersons don’t only argue about their academic future but also about whether or not they want to start a family. This popular topic drives Gabriel to do research on his family history which ultimately leads to some eye-opening discoveries that lie in his bloodline.
Book 1 was all about finding love again, finding each other and falling back into love. Book 2 was about learning how to live together, how to adjust, and then how to forgive those we hold dear. In the final book, Gabriel’s Redemption, it’s all about compromise, communication, and being open and honest with one another. Both Gabriel and Julianne learn that they can’t face everything alone, and can’t carry the weight of their worries on their own shoulders. It isn’t noble and it isn’t helping anyone. Being married means that you don’t have to face problems on your own, that you have someone to help you. Gabriel, having been alone for so long is used to getting his way and has to learn that someone else’s happiness must come before his. And Julianne must learn to accept help, especially from her husband.
As much as I loved this novel I felt that there were a few questions left unanswered. The questions weren’t as important as Julianne and Gabriel’s story but I felt that they deserved justice.
What happened to Tom and Diane’s baby?
Do Paul and Allison get back together?
Do Rachel and Aaron get pregnant?
What’s life like for Julia and Gabriel after their baby is born?
I do wish there were some more chapters, maybe a novella or an epilogue, SOMETHING MORE! It just…and I’m sorry I know the book is long enough but the way it ended just felt like a cop-out. There was just so much more to be said even though Gabriel was right, his baby was just the beginning of his happy ending…I’m just being selfish and WANTED MORE!
Just because you find your happy ending doesn’t mean the honeymoon phase is going to last forever.
Couples, like Gabriel and Julianne are going to have to work at their happiness even more now that they’re married. But they love each other immensely, and Gabriel worships her, holding onto that love and doing whatever he can to prove himself, to her which I think is extremely honourable and selfless of him. There is no one who will love her more than him and he promises to work at it every day. This is a trait that every man should have and every woman should be lucky to find. In this respect I truly envy Julia.
“Every night when I fall asleep with her in my arms, I thank God she’s mine. Every morning when I wake up, my first thought is that I’m grateful she married me. I will never be worthy of her. But I spend every day trying my damnedest.”
Book 3 was not my favourite but can still attribute greatly to Reynard’s amazingly eloquent style of writing. Book 1 will always be the one that has a place in my heart, with all its HEAT, FIRE, and PASSION! Gabriel and Julianne have worked hard to achieve their happy ending, I only wish my own story could be half as good as theirs.
4/5 Hearts of Love
Check out the rest of my reviews at http://www.akiikomorireading.com
brookegrogers's review against another edition
5.0
This book is my favorite of the series. I hate to see it end but felt happy with the ending Sylvain gave us. I recommend that everyone read the whole trilogy as it was the best trilogy I have read yet. I am in love with Julia and Gabriel and this series will forever have a place in my heart. Can't wait for Sylvain's next endeavor. :)
marytrix92's review against another edition
3.0
SO... there is one thing that annoyed me to no end on this book,and it's also the reason I gave it only 3 starts.
What annoyed me was the infinite mentions of God! Now,don’t get me wrong… I find it beautiful that they were trying to be better people and that their belief in God and the saints was their incentive to be better, but I thought that the amount of times that was mentioned in the book was too much. All the time there was someone talking about god, saints, miracles and anything that envolved religion and that bothered me because I felt as if they were saying that you could only reform your life and be a better person with the 'help' of god, and that's not what I belive.
Anyway...the previous books were amazing and this one could have been if I hadn't had the feeling the the author was trying to force me believe in what he does.
What annoyed me was the infinite mentions of God! Now,don’t get me wrong… I find it beautiful that they were trying to be better people and that their belief in God and the saints was their incentive to be better, but I thought that the amount of times that was mentioned in the book was too much. All the time there was someone talking about god, saints, miracles and anything that envolved religion and that bothered me because I felt as if they were saying that you could only reform your life and be a better person with the 'help' of god, and that's not what I belive.
Anyway...the previous books were amazing and this one could have been if I hadn't had the feeling the the author was trying to force me believe in what he does.
mhumby123's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointing, painful to read, dragged on. More I love you's and not enough spice to be entertaining. Doesn't even seem like the same 2 people from the first book. I wish I could say better things but it got boring.
steffski's review against another edition
1.0
I liked the plot of this book but can't recommend it because it's just too graphic and all about sex...the story could have stood alone without that.
cala_p's review against another edition
5.0
*clutches heart* Is it really over??
I found it a nice addition and ending to the series. In this novel, we got to see married life for the couple, deal with Julia's rising opportunities in the academic world and their feelings on starting a family.
As I look back on the entire series, its super tough to even think about picking a favorite. But if I had to pick, I think it's book one, Gabriel's Inferno. it's longer than the rest, and instead of focusing solely on their relationship, we're introduced to them as student and teacher, two people who met in the past but one doesn't remember. and since he is such an ass to her at first, it's nice seeing the development.
So finding the first two of these books at the library was the best thing that ever happened to me!
I found it a nice addition and ending to the series. In this novel, we got to see married life for the couple, deal with Julia's rising opportunities in the academic world and their feelings on starting a family.
As I look back on the entire series, its super tough to even think about picking a favorite. But if I had to pick, I think it's book one, Gabriel's Inferno. it's longer than the rest, and instead of focusing solely on their relationship, we're introduced to them as student and teacher, two people who met in the past but one doesn't remember. and since he is such an ass to her at first, it's nice seeing the development.
So finding the first two of these books at the library was the best thing that ever happened to me!
chocolatewestie16's review against another edition
5.0
What can I say!!! Amazing! Sylvain did us proud, he gave us what we asked for and more!!! I couldn't put this book down!! I loved how the book switched to different characters and that they had their own chapters. Just brilliant! Go and read right now!!!
carladelgado's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing book! What a nice way to end the trilogy. I got a bit scared at a the end though, but everything turned out okay in the end. :) ❤