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katelovescats 's review for:
Gabriel's Rapture
by Sylvain Reynard
3 Stars
I feel so conflicted about this book.
The beginning 40% of the book was boring as hell and I felt as if I was forcing myself to keep reading. There were wayyyy to many religious references and conversations going on and it made me sorta uncomfortable (because religion is not something I like to read about).
Once the disciplinary trial occurred I was hooked and couldn't put the book down! It went from extremely mind-numbing boring to angsty and drama-filled! There was absolutely no transition at all and that drives me nuts!
Then at the 75-80% mark, Paul and Julia's relationship/friendship was breaking my heart!!! Paul is such a good guy and I really wanted them to work out! I never find myself rooting for the guy that's not the main character but I was definitely #TeamPaul this time.
What really annoyed me was that the conversation between Gabriel and Paulina (when he was on his journey of forgiveness) was never presented! Gabriel and Paulina's "relationship" went from super charged and somewhat awkward to completely forgiving all because of this magical conversation that took place between them. If the author would have included just a smidge of this conversation I would have felt like there was a smooth transition!
And now lastly...the ending of the book.
For the love of god I do not understand why the first book and now this book have a happy ending with no cliff hanger! It makes them seem like they are standalones and reading the next book/s in the series is not necessary! I absolutely love cliff hangers and I was expecting something huge to happen at the end of this novel to persuade me to read the third and last book in the series...but I ended up being underwhelmed.
Overall, I did not enjoy Gabriel's Rapture as much as Gabriel's Inferno but would still recommend readers to pick it up.
I feel so conflicted about this book.
The beginning 40% of the book was boring as hell and I felt as if I was forcing myself to keep reading. There were wayyyy to many religious references and conversations going on and it made me sorta uncomfortable (because religion is not something I like to read about).
Once the disciplinary trial occurred I was hooked and couldn't put the book down! It went from extremely mind-numbing boring to angsty and drama-filled! There was absolutely no transition at all and that drives me nuts!
Then at the 75-80% mark, Paul and Julia's relationship/friendship was breaking my heart!!! Paul is such a good guy and I really wanted them to work out! I never find myself rooting for the guy that's not the main character but I was definitely #TeamPaul this time.
What really annoyed me was that the conversation between Gabriel and Paulina (when he was on his journey of forgiveness) was never presented! Gabriel and Paulina's "relationship" went from super charged and somewhat awkward to completely forgiving all because of this magical conversation that took place between them. If the author would have included just a smidge of this conversation I would have felt like there was a smooth transition!
And now lastly...the ending of the book.
For the love of god I do not understand why the first book and now this book have a happy ending with no cliff hanger! It makes them seem like they are standalones and reading the next book/s in the series is not necessary! I absolutely love cliff hangers and I was expecting something huge to happen at the end of this novel to persuade me to read the third and last book in the series...but I ended up being underwhelmed.
Overall, I did not enjoy Gabriel's Rapture as much as Gabriel's Inferno but would still recommend readers to pick it up.