• Gabriel's Inferno

  • Gabriel's Inferno, Book 1
  • By: Sylvain Reynard
  • Narrated by: John Morgan
  • Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (2,514 ratings)

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Gabriel's Inferno

By: Sylvain Reynard
Narrated by: John Morgan
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Publisher's summary

From New York Times best-selling author Sylvain Reynard comes the first novel in the Gabriel's Inferno series, a haunting, unforgettable tale of one man’s salvation and one woman’s sensual awakening - now a film from Passionflix!

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.

©2012 Sylvain Reynard (P)2012 Penguin Audio

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Interesting

Gabriel and Julia's relationship although labeled as erotic, is far from it. In the beginning I enjoyed the information provided on Dante's Inferno, but as the story went on the continuing lectures and references became a bit much. At times a felt as though I was reading a book written purely on Dante's Inferno, which really took away from the storyline for me. I'm not currently interested in completing the series, but I may come back to it in a couple of months.

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John Morgan didn't do it for me

I love Sylvain Reynard's books and read Gabriel's Inferno a long time ago, twice. Reynard's books are intelligently written, and the plot outlines and background settings are thoroughly researched and very detailed.

This time, I decided to listen to the audiobook. John Morgan was good a narrator, but something was missing in his narration. I lacked the same connection I felt while reading Gabriel's Inferno. Halfway through, I finally gave up listening and re-read this book instead. Perhaps, some books are only meant to be read not listen to, and I think I'll just stick to reading Reynard's books.

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Final Score - 4.5 Stars!

Eagerly anticipating the Passionflix movie based off the series of books, I decided to reread and listen to the books. Mr. Morgan’s performance was good, but I feel that a feminine voice should have been added. It would have brought another layer to the story that I found to be missing here.

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Still amazing!

I have read this book several times. I now have listened to this wonderful audible version for the 3rd time. It is still a top favorite of mine! I wanted to listen again in preparation for the movie that is in production now. SR writes beautifully, her words & the story takes the reader to a glorious fictional place.

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Superb!

Wow this is a book that will be on my mind forever! Inspiration, devotion, passion and infinite dedication is what this book have! Fantastic read!

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great book. really good voice actor.

I love this book! The voice actor is really nice to listen to... I could listen to him read the encyclopedia

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Cringey

I really, really tried, but I just can't. I don't understand all the hype. The story line had potential, but I just found all dialogue between Gabriel & Julia corny. & I found the interpretation of Julia's innocense very intolerable, & the narrator's take of "Julianne" was just cringey. Needless to say, I got a refund.

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Gabriel is a Pretentious Bundle of Issues

Gabriel is a pretentious bundle of issues. He finds himself attracted to a student and when they finally consummate their relationship he holds back. Somehow the real Gabriel will show up. So on to the next book in the series...

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Unexpected Surprise

I thought this was going to be the typical romance novel but was pleasantly surprised. LOVE the love story ❤️❤️

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1st half was great the narrator amazing

Really enjoyed the 1st half of the book. The professor student aspect was very sexy and kept me listen intently. The narrator omg the growl in his voice was very nice and added greatly to the story. There were secrets they had that kept you fixed on the story. The two people felt perfect for each other.

spolier alert..............I wasnt very happy with how well everything fell together which is strange lol. It was to easy and to perfect everything was in their favor which made it feel less real. The last half of the story I felt Gabriel was to sweet a little to fake. He didnt have the dragon burning in the back of his mind when he was with her. And when they finally joined there was much to much talking and thank yous and are you ok. I found myself rolling my eyes a little to often and just get it over with already. I just wish Gabriel would have felt more real like at the beginning.

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