Review: Gabriel's Rapture (Gabriel's Inferno, #2) by Sylvain Reynard

2.5 stars! ***

Author: Sylvain Reynard

Title: Gabriel's Rapture (Gabriel's Inferno #2)

Professor Gabriel Emerson has embarked on a passionate, yet clandestine affair with his former student, Julia Mitchell. Sequestered on a romantic holiday in Italy, he tutors her in the sensual delights of the body and the raptures of sex. But when they return, their happiness is threatened by conspiring students, academic politics, and a jealous ex-lover. When Gabriel is confronted by the university administration, will he succumb to Dante's fate? Or will he fight to keep Julia, his Beatrice, forever? In Gabriel's Rapture, the brilliant sequel to the wildly successful debut novel, Gabriel's Inferno, Sylvain Reynard weaves an exquisite love story that will touch the reader's mind, body, and soul, forever.

Honestly. I get it. I get that there were some unresolved things from Gabriel's Inferno. I get that some (even the author) would like to see it have some ending. What I don't get is why there are two more books, thick as my head. Gabriel's Inferno ended with a happy ending and I would be okay with there not being any continuation.

Gabriel and Julie are living in a bliss. She's not his student any more and they can finally enjoy some action. They still have to keep their relationship secret because of the rules. While it's not permitted to have a relationship when they aren't professor-student anymore, it's still not okay.

Their bliss doesn't last long. Christa, who pursued Gabriel for a long time found out that something is fishy. And she complained to a board on both professor and Julie separately. But the board made a connection and an investigation on them started.

When the investigation ends sucessfully - no one is being punished, so does their relationship. Gabriel breaks up with Julie right outside the door where the investigation was held. Couple days later Gabriel disappeares.

Now Julie is on her own. She graduated, she moved to Cambridge and is ready to start studying at Harvard. But Gabriel is never too far away from his Beatrice.

I was so frustrated by this book. It was like reading a soap opera. Dramadramadrama. So much damn drama.

Also, what really bugs me is that they keep signaturing all their messages. Doesn't matter if it's e-mail or text message, whether it's the first text or the hundredth, the sign it every.single.time. Can anyone explain that?

What I like (I can't only be critical, right?) is that there was mention of Czech Republic! Ha.

"Gabriel chuckled. "It was Budweiser, actually. And not the original Budweiser Budvar from the Czech Republic."

I have to admit (even though it's quite shameful) that I've never drank Budweiser in my life. Our most famous beer and I don't know how it tastes like.

Back to Gabriel's Rapture. It was overly long and repetitive. To be honest I can't really say what happened in Inferno and what in Rapture. It was that similiar.