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Gabriel's Redemption (Gabriel's Inferno, #3)

Sylvain Reynard

Start date: December 3, 2013

Finish date: December 31, 2013

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Feb 07, 2013 Michelle rated it it was amazing

The conclusion of Julia & Gabriel’s story was just as magical as the first two in this series. A romance destined between two lost souls that find their home within each other’s arms.

Gabriel & Julia are making a home amidst the struggle of her studies to gain her PhD. Newly married, these two have given one another the strength to heal most of the scars of their past. But when Gabriel shares his desire to start a family with Julia, a few fears not yet forgotten surface.

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Mar 14, 2013 Vanessa Booked Up rated it it was amazing

Shelves: auto-buy-authors, tortured-heros, my-top-book-boyfriends, cover-love, alpha-assholes-i-love, favorite-couples, kick-ass-heroines, part-of-a-series, profound-meaning, a-plus-teacher-student-love

5+ Redeemingly beautiful stars!!!

And THAT is how it's done, my friends!!! Perfection! I couldn't have loved it more! Major book hangover beginning immediately!

As the release date for the EPIC Gabriel’s Redemption was fast approaching, although I was beyond excited, I was also incredibly apprehensive. You see, I read Gabriel’s first two books over a year ago shortly after reading FSOG (which ensued my reading rebirth!). Since then, I have read over 100 books and I was SO terrified that I w ...more

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Feb 19, 2013 CC rated it liked it

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I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I just didn't love the third and final installment. Gabriel is still an intelligent, sexy man - and how can you not love that he speaks several languages, especially Italian?! Plus, he certainly matured and found his redemption. BUT, Julia continued to bug me. I know she is young, but she isn't that young and naive anymore when it comes to sex and that theme seemed to continue too long for me. Do we need to label every newlywed encounter? Desk sex, con ...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Marianna rated it liked it

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Gabriel's Inferno and Gabriel's Rapture were the first books I read after completing the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy and I loved them. I mean 5 star, head over heals in love with them and Professor Emerson! When I heard that there was going to be a third book, I was of course excited. That being said, I didn't love Gabriel's Redemption. I certainly liked it, but Read more reviews at >a href="http://www.alustforreading.com"&... Lust For Reading. I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Gabriel's Inferno and Gabriel's Rapture were the first books I read after completing the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy and I loved them. I mean 5 star, head over heals in love with them and Professor Emerson! When I heard that there was going to be a third book, I was of course excited. That being said, I didn't love Gabriel's Redemption. I certainly liked it, but not how i did the first two books.

The book starts 6 months after Julia and Gabriel are married. He is a professor at Boston University and she is a graduate student at Harvard. Julia is under a lost of pressure and stress in her program and couple that with being newlyweds and discovering how to live with one another and there is bit of conflict between the two. Gabriel wants what he wants when he wants it and he has to learn that this is not how a marriage works. He wants a baby but the thought of children add another level of stress to Julia. While she does want a baby some day, she understandably wants to wait till she is finished with school. This topic is a reoccurring issue throughout the book but if they would just truly listen to each other, it wouldn't need to be.

Both Gabriel and Julia have very similar self worth issues to work on and they try to help each other through that. It was also really good to see a softer side to Gabriel. He still has a tendency to to lose his temper and go all caveman but you can see that he is really trying to work on that.

We also get a glimpse into some of the side characters from the series like Simon and Natalie and Paul to name a few. While it was nice to see what was going on there and get some closure on them, I felt that changes from these characters back to Julia and Gabriel were a bit abrupt. I don't feel like they added much to the story and might have been a bit unnecessary. I did, however, enjoy some of the flashbacks we got into Gabriel's past. Those I thought helped shed some light on the man he is now and how he got there.

Overall while I enjoyed catching up with the Emersons to see how married life was treating them and I absolutely loved their newlywed sex life, I couldn't help but be just a little disappointed with the final book in this trilogy. The first two books were so amazing and moving and this just did not measure up to them for me. I am glad I read it and know how their happily ever after goes and I will definitely miss both Julia and Gabriel. ...more

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Apr 26, 2013 Syndie760 rated it it was ok

The first one was better than then second one and the 2nd one was better than this one. I did not like this book. Sorry. It didn't have the "it" for me. ...more

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