Book Review: Gabriel's Rapture

Gabriel's Rapture by Sylvain Reynard 

Genre: Contemporary Adult/New Adult Romance

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.

“I wandered in the darkness looking for something better, something real. I found you, and I'll be damned if I'm going to lose you.”

Gabriel's Rapture is the sequel to Gabriel's Inferno and picks up right where the first book left off. First let me just say that I LOVED The first book in this series! This book was just as good in my opinion. I absolutely loved every second of it! I don't cry in books very often, it's probably only ever happened twice. However, I found myself tearing up at the end of this book. I don't even know why really! I just felt so connected to the story and the characters. 

“I want to be your first and your last. I love you, Julianne. I offer you my heart and my life.”

Oh, Gabriel. Professor Emerson. I love that man.  I can't tell you how much I enjoy both Gabriel and Julia as characters. They are not perfect, they have both made mistakes. I think this is why I like them so much. I felt so connected to them, which is why I got so emotional while reading this book. They both feel so real. Sometimes in books the male is portrayed as being 'perfect'. I liked that Gabriel had flaws, and that they were actually acknowledged and discussed in the book, not just shoved under the rug.

“She was his as surely as if he'd branded his name on her skin.”

There was no doubt in my mind that Gabriel and Julia were meant to be together. I loved them together and I was hoping they would finally be able to be happy! And they were, for a short period of time and then everything comes crashing down...I was devastated at times during this book. I was frustrated and angry, especially at Gabriel! But I still held out hope and in the end I was very happy. 

This series isn't really like anything i've read in the new adult/adult genre before. While is may appear to be the classic teacher/student relationship, there is so much more to the story than that. I think the focus on both Julia and Gabriel's love for Dante gave this story a very unique plot and the way the characters interacted just seemed to have a sophisticated feel to it. It's hard to explain really, this series just feels so different! I also really liked the writing style and some of the language used was just so beautiful. 

I would highly recommend both books one and two, to anyone who enjoys contemporary romance or perhaps if you are interested in Dante like Gabriel and Julia both are. Please, please, please read this series because it is so amazing! 

“I breathe you,” he whispered. “You’re everything. You’re the air.”

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Loving Mr. Daniels Book Review

Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry 

Genre: N/A, Contemporary Romance 

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To Whom it May Concern,

 

It was easy to call us forbidden and harder to call us soulmates. Yet I believed we were both. Forbidden soulmates. 



When I arrived to Edgewood, Wisconsin I didn’t plan to find him. I didn't plan to stumble into Joe's bar and have Daniel's music stir up my emotions. I had no clue that his voice would make my hurts forget their own sorrow. I had no idea that my happiness would remember its own bliss. 



When I started senior year at my new school, I wasn’t prepared to call him Mr. Daniels, but sometimes life happens at the wrong time for all the right reasons.

 

Our love story wasn’t only about the physical connection.



It was about family. It was about loss. It was about being alive. It was silly. It was painful. It was mourning. It was laughter.



It was ours. 



And for those reasons alone, I would never apologise for loving Mr. Daniels.

 

-Ashlyn Jennings

"My bounty in as boundless as the sea. My love as deep; the more i give to thee, the more i have. For both are infinite." 

Let me just start off by saying i loved this book! This story was so much more than just a forbidden romance. It was such a beautiful story. heart-warming and touching and at times heart-breaking, i love every single minute of it.   

"Why didn't anyone ever throw reading parties? I would be all over that crap."

One of my favourite lines in the book! haha and so true, perfectly describes me! Ashlyn was a really relatable character and i felt really connected to her. She was so believable, and some of the things she would say...i just really loved her. 

"Because pretending to be happy is almost like being happy. Until you remember that you’re only pretending. Then you’re sad. Really sad. Because wearing a mask every day of your life is the hardest thing to do. And after a while, you get a little scared because the mask becomes you."

Ashlyn is dealing with the worst kind of tragedy. She is depressed and lonely and is struggling to deal with the death of her twin sister, Gabrielle. This is when she meets Daniel, who is struggling with a few tragedies of his own. I really felt the connection between these two characters. I loved their interactions and basically everything about them. As i said, this is more than just a student-teacher forbidden romance story. Romance is no doubt a huge part of this story, but it deals with so much more than that. It was about family and friendship, and love and loss. I was close to tears a few times while reading this book, and i don't often cry in books. Some parts i just did not see coming. 

I think this book will appeal to anyone who enjoys reading contemporary romance novels. I HIGHLY recommend this book! It's sitting in a high spot on my list of favourite books from 2014 so far and i don't think i'll be forgetting about this book for a long time. 

Please go out and read this book, i don't think you'll regret it! 

"There is no question to the truth of the words, no doubt that fills me inside. From this day forth, the only thing i ever want to do is love you. Always, Always, Mr. Daniels."  

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