Despite my love for contemporary romance I am clearly not in the right market for Gabriel's Inferno. If it wasn't for the fact that this was a book club pick I would have given up on page 50. 
 First of all there is a lot of telling in this book and very little showing. I am not the most astute reader so for me to pick this out so clearly is an indication of how bad it is. And what makes it more irritating is that it pretty much stayed telling throughout the book. Even at the end we are still be told all these things about Julia and Gabriel. 
 Second the "Rabbit" nickname is seriously annoying as is Julia and Gabriel. Julia is a grad student and Gabriel is a professor and at one point Gabriel mentions that they have to keep this a secret for a few more weeks because it is against school policy for them to have a relationship. Julia then complains because the "universe is conspiring against her" and this was particularly irksome because whether it is policy or not isn't common knowledge that that is a no-no? 
 I was also particularly irritated when Julia just blew off a seriously important conversation. (view spoiler)[Gabriel tells her that he can't have kids. Julia says that she wants kids, but it's ok and they can just talk about that later when it becomes more relevant. Worst. Idea. Ever. (hide spoiler)] 
 I can honestly say that I would recommend Fifty Shades over Gabriel's Inferno, especially if you are looking for any sexytimes because there are no sexytimes in this book.