Le divin enfer de Gabriel

Gabriel's past haunts him, but his relationship with Julia offers hope. I'm curious about what inspired this focus on personal atonement through romance.

There were parts where the story felt a bit drawn out, but I wonder if that was intentional to build emotional depth or just a stylistic choice.

The erotica is quite vivid, but I felt it sometimes overshadowed character growth. Did others find the intimacy scenes enhancing or distracting?