[4] The series has been compared to Fifty Shades of Grey because both originated as Twilight fan fiction, with the International Business Times reporting that Gabriel's Inferno differs in that it bears "few similarities to the story that inspired it".

A lovely, intelligent graduate student in his seminar triggers a dim memory – one he cannot place, but which is the key to the happiness he long thought was impossible.

Julianne Mitchell, a compassionate, kind young woman, is still struggling to overcome a childhood of neglect and abuse.

Determined to capture the happiness that eluded them when they parted years ago, they must defy their own painful pasts as well as obstacles which now conspire to keep them apart.

"[9] The author also chose not to focus on the "mechanics of sex," viewing it as potentially detracting from the "mysterious and sometimes transcendent aspects of it.

[4] When Reynard chose to release the series for publication, some readers expressed disapproval over fanfiction being published for profit akin to the backlash Fifty Shades of Grey also received.

[18] Principal production for Gabriel's Rapture resumed on 9 March 2021 in Florence; Italy,[19][20] and completed in early June in Belize.

[21][22] During a live video chat on Instagram with producer & director Tosca Musk in March, she confirmed that like the first movie Gabriel's Inferno, the sequel will also be cut into multiple parts due to the very long duration of the film.

In the same video she also mentioned that filming for the second sequel based on the third book Gabriel's Redemption is scheduled to begin sometime in late summer or fall in 2022.