Inferno by Kathryn Kelly: A Note from the Author!

Inferno's release day is finally near. I'm so very excited. I can't thank everyone enough for all the interest you've shown in Georgie's and Sloane's story. The subject is taboo, yes. A girl who is four months from her 17th birthday falling for a man five months from his 26th. Some of you know who inspired this Lolita-style, May-December romance. 

This is the story of two broken souls who manage to find one another. Sometimes, when we are lost and shells of the person we should be, we do very stupid things. Despite all of Sloane's money and fame, he has no one who truly cares about him. With the self-destructive path he's been on, he feels disconnected from the one thing that has always given him comfort--music. His father is holding a horrible secret over Sloane's head while his band is giving him one last chance to redeem himself. 

When he comes across Georgie, whom he believes to be 18 during their first meeting, Sloane sees himself in her. He's attracted to her, but he always wants to save her before she ODs. Georgie is a girl ignored by her family. She craves her mother's attention and love. One day her mother loved her and the next she didn't. When she meets Sloane, her idol, and he shows interest in her, Georgie doesn't want to lose him but she knows he'll walk away from her, too. Besides her age standing between them, he's also a rocker with a legion of women after him. 

There's another component to Inferno--Georgie's mother, Cassandra. She's as broken as her daughter. When Sloane comes to her bed at the invitation of her husband, she is beside herself. She finally feels young again and won't so easily let Sloane go. To her, Georgie is no longer her daughter but competition. The world is obsessed with youth and Cassandra knowingly ignores Georgie, to feel better about herself. Sloane is the bridge that crosses the Georgie-Cassandra divide.

Finally, I apologize for the cliffhanger. I wasn't sure which would be best. The cliffhanger or a book close to 200K words. I chose the CH. To be fair, I know everyone doesn't have my reading tastes. However when I have a choice between reading a very long book or a book that will be split into two or three different novels, I choose the latter. That isn't to say I won't read novels that are 190,000 words. It takes me longer to pick it up because with my day-to-day schedule, a longer book seems more daunting to me. Once again, I thank everyone who took the time to read and review Inferno.