After reading The Drowning Pool by Jacqueline Seewald, I wanted to read the first book as well. The Inferno Collection was different although the main characters were the same. This book is a mystery thriller, a page-turner, darker in nature. Just like The Drowning Pool, the characters have real depth and the mystery is original and complex. I wouldn't categorize either novel as romantic suspense. More like romantic mystery; they are both mystery novels with a hint of the paranormal. The Inferno Collection is of literary quality. It's set at a university and anyone who's attended a university or taught at one can certainly relate to this novel. It's a very honest book, well worth reading. ( )

I got through the whole thing because I wanted to find out who did it. Sometimes it was OK, other times it was so hard to get through! When the writing was relaxed and natural, it wasn't half bad. But often it was so pretentious that it was just absurd. At least the romantic parts were pretty hot. ( )