Review: Enticing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
"As I Fade," the first book in Leilani Bennett's "One Breath at a Time" series was so good that I couldn't wait for the second book, "As I Breathe," to come out.  We had cold sandwiches for dinner because I refused to stop reading to cook!  LOL  From the gorgeous cover to the last word of this novel, there is no disappointment.We find Brielle Eden still in the psychiatric ward of an outdated Parisian hospital, still amnesiac and unable to understand why one of the staff would want to kill her, why her doctor refuses to release her and who the mysterious man who speaks so seductively to her is, and if he is real.  In an effort to regain her lost recent memories, Brielle allows Dr. Tagorski to delve into her memory, leading her from earliest childhood up to the time of her memory loss.  He learns that, along with the usual growing pains, Brielle has been subjected to horrifying trauma and gains clues to the mystery of the "voices" she claims to have heard inside her head all her life.There is a lot more SIZZLE in this book than in the first, including a scene of pretty hot voyeurism that left me wishing I had been on that staircase in the brownstone instead of Brielle!  LOL  Further, In recounting the events leading up to the loss of her memory, Brielle reveals meeting a man in a shop, who seems both familiar and a total mystery and is able to do things that seem almost supernatural, not only to their surroundings, but to Breille's senses and heart as well.No spoilers, people, but there is quite a bit of foreshadowing in the first book that comes to life in the second, and you'll be really surprised, especially if you paid attention in "Fade."  There is one that I *think* I caught.  It was more a hint than a revelation, but the idea of it rocked my socks and made me laugh my head off when I read it!  Hopefully, this mystery will be uncovered in the third book in the series.  I'm already anticipating it!Bravo! Ms. Bennett!