Review: Way too "romancy", not enough resolution
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
I just finished "As I Fade" and I was quite disappointed with it.  I bought it because J.R. Rain was one of the authors and I enjoy most of his books.This book, however, is not an action thriller or a mystery.  It is, at its core, a romance novel, albeit with an other-worldly bent.  I got very tired very quickly of all the smoldering glances and electric touches.  Add to that, a lack of action and my interest was never really piqued.It also REALLY bothers me when characters act stupidly.  And the characters in this book constantly act stupidly.<Spoiler: don't read any farther if you don't want to know details of the book.>The fact that Brielle was somehow transported in time back to 1945 (or so?) was so painfully obvious and overworked, and the fact that Brielle didn't understand that fact was unbelievable and quite irritating.Also, Nuilley acted very stupidly.  Brielle had been missing for 10 days, and even after Mr. Piccard had lied to her several times, she still believed his lies that Brielle was out with friends, even though he had previously said that he hadn't seen her.  And all of the gut wrenching internal drama that she put herself through ("Brielle doesn't love me anymore!!!!") was simply not believable.And to top it all off, there is NO resolution at the end of this book.  The book simply stops, with an advertisement for the next book in the series.  This is very poor writing practice and it left me, the reader, feeling cheated, and not interested AT ALL in reading the next book in the series.Other than that, everything was fine.  :-)All joking aside, I don't recommend this book, especially if you're a fan of J.R. Rain.  I hardly saw his influence in it all.