Author: Francine Pascal
# of Pages: 585 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Romance
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Synopsis: Fearless introduces us to Gaia Moore, a girl born without the gene for fear. Gaia's mother was murdered, and her father, Tom Moore, a famous covert antiterrorist mastermind, is in hiding. Now 17 years old, Gaia is living in New York City with Tom's CIA friend, George, and his wife, Ella. Gaia is a prime target for terrorists and is in constant danger, but she is trained in all forms of combat so she can defend herself. Like Buffy and Xena, Gaia Moore is a force.
But she is also a high school student, trying to be like everyone else. As her friendships develop, we see that Gaia is in many ways a typical teen -- when she's not busy getting herself into and out of dangerous situations, righting wrongs, avenging hurts, and solving mysteries.
Review: SPOILERS AHEAD
Once upon a time, there was a girl who was fearless. She walks around beating people up for "the greater good" and dreams of being a waitress. But she. She realizes that she MIGHT just die soon, so she decides that she HAS TO sleep with a guy. The guy she chooses happens to be good looking AND the boyfriend of her enemy. This guy gets kidnapped, the kidnapper makes the girl go through a whole bunch of tests, the guy is saved. End of story.
If you haven't read the book yet, I'm sorry. I just told you the whole story
The author has absolutely no idea what she's doing
When someone tells a story, the best way to do it is by sticking to either first, second, or third person. But in this book, Pascal constantly switches between first and third. One moment, we're following the characters around (third person), and the next the characters are talking TO THE READER!!! And then Pascal has to make sure the reader knows every single detail about what the characters are thinking/plotting/etc, leaving little to no room for surprises. What a downer.
Now lets talk about Gaia. This is how she introduces herself:
"I am seventeen. The good thing about seventeen is that your not sixteen. Sixteen goes with the word sweet, and I am so far from sweet. I've got a black belt-in kung fu and I've trained in karate, judo, jujitsu, and Muay Thai...I'm not bragging..." -7
It's really obvious that Pascal is trying to make Gaia sound tough while also (failing) to trick the reader into thinking that its not bragging. I don't care what anyone says; it's bragging. And being sweet and being able to kick butt are not mutually exclusive.
Gaia also claims that she wants to be able to experience love before she dies. But 1) she might not die in the first place! She could probably survive for quite a while and 2) Doing it doesn't mean that your in love.
Ed and Sam sometimes don't seem quite like guys. Most of times, they pass, but every now and then they will think/say/act unrealistically. And what's up with Ed? It seems to me that he completely changed the way he acts and dresses after he got in his accident. Doesn't seem quite right to me.
SPOILERS END
So in short, I didn't like it. It was a mess.
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