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Fearless #33
Wired
Back when I was fearless, it went like Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt.Now that I feel fear, it goes like Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy getshurt.Some things never change.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2004
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Francine Pascal
1,113 books1,847 followersFrancine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a television series, which led to several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles were re-released decades later.
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September 20, 2012
I did not like this latest installment in the Fearless series. Normally, I can finish one of these books in a matter of hours; I felt like I had to force myself to continue Wired. I'm finding it harder and harder to care about Gaia and her constant rinse-wash-repeat routine.
October 21, 2018
Summary: The Invince drug epidemic continues to spread all over NYC, Gaia and Jake's relationship is a little strained, The prom is hyped up, The Rodkes start seeming fishy which prompts Oliver to make Jake investigate; Jake finds Gaia's hair samples, Skyler bonds with Gaia, and Oliver is hinted to revert back to Loki sometime soon.....Was there more plot I missed?
Wired was incredibly boring to read through. Not only did the plot twist seem rehashed from another arc (Making a formula to enhance Fearlessness is something Loki has done before) but even the fact that the Rodkes are likely this arc's antagonists is a Fearless cliche at this point which proves that this series really should have ended several books ago. Because what's the point of writing more when it's all become unoriginal?
1. Since Gaia speaks Russian, you would expect her to make an ironic joke since Droog/Drook is how you pronounce the Russian word for friend (Друг) and the drug users are called Droogs. This was a wasted opportunity.
2. What's with Gaia's new personality change? Gaining fear shouldn't change one's personality too much, so all of these moments of Gaia- say- bonding with the FOHs feels like an entirely new story.
3. I love how the boardinghouse is considered safe just because "top Agency officials" run it. Have we not learned anything from the Natasha saga? She was considered a top agent before she tried to kill Tom and Gaia.
4. Ed apparently knows that Gaia could relate to his feelings of nostalgia except that in Heat Gaia monologued about how awful nostalgia apparently is and that it sucks :l
5. I already find the Boardinghouse folk to be wasted characters. Alexa is barely even built upon (when the book could have made her struggle with depression or something which leads to her trying Invince), Suko is terrible at rules and is somehow okay with Gaia overstaying her curfew, and Zan also barely was there but only served the purpose of providing some plot details about Invince. Seriously, you could craft a strong morality/family lesson from the Boardinghouse characters.
6. Why must every new character be a villain of some sort? It's a mind-numbingly bad cliche at this point. Even if you still wanted the Rodkes to be the villains, why couldn't you make their business a front for Dmitri/Yuri-you know- the guy made out to be the evillest of them all only to be beaten in the book he was introduced in?
7. Why hasn't Tom gotten a single chapter since he was Put on A Bus? It would more exciting if Tom was taking on a bigger adventure than whatever Gaia is currently dealing with. Pushing him out of the plot just makes him seem like a worser parent than he is.
8. As mentioned before, wasn't the "Making Fearlessness Accessible To Everyone" plan already done? One of the past arcs included Loki concocting Fearless serum from Gaia's DNA and he succumbs to his own serum in the end of the arc. There's more creative ways to end the last few books on like having Gaia attempting to help Zan and Alexa with their problems or have Sam get caught up in some shady bar drama. Just anything besides the exact same plot with a new coat of paint!
9. One thing I noticed on the cover is the bit claiming there's "Only four books left in the best-selling series!" There was apparently 37 books planned, although there only ended up being 3 more written after Wired. Misprint or sudden decision change?
Time to put on my FAKE enthusiasm for the next Fearless read....
Wired was incredibly boring to read through. Not only did the plot twist seem rehashed from another arc (Making a formula to enhance Fearlessness is something Loki has done before) but even the fact that the Rodkes are likely this arc's antagonists is a Fearless cliche at this point which proves that this series really should have ended several books ago. Because what's the point of writing more when it's all become unoriginal?
1. Since Gaia speaks Russian, you would expect her to make an ironic joke since Droog/Drook is how you pronounce the Russian word for friend (Друг) and the drug users are called Droogs. This was a wasted opportunity.
2. What's with Gaia's new personality change? Gaining fear shouldn't change one's personality too much, so all of these moments of Gaia- say- bonding with the FOHs feels like an entirely new story.
3. I love how the boardinghouse is considered safe just because "top Agency officials" run it. Have we not learned anything from the Natasha saga? She was considered a top agent before she tried to kill Tom and Gaia.
4. Ed apparently knows that Gaia could relate to his feelings of nostalgia except that in Heat Gaia monologued about how awful nostalgia apparently is and that it sucks :l
5. I already find the Boardinghouse folk to be wasted characters. Alexa is barely even built upon (when the book could have made her struggle with depression or something which leads to her trying Invince), Suko is terrible at rules and is somehow okay with Gaia overstaying her curfew, and Zan also barely was there but only served the purpose of providing some plot details about Invince. Seriously, you could craft a strong morality/family lesson from the Boardinghouse characters.
6. Why must every new character be a villain of some sort? It's a mind-numbingly bad cliche at this point. Even if you still wanted the Rodkes to be the villains, why couldn't you make their business a front for Dmitri/Yuri-you know- the guy made out to be the evillest of them all only to be beaten in the book he was introduced in?
7. Why hasn't Tom gotten a single chapter since he was Put on A Bus? It would more exciting if Tom was taking on a bigger adventure than whatever Gaia is currently dealing with. Pushing him out of the plot just makes him seem like a worser parent than he is.
8. As mentioned before, wasn't the "Making Fearlessness Accessible To Everyone" plan already done? One of the past arcs included Loki concocting Fearless serum from Gaia's DNA and he succumbs to his own serum in the end of the arc. There's more creative ways to end the last few books on like having Gaia attempting to help Zan and Alexa with their problems or have Sam get caught up in some shady bar drama. Just anything besides the exact same plot with a new coat of paint!
9. One thing I noticed on the cover is the bit claiming there's "Only four books left in the best-selling series!" There was apparently 37 books planned, although there only ended up being 3 more written after Wired. Misprint or sudden decision change?
Time to put on my FAKE enthusiasm for the next Fearless read....
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May 21, 2017
More like 2.5.
Ed continues to be a super-annoying Nice Guy.
Also, what happened to Sam's declaration a few books ago that he was going to make Gaia realize that their love was so pure or whatever? Are we just not doing anything with that anymore?
Ed continues to be a super-annoying Nice Guy.
Also, what happened to Sam's declaration a few books ago that he was going to make Gaia realize that their love was so pure or whatever? Are we just not doing anything with that anymore?
December 13, 2025
Since can't give half stars here I mark as a 1 but gave a .5 on story graph because it was that awful. Marked as lgbtq I own because of Chris.
Gaia keeps getting worse without her Fearless gene. She won't listen to reason that someone is after her. She has fallen right into the hands of the enemy now. She's literally in the apartment of the person that has this new drug out there and doesn't even realize it. She also told them stuff she won't even tell people that care about her. This version of Gaia so ugh. Spilling her guts to Skylar was not good. Also ticked that Chris who is gay seems be the bad guy also like not freaking cool at all.
After book 30 they shouldn't written anymore of these. Things were great. Gaia had a boyfriend who cares aka Jake who still trying to protect her even though she making it extremely hard. Not telling stuff and all the lies. She also had her dad and Oliver was cured. Now everything just awful and not once has Tom been mentioned or even checked on his daughter so messed up.
Gaia keeps getting worse without her Fearless gene. She won't listen to reason that someone is after her. She has fallen right into the hands of the enemy now. She's literally in the apartment of the person that has this new drug out there and doesn't even realize it. She also told them stuff she won't even tell people that care about her. This version of Gaia so ugh. Spilling her guts to Skylar was not good. Also ticked that Chris who is gay seems be the bad guy also like not freaking cool at all.
After book 30 they shouldn't written anymore of these. Things were great. Gaia had a boyfriend who cares aka Jake who still trying to protect her even though she making it extremely hard. Not telling stuff and all the lies. She also had her dad and Oliver was cured. Now everything just awful and not once has Tom been mentioned or even checked on his daughter so messed up.
August 16, 2020
It now has TWO mad scientists.
September 3, 2010
I've read this series over ten years ago. But I remember it being very good. For the first 18 books. After that the more it lasted the worst it got. I stopped at book 32. These days I wouldn't give it more than 20.
Back to the good stuff. I found that Gaia was a good strong, pretty but still flawed character. She was special without being annoying. It's just that once the author stopped looking over the shoulder of the ghost writer. Things went down the drain pretty fast.
Last note. The series may be in boxes but I won't be giving them away any time soon. She's a good example of an interesting main character in an interesting premise.
Back to the good stuff. I found that Gaia was a good strong, pretty but still flawed character. She was special without being annoying. It's just that once the author stopped looking over the shoulder of the ghost writer. Things went down the drain pretty fast.
Last note. The series may be in boxes but I won't be giving them away any time soon. She's a good example of an interesting main character in an interesting premise.
May 7, 2011
This is an excellent series with a gripping plot involving a teenage girl. You better buy every book at one time because you'll want to jump right into the next one the minute you finish one!
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