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The sight of blood makes my heart race.

The slightest noise makes my palms sweat.

A tiny spider makes my stomach drop.

Everything frightens me.

And I've never been happier.


200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

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Francine Pascal

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Francine 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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36 reviews1 follower
October 15, 2018
Summary: Oliver keeps trying to warn Gaia about the danger she could face but Gaia doesn't listen, Gaia starts acting different which puts a strain on her and Jake's newly cultivated relationship, Gaia hangs out with the FOHS and Liz, The latest villains of the series try working behind the scenes to get Gaia's hair samples, Ed bonds with Gaia for only a few scenes, and the book ends with Gaia passing out after Oliver scares off the guys who try attacking Gaia and with Megan plotting with the FOHs to get revenge on Liz and Gaia.

Terror was quite the snorefest/filler, but at this point, is it a shocker anymore?

1. I still don't understand why Gaia so badly wants Fear. Fitting in is nice and all, but if it wasn't for Gaia not stepping in when she would've run away in fear this series would probably worser off.

2. Why would this series try to seem progressive by adding a gay (albeit stereotypical) character called Chris yet 180 that decision by using offensive terms like "trannie"?

3. Where is Suko during most of the story and how did Gaia suddenly get keys to get into the boarding house?

4. According to Terror, Gaia hasn't worn a dress "in months, maybe years,...." yet she's clearly been wearing one a few times since the beginning.

5. I never seen Gaia having a diary before this book, but part of it made me think it was related to the old Fearless website had a section where you could read "journal entries" from Gaia.

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Profile Image for anolinde.
876 reviews10 followers
May 14, 2017
More like 2.5.

Turns out fearful Gaia is even more annoying than fearless Gaia, and also has a completely different personality.

But I'm probably not being fair to her. After all, I have no idea what it'd be like to encounter fear for the first time in your life at the age of seventeen. By then, most people have had plenty of time to experience it on at least a few occasions. So having never experienced it before must make it even worse. But still.

Such a bummer, too -
Profile Image for Raven.
245 reviews
May 10, 2012
Gaia goes out on a date with Jake and experiences fear. Oliver tries to warn her but she doesn't listen. Gaia must learn to deal with her fear, to turn it on and off and to reclaim her old self instead of the girly girl she is becoming. I miss the old Gaia hopefully she'll be back in the next installment.
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367 reviews2 followers
September 20, 2012
It's really hard to say what I didn't like about this installment of the Fearless series without giving anything away...let's just say that after the emergence of new new Gaia, I feel more like I'm reading Sweet Valley Twins than Fearless. :-\
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1,542 reviews50 followers
December 10, 2025
This was worse than the last one. Gave it a .5 rating on Story Graph but since can't on here its a 1, but not really.

Without being Fearless Gaia is annoying me so badly. She's freaking out over bugs. She won't take the threat someone is after her seriously when Oliver tries warning her. When he approached Jake about it and he tells her she flips out on Jake so not cool. I want the old Gaia back badly.

Glad Ed's alive after he was attacked. She hasn't told anyone what she did by getting fear put in her genes. Is it real or another case of fraud.
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95 reviews2 followers
August 16, 2020
Yet another mad scientist is obsessed by the one and only Guy-uh, the scruffy, man-eating Twiggy.
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