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Fearless #23
Fear
With her father trapped, her ex-boyfriend dating her surrogate sister, and her friends part of a ruthless medical experiment - will Gaia ever find happiness in the next installment of this edgy, urban series? Gaia's life is as chaotic and dangerous as ever. Her father is trapped in a faraway prison, Ed and Tatiana are together, and Heather, who grows sicker by the day, has not forgiven Gaia since she questioned her relationship with Josh. Gaia and Ed don't realise that Heather has become one of Loki's test subjects and is now in phase two of his cloning project. Heather allowed herself to be injected with a fear suppresant in the hope of being more like Gaia, little does she know that she might pay the ultimate price for her envy.
208 pages, Paperback
First published August 2, 2002
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Francine Pascal
1,148 books1,853 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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February 25, 2017
More like 2.5.
I feel like I blinked and suddenly
I feel like I blinked and suddenly
May 15, 2011
Ah, the one where Gaia actually feels fear, I think. It's about time this girl knew what the rest of us feel like when stuff happens to us out of the blue. This was the perfect series to read as a young high school girl who loves to read.
April 14, 2014
Ok, 23 books in and I'm getting a bit bored....but I'll hang in there a few more books since I love Gaia and it's been a great read this far.
October 5, 2017
Not devouring these books at quite the same pace as in the beginning-- it can indeed get a bit repetitive. But enjoying the developments happening with Hannah and Tatiana
October 6, 2018
Summary: Gaia discovers George is dead, Heather's mental health starts heavily deteriorating from the Fearless serum she took, Tom and Natasha spend the entire book getting tortured before finally escaping the prison they were held in by Loki's goons on a stolen boat, Ed finally is able to walk again which delightfully shocks Tatiana and Gaia among others, Josh tries to help cure Heather despite his efforts eventually getting him shot by Loki, Gaia and Tatiana improve their relationship and also try to find their parents together, Loki lies about Tatiana's mom dying before setting the laboratory on fire in which Gaia and Tatiana end up escaping, and the book ends with Loki taking fearless serum.
Even with all the events that happened I couldn't get really invested in anything other than Heather and Josh's subplot; everything else was just a snooze-fest so don't expect this to be as long as my other reviews.
1. When the minor park characters like Zolov are brought up at some point, a guy called "Mr. Pak" is mentioned. There was never a guy called Mr. Pak, but there's the similarly named Mr. Haq who's had more screentime. I'm reading these books in digital format so I don't know if that was an actual typo or not.
2. I did find it a little amusing that Francine Pascal plugged in a Sweet Valley High book for a quick gag, even knowing she created the SVH series.
3. I can't understand how yelling in the school library is a severe enough offense that can get you expelled. Just.... What?!
4. Why is Heather worried about missing a History test if she was expelled "until further notice"? If Heather couldn't go to school then she wouldn't be able to even take the test. Also, I'm surprised with how she remembered that even with her short term memory loss.
5. What was the point of making Heather's parents absent? I know that with them present, a lot of the plot wouldn't happen but it just makes them come off as terrible parents similar to how Ed's parents left him home alone longer than necessary.
6. I personally found Tom and Natasha's subplot the most boring one of them all in my opinion.
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Even with all the events that happened I couldn't get really invested in anything other than Heather and Josh's subplot; everything else was just a snooze-fest so don't expect this to be as long as my other reviews.
1. When the minor park characters like Zolov are brought up at some point, a guy called "Mr. Pak" is mentioned. There was never a guy called Mr. Pak, but there's the similarly named Mr. Haq who's had more screentime. I'm reading these books in digital format so I don't know if that was an actual typo or not.
2. I did find it a little amusing that Francine Pascal plugged in a Sweet Valley High book for a quick gag, even knowing she created the SVH series.
3. I can't understand how yelling in the school library is a severe enough offense that can get you expelled. Just.... What?!
4. Why is Heather worried about missing a History test if she was expelled "until further notice"? If Heather couldn't go to school then she wouldn't be able to even take the test. Also, I'm surprised with how she remembered that even with her short term memory loss.
5. What was the point of making Heather's parents absent? I know that with them present, a lot of the plot wouldn't happen but it just makes them come off as terrible parents similar to how Ed's parents left him home alone longer than necessary.
6. I personally found Tom and Natasha's subplot the most boring one of them all in my opinion.
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October 28, 2025
After 8 books we finally get another 4 star read in this series.
Heather is losing it completely now that the drug is in her. Losing track time and blacking out completely. Josh tried to get her help, but he might been taken out by Loki for that. Felt bad cause he had grown a conscience and fell for her. Ed gets to her by end and I hope she does get help cause might annoy me and don't really like her but don't wish her die.
Gaia and Tatina work together to find out where their parents are and by end they have. Which I have started to like Tatiana. Learned that the G is memos had been George who Gaia knows is also gone for good.
By end Gaia also gets a confession from Loki about what she's really been to him. I am glad she and Tatiana escaped. Got a feeling Loki will have what's coming to him soon enough. He did lie about their parents which is good.
Heather is losing it completely now that the drug is in her. Losing track time and blacking out completely. Josh tried to get her help, but he might been taken out by Loki for that. Felt bad cause he had grown a conscience and fell for her. Ed gets to her by end and I hope she does get help cause might annoy me and don't really like her but don't wish her die.
Gaia and Tatina work together to find out where their parents are and by end they have. Which I have started to like Tatiana. Learned that the G is memos had been George who Gaia knows is also gone for good.
By end Gaia also gets a confession from Loki about what she's really been to him. I am glad she and Tatiana escaped. Got a feeling Loki will have what's coming to him soon enough. He did lie about their parents which is good.
May 21, 2018
The suspense!!!
April 3, 2019
After a couple of slower paced books, this one gets things back on track. I really enjoyed it. Things are finally moving along quickly between Gaia and Loki.
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.
September 8, 2017
Title: Fear
Series: Fearless (#23)
Author: Francine Pascal
Genre: Teen Fiction
Rating: 3 stars
I enjoyed reading these when I was younger. It was a good, short read with a great concept. However, it was very predictable.
Gaia was an awesome character, easily relatable even if she was more special than most. She still had her flaws, and in the book she was finding herself as a young woman.
Series: Fearless (#23)
Author: Francine Pascal
Genre: Teen Fiction
Rating: 3 stars
I enjoyed reading these when I was younger. It was a good, short read with a great concept. However, it was very predictable.
Gaia was an awesome character, easily relatable even if she was more special than most. She still had her flaws, and in the book she was finding herself as a young woman.
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