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throneofsnark 's review for:
Fearless
by Lauren Roberts
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Literally, WTF did I just read?
I was actually having a pretty good time with Fearless at first. The opening half was engaging, the romance still had that spark, and I thought Lauren Roberts might stick the landing. But then the last 15% happened… and it felt like the story just unraveled.
Instead of a finale that tied things together, we got rushed pacing, info dumps, and a mess of poorly timed twists that seemed more for shock value than actual payoff. Characters suddenly acted in ways that didn’t align with their entire arcs, and Kitt in particular suffered what felt like complete character assassination. Add in brand-new questions for a final book, and the whole thing left me more frustrated than emotional.
And then there’s the time jump; five years later and add in a trope I usually dock stars for anyway. That should have been the epilogue, but instead the “real” epilogue gave me zero satisfaction. Why center it on someone I couldn’t even feel sympathy for at that point? And what they did to my boy? Unforgivable.
The ending technically landed where I hoped it would, but the execution was so messy it soured the impact.
I was actually having a pretty good time with Fearless at first. The opening half was engaging, the romance still had that spark, and I thought Lauren Roberts might stick the landing. But then the last 15% happened… and it felt like the story just unraveled.
Instead of a finale that tied things together, we got rushed pacing, info dumps, and a mess of poorly timed twists that seemed more for shock value than actual payoff. Characters suddenly acted in ways that didn’t align with their entire arcs, and Kitt in particular suffered what felt like complete character assassination. Add in brand-new questions for a final book, and the whole thing left me more frustrated than emotional.
And then there’s the time jump; five years later and add in a trope I usually dock stars for anyway. That should have been the epilogue, but instead the “real” epilogue gave me zero satisfaction. Why center it on someone I couldn’t even feel sympathy for at that point? And what they did to my boy? Unforgivable.
The ending technically landed where I hoped it would, but the execution was so messy it soured the impact.