A review by emilywemily6
Fearless by Lauren Roberts

adventurous hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This series just went downhill from the first book. Kai and Pae's banter/prose was enjoyable but also got repetitive with similar phrasing and not a lot of true tension or conflict (lots of avoidance). While there was a plot happening, it felt much lower stakes than it should have and like the solutions were not as difficult as was alluded to. The trials themselves made no sense in their purpose. It really felt like nothing happened with these characters for 80% of the book. The one big tragedy that happened before the 80% mark ended up being a fake that was revealed in the very next chapter, so it wasn't satisfying. There were so many plot holes that just easily explained things away. The twists and turns at the end were so convoluted and unnecessary, and while I didn't guess the twists I saw the overall outcome from a mile away. Kitt's characterization from the second book didn't match this book for about 80% of it, so the sudden switch in his character back to crazy Kitt was incongruous with how his character was portrayed for most of this book. His epilogue was weird and unnecessary, like it was meant as a consolation for the people sad about how his story ended. Also, they mentioned Adena SO MANY TIMES!!! I don't remember that happening in the second book, but it got really old. Also... is Blair dead or no? Ugh this book was fast paced and mostly enjoyable as far as prose goes, but the actual storytelling and writing was not good. 
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