Fearless (Fearless, #1)

by Francine Pascal

When the driver of the car turns out to be her uncle Loki, with a promise of a serum to make her 'normal' Gaia is unsure want to do. A chance to be 'normal'? How can she resist? But Loki's scheme is actually far different and far more dangerous - Loki wants to clone Gaia's unique physical chemistry to create the ultimate army. He injects his niece with a placebo and extracts DNA from her cells and sets operation CLOFAZE in motion. Meanwhile, Tom has found a new guardian for Gaia, an agent named Natascha, and her daughter, Tatiana, may just prove to be a new friend for Gaia. Between Tatiana and Heather, Gaia may just have a shot at a regular teenage life - that is, until Heather starts dating a NYU student named Josh - who reminds Gaia of someone Sam once knew...

• ISBN10: 0743440536
• ISBN13: 9780743440530
• Publish Date: 1 March 2002 (first published 1 October 1999)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 3 September 2010
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster Children's
• Format: Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

Like the first book there was a ton of action, a whole lot of mysteries and an excessive amount of teenage angst. I'd love to say there were some answers but honestly, I feel like I just have more questions. Or that I'm watching an episode of Bold and the Beautiful.

Really though, this book shouldn't have been called Sam - it should've been called Sex. Because that is pretty much all that was on anyone's mind. There were some good messages about safe sex and some truly terrible ideas about relationships. I rated the fact that both the girls that want to have sex buy their own condoms so they're prepared. I rated that Sam wasn't pressuring anyone into a sexual relationship and was in fact the one having doubts. I hated that he then proceeds to ignore those doubts and go ahead with it all anyway. I wasn't too keen on Gaia planning to sleep with some other girl's boyfriend. I mean yeah, it's his responsibility but it seemed kind of icky. I also didn't love that Heather's planning to sleep with Sam to keep him and plans to lie about her virginity because she knows Gaia is a virgin and she doesn't want her to have something she can't give to Sam. I mean for fks sake. Honestly the teen angst was flying high and I was bored. I'm getting too old for this shit.

2.5 stars.