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Fearless #17
Flee
They say that old habits die hard. I have to agree. Just look at my father. He still hasn't kicked the habit of abandoning me. But that's all right. Because if he can run...so can I.
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First published August 28, 2001
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Francine Pascal
1,139 books1,851 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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March 5, 2018
______ can’t really be dead. Right?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
March 4, 2019
Noooo!!! Sam!!! I'm gutted he's gone but I'm intrigued by what could happen between Gaia and Ed now. I can't wait to see what will happen next.
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September 16, 2018
Summary: Gaia continues to wonder about her uncle's motives, Tom deals with getting information on Loki and his sinister plans especially after his informant Henrik turns out to be an imposter, Tom also worries about Gaia's well being, Loki continues to keep watch on Tom while trying to capture Gaia for his DNA cloning plans, Ed wants to confess his love to Gaia, Heather spends her few seconds of screen time being miserable, and Sam carries out Loki's plan to lure Gaia to him but ultimately gets killed after getting Gaia to flee from the restaurant.
I have to admit Flee was slightly better than the other Fearless books probably because I found the parts where Tom was actually doing secret agent stuff more exciting than anything I had to endure so far. That aside, this was rather mediocre.
1) I love how Sam decides it's fine for Brendan to think of him as a killer so he doesn't have to try communicating to tell him otherwise. Moron.
2) How is having to leave your daughter to do a covert mission considered emotional blackmail? It's agency rules (and common sense) to not tell anyone -including your family- that you're a secret agent.
3) Who thinks it's a good idea to meet in a restaurant to discuss plans about secret missions? Wouldn't that be like members of a big company like Apple hosting a meeting in the back of a crowded McDonald's to propose suggestions for upcoming products no one outside the company should know about?
4) "In Paris he and Gaia had forged a new relationship..."
This sentence would have more impact if there were more filler chapter titles where Gaia and Tom actually enjoy themselves in Missing. Of course I wouldn't want to read more than I already had.
5) Sam might have destroyed his and Gaia's relationship through poor communication but then again that's every character's problem in this series.
6) Instead of Sam telling Gaia out loud about what Josh and Loki are putting him through why can't he just write it? Better yet Sam could type his message on an online translator through, for example, French and write it on a note to give it to Gaia for her to read. It's likely Josh and Loki can't understand French and since Gaia is smart with languages (as annoying as it is) it would work as a great communication plan. Yeah it won't be 100% accurate but it should be enough for Gaia to get the gist of what's going on.
7) The scene with Gaia pledging to drop out of school is completely pointless if she keeps coming to school anyway.
8) I really hate it how Gaia gets away with breaking school rules without any consquences. The only time she was thrown in detention was when she fought with Ed to pass Loki's test and even then Gaia ran out of detention without anything happening afterwards. Her self righteous ass needs a month's worth of unskippable detentions honestly.
9) The meaning of spam emails are laughably outdated. That, or Francine Pascal doesn't actually know what actual spam emails are. Nowadays spam email mainly consists of clickbait, scams, or viruses. According to Gaia, spam emails are a bunch of chain letters attached to a motivational story with absolutely no malware hidden in them. That's wrong on so many levels.
10) Ed thinks that Heather is "...desperate for help that they really don't need". At this point in Fearless, Heather is dealing with family issues, not being off well financial wise, and her friends aren't there for her. If anything, she would like Ed to be there to lend a shoulder to cry on. That part in Ed's monologue just felt Douchey.
11) What's the point of Loki having his plans in the form of a long animation? Couldn't it just be a simple spreadsheet or something? He might as well make a 30 minute live action comedy skit about his DNA Cloning scheme.
12) I'm 17 books in and I still have yet to see what the purpose of the Fearless is.
13) I'm glad Sam's dead. I never liked him to begin with.
I'd LOVE for this series to end earlier than it actually does.
I have to admit Flee was slightly better than the other Fearless books probably because I found the parts where Tom was actually doing secret agent stuff more exciting than anything I had to endure so far. That aside, this was rather mediocre.
1) I love how Sam decides it's fine for Brendan to think of him as a killer so he doesn't have to try communicating to tell him otherwise. Moron.
2) How is having to leave your daughter to do a covert mission considered emotional blackmail? It's agency rules (and common sense) to not tell anyone -including your family- that you're a secret agent.
3) Who thinks it's a good idea to meet in a restaurant to discuss plans about secret missions? Wouldn't that be like members of a big company like Apple hosting a meeting in the back of a crowded McDonald's to propose suggestions for upcoming products no one outside the company should know about?
4) "In Paris he and Gaia had forged a new relationship..."
This sentence would have more impact if there were more filler chapter titles where Gaia and Tom actually enjoy themselves in Missing. Of course I wouldn't want to read more than I already had.
5) Sam might have destroyed his and Gaia's relationship through poor communication but then again that's every character's problem in this series.
6) Instead of Sam telling Gaia out loud about what Josh and Loki are putting him through why can't he just write it? Better yet Sam could type his message on an online translator through, for example, French and write it on a note to give it to Gaia for her to read. It's likely Josh and Loki can't understand French and since Gaia is smart with languages (as annoying as it is) it would work as a great communication plan. Yeah it won't be 100% accurate but it should be enough for Gaia to get the gist of what's going on.
7) The scene with Gaia pledging to drop out of school is completely pointless if she keeps coming to school anyway.
8) I really hate it how Gaia gets away with breaking school rules without any consquences. The only time she was thrown in detention was when she fought with Ed to pass Loki's test and even then Gaia ran out of detention without anything happening afterwards. Her self righteous ass needs a month's worth of unskippable detentions honestly.
9) The meaning of spam emails are laughably outdated. That, or Francine Pascal doesn't actually know what actual spam emails are. Nowadays spam email mainly consists of clickbait, scams, or viruses. According to Gaia, spam emails are a bunch of chain letters attached to a motivational story with absolutely no malware hidden in them. That's wrong on so many levels.
10) Ed thinks that Heather is "...desperate for help that they really don't need". At this point in Fearless, Heather is dealing with family issues, not being off well financial wise, and her friends aren't there for her. If anything, she would like Ed to be there to lend a shoulder to cry on. That part in Ed's monologue just felt Douchey.
11) What's the point of Loki having his plans in the form of a long animation? Couldn't it just be a simple spreadsheet or something? He might as well make a 30 minute live action comedy skit about his DNA Cloning scheme.
12) I'm 17 books in and I still have yet to see what the purpose of the Fearless is.
13) I'm glad Sam's dead. I never liked him to begin with.
I'd LOVE for this series to end earlier than it actually does.
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August 11, 2012
Just because I want to do something different I'm going to write the reviews in a Friends episode format. Enjoy!
The One With The Difficult Choices
Gaia doesn't know who to trust anymore. Her father abandoned her--again. Sam Moon is acting like a different person. And being near Ed Fargo is becoming . . . quite pleasant. Tom Moore discovers the true nature of the terrorist plot. Loki wants to create a clone...of Gaia. And also, Sam is involved in a serious decision: bring Gaia to Loki or be framed for Mike's murder.
Whoo! That was awesome! Forget what I said about Fearless losing its touch, I TAKE IT ALL BACK!! This one is so full of action that I almost had a heart attack! Okay, not really. And, OH MY GOSH THAT ENDING!!
I want MORE!
The One With The Difficult Choices
Gaia doesn't know who to trust anymore. Her father abandoned her--again. Sam Moon is acting like a different person. And being near Ed Fargo is becoming . . . quite pleasant. Tom Moore discovers the true nature of the terrorist plot. Loki wants to create a clone...of Gaia. And also, Sam is involved in a serious decision: bring Gaia to Loki or be framed for Mike's murder.
Whoo! That was awesome! Forget what I said about Fearless losing its touch, I TAKE IT ALL BACK!! This one is so full of action that I almost had a heart attack! Okay, not really. And, OH MY GOSH THAT ENDING!!
I want MORE!
May 4, 2007
why am I still reading these? the government conspirary aspects bores me. bring back the Sam/Ed drama.
October 12, 2008
The ending is so sad... I can't believe he... oh well, there still... I can't wait to read the rest!
July 26, 2020
I really didn’t want Sam to die!!!! Noooo!!!!!
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February 2, 2017
Let Sam's story stand as a testament to the importance of COMMUNICATION, PEOPLE, GODDAMN.
September 18, 2025
This was little better at a 2.5 but I mark as 2 on here since can't put half stars. Someone may be dead and 2 people that were working for Loki that were trying to set Gaia's dad up are dead. I'm just hoping the person shot near end will recover.
Gaia found out truth about what's been going in with Sam finally. That's good but it might be too late. She's a wanted person now because she escaped before her Uncle got her, which is good since he wants her for bad.
I didn't care about the Heather parts skimmed or skipped them. She's annoyed me needs go. Hope Ed sticks to his gut and doesn't go back talking to her. I like Mary's mom she's nice.
Gaia found out truth about what's been going in with Sam finally. That's good but it might be too late. She's a wanted person now because she escaped before her Uncle got her, which is good since he wants her for bad.
I didn't care about the Heather parts skimmed or skipped them. She's annoyed me needs go. Hope Ed sticks to his gut and doesn't go back talking to her. I like Mary's mom she's nice.
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.
August 24, 2013
There is no way that Sam is actually dead!
April 6, 2014
NO!!!!!!! Please bring him back! :(
January 5, 2017
This series is sad, but exciting I like it.
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