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No More Fear: Where Fear Ends
186 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 24, 2026
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August 21, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
I was sent this ARC ahead of its release on 24th August in exchange for an honest review. No More Fear is about 200 pages long (187 on my kindle) and is a YA story set during the Summer in San Diego. What I will say is that this story really felt like it had a purpose.
Tropes:
🪣 Bucket list
☀️ Summer adventures
🧑🧑🧒 Fractured family
😢 Past trauma
💖 First love
Although I’m not often one to read YA stories, I did enjoy this one. It is very much a YA novel: the characters are teens experiencing summer, first love, what it means to be popular and what true friendship means. The only thing I found difficult was the jumps in the middle of chapters - there wasn’t many, but the novel would benefit from bigger breaks or markers to show where this occurs.
The writing was really good for this genre- the story is written from the perspective of Ellie and I definitely believed that she was a teenager just trying to navigate life after a traumatic event occurred in her past.
When I first started the story, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Ultimately, what drew me in, was my felt connection to Ellie through her relationship with her parents. Her father has moved away and barely contacts her. In fact, he even cancels her visiting so he can do other things with his new family. Ellie has a troubled relationship with her mom, who appears to be too busy with work to bother connecting with her daughter. There is definitely resentment there from Ellie, who hasn’t confided in her mom about past events because she (incorrectly) blames herself and doesn’t want to cause her mom stress.
There is a love story (sort of triangle) that also takes place throughout the story and is one of the main drivers for the plot, although the story isn’t a romance in the usual sense. Ellie is dating Adam for the majority of the novel. However, she is also drawn to Liam, a guy she becomes close friends with after finding out he is twins with Maggie, a new friend from school. The pair, and trio, spend the summer making memories and crossing off a bucket list. These were wholesome moments that I enjoyed, but could feel Ellie being held back by her inability to voice the problems from her past.
I didn’t like the way Adam behaved for a lot of the novel, although he tried to redeem himself. It wasn’t enough, in my opinion, but it was reflective of how things might play out in the real world.
I adored Liam! He is wise for his age. Despite this, he is grappling with his own demons involving Adam! I was keen to find out the REAL story here. He is caring and endlessly patient with Ellie as she slowly comes out of her shell.
I was told that this story grew out of a desire to give a voice to people who often feel unheard, and I can definitely feel that through the pages. Ultimately, I really enjoyed this story and would be interested in reading other things by the author, particularly more adult-themed books.
Out of 5:
Humour: 😂
Fluff: ☁️
Yearning: 😞
Tear-jerking: 😢😢😢
Favourite quotes:
I wish I could count on at least one of my parents. I wish, just for once, I could be someone’s priority.
All you ever have to do is call, and I’ll be there.
All I want is to feel alive. I can’t keep pretending much longer.
Sometimes all you need is someone to be there. No forced answers. Just someone sitting beside you while silence does the talking.
I read this via ebook.
I was sent this ARC ahead of its release on 24th August in exchange for an honest review. No More Fear is about 200 pages long (187 on my kindle) and is a YA story set during the Summer in San Diego. What I will say is that this story really felt like it had a purpose.
Tropes:
🪣 Bucket list
☀️ Summer adventures
🧑🧑🧒 Fractured family
😢 Past trauma
💖 First love
Although I’m not often one to read YA stories, I did enjoy this one. It is very much a YA novel: the characters are teens experiencing summer, first love, what it means to be popular and what true friendship means. The only thing I found difficult was the jumps in the middle of chapters - there wasn’t many, but the novel would benefit from bigger breaks or markers to show where this occurs.
The writing was really good for this genre- the story is written from the perspective of Ellie and I definitely believed that she was a teenager just trying to navigate life after a traumatic event occurred in her past.
When I first started the story, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Ultimately, what drew me in, was my felt connection to Ellie through her relationship with her parents. Her father has moved away and barely contacts her. In fact, he even cancels her visiting so he can do other things with his new family. Ellie has a troubled relationship with her mom, who appears to be too busy with work to bother connecting with her daughter. There is definitely resentment there from Ellie, who hasn’t confided in her mom about past events because she (incorrectly) blames herself and doesn’t want to cause her mom stress.
There is a love story (sort of triangle) that also takes place throughout the story and is one of the main drivers for the plot, although the story isn’t a romance in the usual sense. Ellie is dating Adam for the majority of the novel. However, she is also drawn to Liam, a guy she becomes close friends with after finding out he is twins with Maggie, a new friend from school. The pair, and trio, spend the summer making memories and crossing off a bucket list. These were wholesome moments that I enjoyed, but could feel Ellie being held back by her inability to voice the problems from her past.
I didn’t like the way Adam behaved for a lot of the novel, although he tried to redeem himself. It wasn’t enough, in my opinion, but it was reflective of how things might play out in the real world.
I adored Liam! He is wise for his age. Despite this, he is grappling with his own demons involving Adam! I was keen to find out the REAL story here. He is caring and endlessly patient with Ellie as she slowly comes out of her shell.
I was told that this story grew out of a desire to give a voice to people who often feel unheard, and I can definitely feel that through the pages. Ultimately, I really enjoyed this story and would be interested in reading other things by the author, particularly more adult-themed books.
Out of 5:
Humour: 😂
Fluff: ☁️
Yearning: 😞
Tear-jerking: 😢😢😢
Favourite quotes:
I wish I could count on at least one of my parents. I wish, just for once, I could be someone’s priority.
All you ever have to do is call, and I’ll be there.
All I want is to feel alive. I can’t keep pretending much longer.
Sometimes all you need is someone to be there. No forced answers. Just someone sitting beside you while silence does the talking.
I read this via ebook.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 29, 2026
First of all thank you to the author for sending me this book
To be honest I understand what the point of this book was, the story and emotions it tries to convey but it just didn’t land for me.
I felt like the writing was a bit childish and there was a lack of clear continuity. The jumps in the middle of chapters made it hard to know where we were going sometimes.
The main character was touching but I feel like some of the things she did didn’t work with the things she felt or wanted.
I didn’t like of lot of the characters (were supposed to but still some of them were concerning) and the main topic could’ve been dealt with in a different and maybe deeper manner.
I think what really bothered me in the end was also the mention of AI/ Chat gpt as a way to deal with emotions and issues, or as a way to learn and get information.
To be honest I understand what the point of this book was, the story and emotions it tries to convey but it just didn’t land for me.
I felt like the writing was a bit childish and there was a lack of clear continuity. The jumps in the middle of chapters made it hard to know where we were going sometimes.
The main character was touching but I feel like some of the things she did didn’t work with the things she felt or wanted.
I didn’t like of lot of the characters (were supposed to but still some of them were concerning) and the main topic could’ve been dealt with in a different and maybe deeper manner.
I think what really bothered me in the end was also the mention of AI/ Chat gpt as a way to deal with emotions and issues, or as a way to learn and get information.
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