Fate

Tattoo #2

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

For the past two years, Bailey Morgan has lived a double life: high school student by day, ancient mystical being by night. As the third Fate, Bailey literally controls the fate of the world, but as Plain Old Bailey, her life is falling apart. She’s got a tattoo that was supposed to be temporary (but isn’t), friendships that were supposed to last forever (but might not), and no idea what her future holds after high school graduation.

Then Bailey meets the rest of the Sidhe, an ancient race defined by their power, beauty, and a sinister habit of getting what they want at any cost. Before Bailey knows it, she’s being drawn into an otherworldly web more complicated than anything she weaves as a mortal Fate.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Paranormal, Magic, Mythology, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy

368 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Jennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, finished her first full book (which she now refers to as a "practice book" and which none of you will ever see) when she was still in high school, and then wrote Golden the summer after her freshman year in college, when she was nineteen.

Jen graduated high school in 2002, and from Yale University with a degree in cognitive science (the study of the brain and thought) in May of 2006. She'll be spending the 2006-2007 school year abroad, doing autism research at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this, which sort of surprised me because there were more than a fair share of stupidly juvenile actions/thoughts from the main character. That usually annoys me more, but I think Barnes is a good enough writer to get away with things like that. Also, I am not the target audience.
DUH.
Sometimes I forget that, and the giggly-squealy thing the characters in books like this do gets more face-time in my reviews than it probably deserves. I, personally, don't remember witty banter being part of the normal conversations with my BFFs...back in the day. However, I am an Ancient Being (or so I've been told), so it's possible I've forgotten just how I interacted with my friends in high school. But I doubt it.

As far as the actual plot goes, I thought it was really good. I haven't read the first book, Tattoo, but I still found it to be easy enough to follow the story in this one. I'm not sure if there is a third book coming out, but this one ended in a way that wouldn't necessitate it.
I'm definitely going to read Tattoo, at some point, though.

However, if you're looking for a reason to read this author, I would suggest her Raised By Wolves series. It's the reason I decided to snatch this book up, and by far the better of the two series she has written. At least, this Ancient Being thinks so.

Raised by Wolves
Trial by Fire

[Jennifer Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story took me a little to get in to. I was wondering where it was going with all the ultimatum stuff. And of course the necklaces kept me guessing too. I can say that the ending was a good one for the two books. I really enjoyed how the author wrapped up everything with a happy ending for all 😊

[Carina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairies, Greek mythology, saving the world, and the power of friendship! What more could a middle-grade reader need?

I definitely would have enjoyed this more of I had read it at 12, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. A friend recently introduced me to the original Winx series, and this had a lot of similar vibes to the episodes I saw. So if you know a middle or high school student who likes Winx-esque storylines, this might be a read for them.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fate, the sequel to Tattoo, brings back some adorable characters, loyal to each other forever.

Bailey is the third Fate from Greek Mythology, which can totally mess up her life when she can't change her own fate. Turning her part-time Fate job, she learns that she has to make a choice that, well, isn't entirely her choice. She has to choose her Fate life or...her Fate life.

I love the girls. Zo is loyal to a fault and forever trying to protect her friends. Delia is a total fashionista who likes to take charge, yet she has a heart of gold. Annabelle is brilliant and shy. Bailey is probably your average teenage girl, plain and self-conscious. I related to her.

I love the way the mythology is infused with the story. Greek mythology trumps the Romans any day. So I know my Greek gods. It was cool to see how Barnes turned them into real people and explained how things were blown out of proportion in the day.

Really, this story is about life and what it means when one chapter is ending and another is about to begin. Bailey is a senior in high school and worried what will happen to her and her friends when they head off to college. Will they be together? It's real and it's relavent.

[Tez · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fate of life lies in the weaving hands of a part-Sidhe teen in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Fate.

When we last met her in Tattoo, a supposedly temporary tattoo awakened Bailey Morgan's Sidhe blood. Now in her dreams she travels to Nexus, and meets with two ancestors who help train her powers. Together they are the three Fates, but the Otherworld is starting to bleed into Bailey's human life.

The main theme here is choice, and if you actually have one. Though Celtic mythology is commonly associated with Sidhe, the author's decision to add Greek mythology to the mix pays off. Bailey is a rare find in fiction - a character whom is not only extremely relatable, but also rather likeable, and her friends are the best friends a girl could have. Not to mention the mother who regularly bakes cookies, so obviously Zo understands the importance of our favourite foodstuffs. It's so refreshing to read teen characters who aren't obsessed with popularity, designer brands and multiple suitors. Though it lacks the shocks and surprises I require to declare something a five-star read, this is a solid quality four-star occasion.

[Maura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recommend for anyone who wishes to read this to read the first book, Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. This book was fairly good. Their was only one real fault to it in my opinion. But I'll talk about that later. First I would like to say that Jennifer did an amazing job in this sequel it just as good as Tattoo in the fact that the characters are well described and the dialog is well written. Tattoo was a interesting book that was a real page turner and I was happy to read a sequel and have the four best friends continue their journey of otherwordly events. Even though they've grown up I can still picture them as I did two years ago when I read Tattoo. Even though it's been Tattoo I still have their first book adventure in my mind (this shows you how one book can really stick with you if it's well described or well written). Now the fault with this book is that I found the love realtionship between Bailey and Alec not really developed good enough. It wasn't that it was two rushed it was more like it didn't have enough time to develop. So by the end of the book it not developed enough *in my opinion* which left a really not-so-great-ending. I found reading this book was very hard to read at times and I couldn't finish it in one sitting. It took me a week to read this book. I found I read a bit slower so I could understand what was going on. Why I recommend for people to read the first book first is because even though I read the original I still have forgotten things which are mention in here and aren't completely explain and can seem confusing. They were to me. Anyways on my scale this book deserves a 3 star rating. Don't get me wrong this was a absolutely good sequel for such a well done book like Tattoo.

[Adele · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found myself enjoying Fate a lot more than it's proceeding novel, Tattoo, as the girls were older and the setting was more firmly planted in that of high school. The issues were the same as you might find in a multitude of YA novels - fears of losing friendships in the college transition and crushing on guys. This novel, however, throws in the fact that Bailey is the third Fate, a whole heap of Greek God-inspired faeries and you have this novel.

The characters are again very well crafted. Each with their own distinct personality that side swerve from being cliched or stereotypes. Barnes have a deft touch and writes these girls like she knows them personally. The humour that is evident throughout is one of my favourite aspects of Barnes' writing as the zingers always come from out of the blue and they always scratch my funny bone.

Even better is the presence of a mysterious dark shadow that Bailey can feel approaching. I was blind sighted by the reveal of the "baddie" and I am normally someone who guesses the big reveal far in advance. I loved that Barnes' mythological research weaved effortlessly through the friendships, the romance and the mystery to create this fresh and supernatural take on the teen world.

I really enjoyed this tale and eagerly await Barnes' next release.

[One Book At A Time · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book a long time ago, not realizing that it was a sequel to Tattoo. I honestly picked it up because of the pretty cover. I didn't read it right after finishing Tattoo, so I didn't remember what had happened in the previous story very well.

I'm not sure if that lapse in between stories contributed to my inability to get into this story. I almost gave up on this book a couple of times. I felt like it had a hard time getting past the Sidhe background. It was long and drawn out. The action was reserved for the last little bit of the book. It really wasn't enough to make the book really worthwhile to seek out.

I did like how the ending turned out. The Sidhe were trying to make Bailey play by their rules, when they didn't really apply to her. She something entirely different, so she should be an exception to the rules. I also enjoyed how the Sidhe represented different gods/goddesses throughout history. I enjoy when a book can take different views from different cultures and wrap them into one story that makes sense.

I would probably pass on this book unless you enjoy other books by Barnes, or have all ready read Tattoo.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this sequel was even better than the first book. The main characters seem well-developed and realistic and the issue of dealing with graduation and worrying about the changes it brings is really relatable.

[Huda Al-Anbar · Rating 2 out of 5]

Liked the first one better,this one was all over the place

[Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked it I'm all in for books and what happens so yeah

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's been two years since the events in Tattoo and Bailey, along with her friends, are all seniors. Bailey has settled into her role as "the weaver" during the night when she is asleep, but she is worried about what will happen when the school year ends and each of her friends go off to different colleges. Her friends tell her not to worry, but when she is called to the Otherworld, and told that there will be a Reckoning, she panics. Spending the rest of her life with the Sidhe will permanently separate her from her friends. This does not sit well with Bailey. She and her friends have been through so much together that they have a bond that she wants to fight for, but she will need the help of her friends if she is going to figure out what to do.

For those who enjoyed Tattoo and want to know what happens to the four girls in the story, this is an entertaining tale, but it does drag at several points throughout the book. There is so much information that must be divulged through exposition, slowing the story down a great deal. However, the dialogue is fresh and realistic, making the characters believable. Overall, Fate is a pleasant sequel that ties up the loose ends left at the conclusion of Tattoo.

[Kathy Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this sequel to TATTOO only Bailey retains her magical powers. She is one of the three Fates whose gift is life. But that is only her night job. During the day she is a high school senior along with her three best friends and dealing with normal high school stuff. Bailey is facing the thought that things will change when they all graduate and she is afraid that they will lose the closeness that has been a part of her life since they were all toddlers.

Bailey doesn't know that she might be going farther than she had thought. Because she is part faerie, she is coming to the Reckoning. She is supposed to restore balance by choosing either the Seelie or Unseelie courts and living in the Otherworld all the time. Both the Seelie and Unseelie courts are putting a lot of pressure on her.

Because the world isn't in balance, immortals are able to come to Earth and create mischief. Bailey and her friends need to find a way to restore the balance and keep Bailey on Earth.

I really enjoyed this story. I could empathize with Bailey who didn't want things to change. I also really liked the relationship between the four friends who each had distinctive personalities.

[Lynndell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fate by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the second book of the Tattoo series, begins with Bailey back as the Third Fate, the Fate of Life. She is told by the other two Fates that her Reckoning would begin that night. Morgan visits Bailey and her friends at the mall, once again, and this time her gifts are mirrored pendants for each of them. Bailey doesn't know what her Reckoning entails but eventually she learns that it involves making a choice that can affect her for eternity. Bailey and her friends meet immortals, some nice and some not so nice. The sense of humor and loyalty are brought into the sequel to Tattoo and make Fate a charming read , 5 stars!

[Barb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book 2 of this series. This was a nice follow-up to 'Tattoo'. This is set a few yrs later, the girls having to deal w/ a new set of problem. I liked how the author continued the development of each of the main characters. Also, she balanced the high school/teen elements w/ the supernatural parts well. The story delves into the supernatural a lot more w/ this book. I will continue to read this author and series.

[caffeineandcatnaps · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fate, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
2.5/5⭐️⭐️

TRIGGER WARNINGS-
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Some self cutting

This took me a while to get through, I think that I was just tired of Bailey’s, “woe is me, im nobody”, attitude and her constant pity party and the fact that her friends seemed to tolerate it. Again the ending seemed a bit rushed and tied up nicely, but this time the whole story and getting to the ending- solving the problem, actually took a bit more time than the first book.

[No, David! No! · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it quickly, and enjoyed the story. I thought it was better than the first book (Tattoo). I really like the characters (although I have yet to convince my mental image that Zo - with all her attitude - is a little pixie of a person). There were a couple of times that I thought the main character was being a little dense. Other than that, it was a fun read.

[Wellington · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great way to end this duology! Even though it would be great to know what happens next, it was a solid ending and feels finished.

Bailey is a great main character - she is totally relatable and real. The other characters are great foils for her and their relationships with each other show the best of what friendship should be.

The writing is very readable and the pacing is good.

[Sairaika · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fateful read!

What happens to destiny when you are Fate?

It was an incredible and worthy conclusion - although I would have liked to know more about a certain relationship.

The girls' friendship was powerful and very moving. Inspiring.

Full of powers, friendship, destiny, fates, choices, sidhe, blood and dreams.

Perfect for readers of fantasy/mythology novels.

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two years prior Bailey Morgan never thought she and her friends would do the things they did or have to make the decisions that they face in this follow up to book 1.

After all isn’t graduating from high school enough pressure to face?

[Joy Landers · Rating 3 out of 5]

disappointing compared to the first book. too much time spent in the otherworld

[Christine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh. Easy read that I kind of skimmed through to get the major plot points, and felt the ending was lackluster.

[Shelby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as the first, but I liked it all the same. 3.5 stars

[Lisa Dickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it a twist at the end kind of cheesy but great

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was much better than the 1st one.

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this when i was 16 and thought it was quite juvenille. So that must say something :/

[Louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fantastic read, loved having more time with these characters. Loved the developments, and I enjoyed how it worked out!

[Shobi]

Read on the plane to Denmark

[Kate Puleo Unger]

I found that I never wanted to pick up this book. Not bad, just outdated and too teenager-y for me at the moment.

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took a bit of time to get into this one, but the ending had me interested.