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Fearless #9
Blood
I’ve done a lot of things. But I’ve never killed anyone…
Until now.
Until now.
210 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Francine Pascal
1,139 books1,850 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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May 2, 2016
This series has sent me on a HUGE emotional roller coaster ride. I read books 7, 8, and 9 in one weekend. I know what you're thinking: doesn't this person have a life? No, no I don't. This book is told in alternating view points. Gaia, obviously, but also Sam, Mary, Ed, Tom Moore, Loki, Ella, even Skizz gets in there. Every time that the love triangle between three of the characters pops up (I won't say which three characters, because of spoilers) I wanted to just shout at Gaia that both of those boys are in love with her. I didn't, though. My family would think I was weird. Ok, well, they already think that. Tom Moore is another source of anxiety for me. I keep on waiting and waiting for him to finally show himself to his daughter but he NEVER DOES. However, with so many books I believe their paths have to meet eventually. At least I can hope. Ever hear the saying, 'I cry over the deaths of fictional characters?' Yes? Well, I cried when one of the characters in this book series died. (Again I won't say which character because of the spoilers). Loki just makes me mad. I mean, how can Gaia be so blind as to his true intentions???? So, if I were you I would read this series, starting from book one. You won't regret it.
June 6, 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 Gaia's Grief
Gaia is in denial. Her best friend Mary died in front her and doesn't want to express her mourning. That makes Ed really mad. He wasn't the only one that lost Mary that night, in fact, he thinks Gaia is being selfish. But deep down, Gaia wants revenge. The reckless side inside her wants to search the killer, and the number one suspect is Mary's old dealer, Skizz. Gaia has never killed someone before, but she might this time . . .
Whoo!! Finally some kick-ass action!! I'd been missing that. This is where the story gets more powerful emotionally and physically.
9 less, 27(?) more to go!!
The One With Gaia's Grief
Gaia is in denial. Her best friend Mary died in front her and doesn't want to express her mourning. That makes Ed really mad. He wasn't the only one that lost Mary that night, in fact, he thinks Gaia is being selfish. But deep down, Gaia wants revenge. The reckless side inside her wants to search the killer, and the number one suspect is Mary's old dealer, Skizz. Gaia has never killed someone before, but she might this time . . .
Whoo!! Finally some kick-ass action!! I'd been missing that. This is where the story gets more powerful emotionally and physically.
9 less, 27(?) more to go!!
May 31, 2013
The rating isn't legit I should read the whole series for a proper judgement.
September 1, 2018
Summary: Gaia mourns over Mary's death while planning to kill Skizz for "murdering" her, Ed and Gaia's friendship gets strained AGAIN, Heather takes notice of Phoebe's eating disorder, Tom keeps stalking Gaia, Skizz dies before Gaia can kill him, Ed and Gaia have a gigantic fight which ends with him injured from rolling down the subway stairs and with them confessing their feelings for each other before Gaia agrees to his invitation to go to Mary's funeral, and the book ends on said funeral with Ella and Tom watching it take place.
Blood was pretty much another book where nothing really happens other than Gaia's grieving process and Gaia fighting with Ed yet again. When will these books stop reusing plot points?
1) Why does no one think of reporting Gaia for fighting other people in school? Bully or not, she's still causing physical harm to someone instead of trying to tell them off. Wouldn't Gaia at least be smart enough to do that?
2) Gaia claims most people don't really know her despite how she ended up in the news at least once from saving a woman and her kid from a car about to explode. You would think that some would soften their opinions after hearing about those heroic events Gaia took part in.
3) Ella is stalking Gaia at school now? Why? Doesn't she have anything better to do? Couldn't Loki give her a secret hidden video recorder that transmits back to an electronic source in real time so she couldn't go through the extra effort of being there in person (Or however the hell Ella witnessed Gaia fighting off a bully). Better yet, if Loki's so smart why couldn't he just hack into the school surveillance system so he could sit back with a cup of joe watching Gaia's school life unfold in front of him? Granted when Blood was written there was possibly not that many cameras in schools as there are now but it's still more clever than anything in this book.
4) Gaia keeps claiming she has no friends but has Ed (ignoring the fight). Plus what about some kids she played with when she was younger? Stephen? What about Ivy?
5) You know, instead of killing Mary off, why couldn’t Loki just feed her an amnesia pill? Yeah this book needed some more spice with a character death but I think a side character dealing with amnesia would be a better subplot.
6) How does Gaia not think a diverse city like New York is susceptible to foreign church buildings? That should be first grade level knowledge to anyone.
7) Speaking of churches, why doesn’t any of them in Fearless have their doors locked? Aren’t these people afraid of vandalism or getting robbed in the slightest?
8) Why are New York citizens portrayed as unhelpful asshats who ignore people who are in danger right in front of them? You would think at least one person would help Ed retrieve his stolen wallet or attempt to stop the thug but nope.
9) Why didn’t Heather tell someone about Phoebe’s eating disorder early on when she suspected it? Communication can save lives, you know.
10) Why does George bother asking Gaia multiple times to spend time with Ella and him if he already knows she’ll turn him down?
11) If Gaia is concerned about Zolov seeming sick and ragged, why doesn’t she try helping him at all?
12) According to Fearless, Having parents divorce is a completely happy and okay thing since everyone’s will eventually. Not only does that sound insensitive to people with divorced parents but that part just came off as annoyingly pretentious.
13) Ed claims no one ever used the handicapped entrance, but there had to be enough handicapped students in order for the entrance to be built in the first place. Out of 500+ kids, there’s a sure chance of another kid that’s wheelchair bound.
14) The Skizz murder subplot was completely pointless especially since in the last book Gaia encounters him but Skizz is completely terrified of her. Why would Gaia still think a scared guy like him would hire someone to kill Mary? We wasted a whole book of plot on something this dumb.
15) This book is repetitive in detail. It keeps going on about background information about characters we’ve already read about. It seemed okay back when these books were getting published monthly so it was likely you’d forget a thing or two of what happened but reading this series way past the original publish date makes it come across as the authoress thinking her readers have the memory span of a brick.
16) The fight between Gaia and Ed felt like it was going to be a promising plot point but got ruined by romance instead.
God this was mind-bogglingly terrible.
Blood was pretty much another book where nothing really happens other than Gaia's grieving process and Gaia fighting with Ed yet again. When will these books stop reusing plot points?
1) Why does no one think of reporting Gaia for fighting other people in school? Bully or not, she's still causing physical harm to someone instead of trying to tell them off. Wouldn't Gaia at least be smart enough to do that?
2) Gaia claims most people don't really know her despite how she ended up in the news at least once from saving a woman and her kid from a car about to explode. You would think that some would soften their opinions after hearing about those heroic events Gaia took part in.
3) Ella is stalking Gaia at school now? Why? Doesn't she have anything better to do? Couldn't Loki give her a secret hidden video recorder that transmits back to an electronic source in real time so she couldn't go through the extra effort of being there in person (Or however the hell Ella witnessed Gaia fighting off a bully). Better yet, if Loki's so smart why couldn't he just hack into the school surveillance system so he could sit back with a cup of joe watching Gaia's school life unfold in front of him? Granted when Blood was written there was possibly not that many cameras in schools as there are now but it's still more clever than anything in this book.
4) Gaia keeps claiming she has no friends but has Ed (ignoring the fight). Plus what about some kids she played with when she was younger? Stephen? What about Ivy?
5) You know, instead of killing Mary off, why couldn’t Loki just feed her an amnesia pill? Yeah this book needed some more spice with a character death but I think a side character dealing with amnesia would be a better subplot.
6) How does Gaia not think a diverse city like New York is susceptible to foreign church buildings? That should be first grade level knowledge to anyone.
7) Speaking of churches, why doesn’t any of them in Fearless have their doors locked? Aren’t these people afraid of vandalism or getting robbed in the slightest?
8) Why are New York citizens portrayed as unhelpful asshats who ignore people who are in danger right in front of them? You would think at least one person would help Ed retrieve his stolen wallet or attempt to stop the thug but nope.
9) Why didn’t Heather tell someone about Phoebe’s eating disorder early on when she suspected it? Communication can save lives, you know.
10) Why does George bother asking Gaia multiple times to spend time with Ella and him if he already knows she’ll turn him down?
11) If Gaia is concerned about Zolov seeming sick and ragged, why doesn’t she try helping him at all?
12) According to Fearless, Having parents divorce is a completely happy and okay thing since everyone’s will eventually. Not only does that sound insensitive to people with divorced parents but that part just came off as annoyingly pretentious.
13) Ed claims no one ever used the handicapped entrance, but there had to be enough handicapped students in order for the entrance to be built in the first place. Out of 500+ kids, there’s a sure chance of another kid that’s wheelchair bound.
14) The Skizz murder subplot was completely pointless especially since in the last book Gaia encounters him but Skizz is completely terrified of her. Why would Gaia still think a scared guy like him would hire someone to kill Mary? We wasted a whole book of plot on something this dumb.
15) This book is repetitive in detail. It keeps going on about background information about characters we’ve already read about. It seemed okay back when these books were getting published monthly so it was likely you’d forget a thing or two of what happened but reading this series way past the original publish date makes it come across as the authoress thinking her readers have the memory span of a brick.
16) The fight between Gaia and Ed felt like it was going to be a promising plot point but got ruined by romance instead.
God this was mind-bogglingly terrible.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 20, 2025
This was mostly focused on Gaia getting revenge for Mary's murder. Sje has one track mind and wants to end Skizz. She is shutting Ed out and wants to cut all ties that make her human.
Thankfully her dad unknown to her steps in and deals with the problem. Ed makes her see the truth after they have a blow up. She finally lets herself grieve for Mary in the right way.
I just didn't like much this besides the ending and Tom wanting to stop Gaia. I really hope Ella is gone soon. Even Loki is tired her.
Thankfully her dad unknown to her steps in and deals with the problem. Ed makes her see the truth after they have a blow up. She finally lets herself grieve for Mary in the right way.
I just didn't like much this besides the ending and Tom wanting to stop Gaia. I really hope Ella is gone soon. Even Loki is tired her.
July 31, 2023
nothing happens in this book. Gaia spends the entire book thinking the same stuff over and over about wanting to kill Skizz. Heather and Sam continue to be boring idiots and won't just break up. Loki remains a cartoon villain. George is the worst government spy ever. Ed and Gaia have a terrible friendship but at least the finale of them going off on one another is vaguely interesting with some emotion running thru the scene.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 18, 2017
I cried.
October 14, 2018
Did I miss something... Mary’s dead, but what about her aunt who knows things?!
June 4, 2008
The Fearless series is a great young adult series with appeal (i think) for both boys and girls (of course never having been a teenage boy~i can't really say for sure). Although it deals with the feelings of a young woman "born without the fear gene" and all the subsequent doubts and insecurities of dealing with that and the normal growing pains of adolescence it also has a fair amount of adventure and intrigue.
It makes great high interest reading for the "reluctant reader" because it is not difficult but it keeps up a rather frenetic pace, one novel leading into the next with cliffhanger after cliffhanger.
Unfortunately the author originally couldn't keep up with my demand and i moved on to other books. I kept collecting but never picked up the storyline again (i have every intention to~you know what they say about good intentions...)
It makes great high interest reading for the "reluctant reader" because it is not difficult but it keeps up a rather frenetic pace, one novel leading into the next with cliffhanger after cliffhanger.
Unfortunately the author originally couldn't keep up with my demand and i moved on to other books. I kept collecting but never picked up the storyline again (i have every intention to~you know what they say about good intentions...)
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.
July 29, 2025
Blood
This one has always worked for me as an exploration of Gaia's grief. The way she acts in this book makes total sense for someone that traumatized.
I dont remember Ed being as self-loathing and oof theres a lot of internalized ableism there, but again makes total sense for the character. I listened to the audio x2 mostly on this one and the narrator did a fantastic job.
This is one of the best written Fearless books, imo
This one has always worked for me as an exploration of Gaia's grief. The way she acts in this book makes total sense for someone that traumatized.
I dont remember Ed being as self-loathing and oof theres a lot of internalized ableism there, but again makes total sense for the character. I listened to the audio x2 mostly on this one and the narrator did a fantastic job.
This is one of the best written Fearless books, imo
March 3, 2014
Seriously IN LOVE with these books! I want ALL of them NOW, and I want to bury myself in them and devour them all at once! This 3 books reprinted every year is KILLING me....there's like 38, and Francine Pascal released more than three a year at times when they were first released. Luckily I found the latter half of the series for sale at a library...
July 24, 2008
Another great book in the Fearless series.
June 28, 2009
I think i might be the only person who ever checks these out from the library!
July 5, 2013
Gaia finally broke down and cried!
April 16, 2014
Been reading since the 1st series. its really goodddd
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 20, 2012
Things keep getting interesting, but I'm not sure if I want to spend the money to keep on reading.
February 16, 2016
same as #4, i give it a 2.5 .. good read, fast paced, utterly predictable.
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