Fearless

In a word: Chaotic.

One shock after another turned this series into a full-blown telenovela. It was exhausting, painful, and left me deeply disappointed.

With Powerless, the Hunger Games inspiration was obvious, but after reading other reviews, apparently the author borrowed from several other sources throughout the series. So I guess that in order to write Fearless, she probably went hunting for dramatic moments and threw them all into the mix. Most of it lacked real justification—added purely for shock value.

The scene where Paedyn had to fight Kai to the death was painful to read—and revealing him as Mak didn’t make it any better. It left a terrible taste.

Making Paedyn the lost child of the king and half-sister to her new husband felt completely unnecessary. It was obvious Kitt would end up dying (and I didn't want him to), but turning him into a villain and having Kai kill him was upsetting and gratuitous.

The twists about their ages and hidden origins were just too much and made the story feel tangled and overcomplicated.

All for the drama.

The same scenes, dialogue, and cheesy quotes are repeated endlessly. One are twice are cute, but it was too much. Also making out where the sister is buried? Really?

I looked up the author—she’s quite young. I hope that, with time, she finds her own voice and learns to recognize when less is more. The romance was emotive, and I liked most characters and their playful interactions—when they weren’t being overly repetitive.

My breakdown:

Powerless: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — Enjoyable, as long as you don’t have high expectations.

Powerful: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ — Cute. Sad. (tandem read not recommended)

Reckless: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ — Filler and repetitive (but the slow-burn romance was still enjoyable)

Fearless: ⭐️⭐️ — Exhausting, messy, bad ending.

Series Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ — A trope- and romance-heavy series with some enjoyable moments, but also plagued by repetition, and a messy, unoriginal finale. Too much borrowed, not enough substance.