Fearless by K. M. Fawcett

5 Stars

This novel was excellently written and edited, with beautifully constricted sentences and no typos or editing mistakes that I caught in the ARC version of this manuscript. The world building of both the books in this series is creative and vibrant, with the alien world and it's different cultures described deftly. The characterization in this novel was excellent, just like it was in the first novel in this series. The hero and heroine were both complicated, vibrant, sympathetic individuals. The development of the romantic relationship in this second novel in this series was also excellent, developing naturally and organically and making me the reader really believe in their love and devotion to each other. That was the one big weakness of the first novel in this series, but the author nailed it in this second novel in the series. The plot and pacing of this novel was exciting and interesting, with me sitting on the edge of my seat close to the end of this novel wondering if the hero was going to allow the heroine to spiritually heal him before he made a terrible decision to start an unwinnable war with the Hyborians. There was a medium amount ot of angst in this novel on the hero's part, which I enjoyed in a novel where the heroine was a spiritual healer sent to heal his trauma. The angst was caused by the plot and setup of the book and the high stakes in the novel. I can enjoy angst when it is the natural result of high stakes and the setup of a novel. That is one of my preferred narrative structures for a romance novel. I don't typically enjoy novels with low stakes, or even worse, low stakes AND high angst. This novel employees the Enemies to Lovers trope and the Make Love, Not War trope. The world building, plot, and pacing in this novel rated five stars. The characterization and development of the romantic relationship also rated five stars. The combined star rating for this novel was, therefore, five stars. This novel ends on a Happy Ever After ending instead of a cliffhanger, so that is a big plus to this novel. I recommend this novel to readers who enjoy sci-fi novels or sci-fi romance novels. I think this novel has strong cross-genre appeal, since the author nailed both the genre romance element and the genre sci-fi element in this novel. I plan to buy myself a keeper copy of this novel. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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