This has to be one of the hardest reviews I've ever written. 
 I love Shannon Hale. I think that she's a brilliant author, yes, but I also really respect her. I admire the way she stands up for issues on her blog. She attacks rape culture, the pain of being a female reader in a world where literature is dominated by white men. All of these things are important to me, so when I find that she has written yet another thoughtful blog post, I get really excited. If I can get so excited about a simple blog post, how much more excitement do you think I feel for a book? 
 The answer is loads and loads. If excitement was a substance then I would have had about five hundred tons of it exploding out of my head. 
 You're probably thinking that I've just set myself up for failure. And maybe you're right. Maybe I built Shannon up so high that a fall was inevitable. 
 Guys, I was disappointed in Dangerous. 
 Don't get me wrong, it's not bad. So many things were done well, but there were a few major things that bothered me- things that I'm just not able to overlook. 
 Reasons why I almost loved this: 
 1. Maisie Danger Brown is one of the most unique, awesome characters that I've seen in YA for a long time. She is half Paraguayan, she is missing one arm, and she is home schooled. She's new, different, and provides some diversity in the land of white MCs. I loved every unique aspect about her. 
 2. Mr. and Mrs. Brown! Again, in most YA or Middle Grade novels, the parents are either horrible or non-existent. In this book, they were awesome, supportive, and part of the action. This filled me with joy! Also, they were simply fantastic characters. Especially Maisie's dad with all his puns. 
 3. Superheroes and aliens. C'mon, two of my favourite things! 
 4. The action. This book was exciting- at least, when the action was the center. There was plenty of action, fighting, cool science that probably will never exist, and intrigue. Believe me, this book was hard to put down at times. 
 Things that prevented me loving this as much as Shannon's other books: (Woo, long title!) 
 1. Maisie when she was with Wilder. In other words, for most of the book. 
 2. Wilder. I think I missed something along the way. When exactly did Wilder stop being a jerk? Did he ever stop his jerk-ish ways? Cause it was not attractive. The trend of just plain inconsiderate love interests needs to end. 
 3. The love story. Insta-love. *Gag* This was the biggest disappointment. I've never been a fan of romance, but Shannon's other books actually had me a bit swooney at parts. The fact that she fell back on insta-love and the fact that I just couldn't like Wilder made this book a lot harder to enjoy. Let's just say that the love story took up quite a lot of time where I would much rather have been reading about space. 
 4. The characters never felt really real to me. While they all had their good parts, the personalities never clicked. They were decent and they told the story well enough, but I was missing the final 3-D aspect that make characters people. 
 5. The pacing. This is probably just a stylistic thing that didn't work for me personally, but I found the pacing confusing. Time would rush forward at some parts and suddenly Maisie was in a new place. I felt like there were parts of the story that were missing. 
 Overall, I'd say this wasn't a bad book, it just didn't have that extra something that would have made me love it. I'd definitely recommend it for the space, science fiction, and superhero aspects. I might have been tempted to give this two stars and I did like it, so I'll give it a three.