While Fateful was a good book, it is also a book of cliches and simplicity. Tess is a servant who is dreaming of a better life. Alex is a young man who's brooding about his curse and is basically, willing to lead a lonely existence if it means he won't hurt anyone. Sound familiar? 
 A servant dreaming of a better life is nothing new, neither is a young man whose depressed and wants to love a girl, but can't because he's dangerous. Fateful is a very simple story. For example, the part about a werewolf brotherhood was very watered down. There's nothing about how the Brotherhood came about, how they got their magic, details, details, details. There's nothing. 
 The romance was very instant. Tess meets Alex and all of a sudden, they're in love. I understand how they might fall in love, Alex being lonely and Tess seeking companionship outside of her lowly servant life. But really, it was a little eyeball-rolling worthy. (view spoiler)[Especially the part of them having sex for the first time, and Tess apparently says that it didn't hurt because she loved him. Really? How rough is the werewolf curse if he's able to control it enough to have sex with her? (hide spoiler)] 
 The lead-up to the sinking was good. Tess' emotions were really powerful; about how she realized that there weren't enough lifeboats and how so many people were going to die. I was so sad that all those characters we knew were probably going to die. But then it was over. Tess is knocked unconscious and then, suddenly, we're out of the ship and BOOM, it's done! 
 (view spoiler)[I was, however, really sad when I learned about the deaths of Miss Irene and Ned. They were probably the only other couple I was actually interested in, and to learn of their forbidden romance, and the fact they couldn't really have a life together in life was just heartbreaking. I was so of sad that they died but at least they got to be together. (hide spoiler)] 
 The ending was super convenient too. I mean, really. Overall, Fateful is not a bad book, but it could have been a lot better. I felt that the author was trying to squeeze everything into 328 pages and that simply wasn't enough.