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nicolecurlsuptoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Spicy! 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ [5/5]
Powerless is book 3 of 5 in the Chestnut Springs series.
📌 You’ll dig this if you like
» Road trip with only one bed 🛏️
» Pro hockey 🥅 + prima ballerina 🩰
» Slow burn feat. small town
» Grumpy cinnamon roll vs. sunshine
» Friends to lovers
» It’s always been you
Honestly, this story has all the tropes, and they were perfect. Powerless continues my obsession with the Chestnut Springs series and the entire Eaton clan.
Jasper was quiet in Flawless and Heartless so I didn’t know if I would connect with him, but holy heck are he and Sloane hot! 🔥 The moment I started to see Jasper’s perspective I was hooked and rooting for him.
Jasper saves Sloane from a marriage she doesn’t want, and they take off on a road trip to escape their problems for a while. Cue forced proximity and simmering attraction that has been brewing for decades.
The slow burn is f’ing delicious and when they do finally get together it is explosive! ❤️🔥 💥 🧨 🥵 😮💨 🫠
If it isn’t clear, I highly recommend Powerless. It’s no secret I love the whole Chestnut Springs series and I can’t recommend it enough; it lives rent-free in my mind and each book gets better. Elsie Silver is a master. 👑
📌 What stood out
» Harvey Eaton! Champion meddler and pot stirrer! 🏆😂🤣
» Sloane integrates seamlessly with Summer and Willa. The budding friendship is equally comforting and hilarious.
» Sloane’s potty 🚽 mouth when Jasper gets her going is fantastic, and he loves riling her up. His smug pleasure from it, knowing he can bring out the wild in her, made me root for him even harder. He wants her wild, and I love it! 👏
» I love seeing Willa and Summer again, and Willa’s fixation on knowing the size of Jasper’s 🍆 is hysterical.
📌 Moments
I absently lick my lips and he groans. My gaze snaps up to those navy eyes I know so well. They hold me captive. They’re simmering with a heat I’ve never seen. He’s done a good job of looking at me like I’m a friend, but he isn’t right now.
He’s looking at me like I’m his.
» The tie-in for the title made me want to jump up and down and happy scream.
🚫 Triggers: Anxiety, Military MIA, mention of SI, death of child sibling (past, off-page), alcohol consumption, abusive/controlling family dynamic, toxic romantic relationship (not between MCs). Please check warnings.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
tannerlauren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
kelly_mlg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Car accident
Minor: Drug abuse
vireya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
mackenzie073's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
lemonsforyu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic relationship
caitlinspeachyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy
clareasday's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War
nicolecoryn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
jess_elisabeth's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content