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Powerless by Lauren Roberts

166 reviews

mstarahall's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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savvyrosereads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars

Paedyn is an Ordinary hiding among a kingdom of powerful Elites when she is tapped to participate in the deadly Purging Trials.

I absolutely LOVED this one. It is clearly Hunger Games inspired (and sometimes reads like a fantasy version of that series) but that is one of my all-time favorite trilogies so I can hardly be mad at it. The characters here were fantastic, particularly both Kitt and Kai, and even though I am picky when it comes to my love triangles, this one was EVERYTHING (extremely Stefan/Damon coded for any TVD fans out there).

I did predict all the major beats of the ending, but I had a super fun time watching everything unfold nonetheless, and basically never wanted to put this book down, which is MORE than enough to make it a five star read. I can’t wait to continue the series!

CW: Murder/death/violence/injury; torture; death of parent/grief

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mrsalexisrjones's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The hunger games meets throne of glass meets sky high? There are the elites and the ordinary. The king has banned the ordinary from the kingdom, leaving only those with powers. Our leading girl however, is powerless and forced to find her strength in other ways.

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mads_99's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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gwyllion's review

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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artmuseam's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

so maybe this just wasn’t my cup of tea, but i’m actually surprised that a lot of people hyped up this book. i personally found it to be just okay. the plot itself felt like it was pulling from a whole bunch of previously written books (i got MAJOR hunger games/red rising vibes here) and the writing itself left me feeling bored at times. i get a bit nit-picky when it comes to words being overused, and i can’t tell you how many times i sighed out loud in exasperation when i saw the same damn verbs being used in each chapter. something about the pacing felt rushed too, and i think this book started to feel more like a badly written fan fiction than an actual novel. the plot was entirely predictable aside from that one part in the ending. i think the book had a lot more potential if it was less focused on milking the enemies to lovers & love triangle including 2 brothers trope. there were also just wayyy too many cliche parts for my liking—and im someone who loves cliche. i don’t think i’ll be reading the next book, since i didn’t enjoy this one very much. 2/5 stars

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adreaminaqua's review

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was a good read! It had hunger games vibes but that plot line didn’t feel as central in the book as it does in the hunger games. The two main characters come from very different worlds and seeing them learn about each other was enjoyable. I agree with other users this feels similar to acotar as well, but more YA (though some plot points are heavier than anticipated). I’m excited to read the rest of the series! The audiobook version was super well done!

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georgiaisreading's review

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I struggled through this, mainly due to a lot of the plot and world building that felt incomplete or rushed over. However the banter and tension between Pae and Kai was enjoyable.

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madi_oasis's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

If I wanted to enjoy a well-written and gripping novel about two star-crossed lovers trapped in a dystopian world that discriminates against a class of people, with a blood sport tournament thrown in as the main plot device…

I would have read The Hunger Games.

There were some small passages and quotes that were well-written, but those were few and far between and were buried in a sea of heteronormative expectations, dubious consent, gender stereotypes, lazy writing (take a shot every time Paedyn scoffs or Kai has a muscle feather in his jaw, I’ll wait) and Mary Sue levels of character writing. A predictable story can be a nice read if there are characters worth reading about. I’m sorry to say that this book really highlights its title of “TikTok made me buy it”… because nothing else about this book would make me ever want to part with my money over it. I’m so thankful that libraries exist.

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carlyjoann's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this book!
The world building didn’t feel like an info dump even if most of it was right at the start, it gave a good canvas for the story to play out on.
The characters and their motivations seemed very cut and dry so it was fun to watch them grow and change throughout.
I like Paedyn and Kai a lot, they had good banter and chemistry.
Some of the elements reminded me of other books but that isn’t a bad thing since this stands on its own to me.
I’m excited to read the next book!

My biggest gripe is the love triangle. While I don’t dislike love triangles in general this one being two brothers is what I didn’t like. It also felt obvious that Paedyn and Kai liked each other when Kitt inserted himself into the narrative.

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