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Powerless by Lauren Roberts

73 reviews

backitupmoony's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0


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kalefactory's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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ellavlind's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

De ända problemet jag har med boken är att den påminner så mycket om andra som hunger games och nånstans Shatter me. Har också hört att den ska va extremt lik red Queen men har inte läst. 
Men de hindra mig inte från att ge den många stjärnor för asså jag älskade hur de prata med varan, hur det alltid hände nått och vad som hände. Gillar dehär med trials och sånt och asså tensionen mellan Paeydn och Kai…. Don’t get me started. 100% kär i Kai. Tror största anledningen till att jag ger den så många stjärnor är för Kai hahah. Grät när Adena dog och att de hade brutit hennes fingrar… usch. Gillade alla trial moment men tyckte nog om den första mest men de är nog bara för att man fick så mycket av Pae och Kai. Blandade känslor kring Kitt i slutet, vet inte riktigt vad jag ska tro men han börjar bli mer som sin pappa är ju tydligt. Så bra plot twist att stackars mini Kai va den som döda Pae’s pappa.

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pianokeys's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75


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danielle_lepp's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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krosebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Pros: Flirting is gold. 

Cons: Unrealistic power description. Lack of description about the length of the trials. Mirrored a lot of previous work like the hunger games, ACOTAR (darling). 

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lkristin2018's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A dark fantasy, reminiscent of Hunger Games, but with magic.  

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boba_nbooks's review against another edition

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4.25

Spice Rating: 🫑 / 5 🌶️ 

Okay, HEAR ME OUT. If you go into this knowing that it's tropey and cliché, you will have a great ride.

In this world, only the Elite survive. Quite literally. Paedyn has survived in the slums of Loot ever since her father was killed by the king. Since she is not Elite, Paedyn has had to pretend to be a "psychic" her entire life--a gift her father taught her when she was young. Now, Paedyn and her friend, Adena, have been surviving in Loot by pickpocketing until Paedyn finally gets noticed by one of the princes and is chosen to be in the Purging Trials. Paedyn and other teenagers will compete in these trials to prove who is the most Elite of their society, but since Paedyn doesn't have any power, it's a death trap for her... until she and Prince Kai begin to work together, despite being rivals in the trials.

Take a little bit of the Hunger Games mixed with Red Queen and you get Powerless. It is a classic rivals (not enemies) to lovers YA romantasy novel with dual POV between Paedyn and Kai. It honestly combines most romantasy tropes out there, but for some reason, Powerless really hooked me and reeled me in. 

What can I say? Sometimes it's just about the vibes.

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squidney36's review against another edition

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

5.0

Absolutely gutted me
So much sorrow I couldn’t even cry
Plot twist after plot twist
Competition vibes strong
Combo of Throne of Glass and Hunger Games

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awxhhlilla's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad 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? No

4.75


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