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honeyviv's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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emmybemmy's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

Amazing female main character, loveable male love interests.

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stuffed_with_books's review

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adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I loved the setup for this romantasy and the class system. Kai is a great character. It appeals to fans of the Hunger Games. The romance was a bit much at times, but the story kept at a good pace.

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kitbruin's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

Pleasantly surprised. This was a page turner. There were definitely moments I felt this was a bit formulaic. But i really enjoyed the end plot twist and curveball. The FMC was written in a way i can get behind and root for! I can’t wait to read the second bk follow up to see where this goes.

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asipofcozy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

I don't dole out 5 stars easily. In fact the last 5 stars I gave was well over a year ago. Is this a book that deserves a 5 stars because it's a masterpiece? A work of art? A book to be enjoyed by the masses and studied piece by piece? Not particularly. Many times I guessed where the plot was going. I have read plot lines similar in other books. I would even (sad to say) compare this exactly to the hunger games (I am not a fan of comparing books to past pieces of literature that formed large pop cultures and other books).

However, this book is a 5 star for other reasons - reasons that may not make sense but make sense to me. It's a 5 star because the moment I picked Powerless up I was enraptured from start to finish. A 5 star because the action gripped me to where I was turning pages so fast I could barely read just as quickly. A 5 star for just the pure and utter enjoyment I got out of reading it.

It's not a masterpiece, it's not like the classical literature I would read or the intricate fantasies I dive into. However, it doesn't need to be a masterpiece to bring me joy, to make me feel, to keep me wanting for more even after the last page has finished. A book that had me thinking about it even when I wasn't reading. A 5 star just because of the feelings it gave me. Sometimes a 5 star is as simple as that.

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rachelpacz's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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sherlene_06's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

I LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOK. OH MY GOSH. I'M STILL GUSHING OVER IT AND IN DISBELIEF WITH THE ENDING. THE GOOSEBUMPS I GOT WHEN KITT SAID

THAT HE LIKED BEING CALLED YOUR MAJESTY

Anyway, Roberts' description and writing style were devastatingly beautiful, especially when it came to such strong feelings of grief, anger, love, and desire and more so when she described Paedyn's claustrophobia, it felt so real (I have it, too). The very familiar feeling put into words made me feel everything in real-time while I read it. Oh, and the way she wrote the fight scenes was easy to picture and follow through, but there was a lot of predictability when it came to her father's death.

I loved every banter between Paedyn and Kai, so fun, so sensual, so sarcastic and so dangerous; and I loved every single thought and every single word that was written in Kai's POV, it was such a delicious meal to devour.

The only thing I didn't like much is the repetitiveness in some parts of the story, like the word 'huff' was used a lot and I'm pretty sure there are better descriptors to use alternatively, oh and also the phrase 'seeing spots' or something like that every time Paedyn or Kai was hit in the head. Even Paedyn's silver hair was mentioned excruciatingly many times.

I can't wait to devour the sequels. Hoping for a happy ending between Kai and Paedyn, because oh my gosh, I almost cried when Kai said

he would never again make the mistake of feeling for her

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chl03_01's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Adored this book, seriously Lauren is so talented!! I sobbed to this book, giggled to this book and screamed at it (how I know it’s a good book) But it took me ages to get through and actually got me into a reading slump, very shocking. But it was so disgustingly beautiful and detailed, I could imagine the scenes, the gruesome ones and the fluffy ones. But due to it getting me into a reading slump, it isn’t a 5⭐️

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kobookshelf's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book - it definitely gripped me and I’ll be continuing the series. It’s definitely more YA. I really love Kai! Don’t love Pae as much. I also feel like both lacked growth throughout the book it was kind of just the same angst at every turn. But I enjoyed the plot and the characters nonetheless. Hoping there is more character development in the next book!

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