A review by avaalexander
Powerless by Lauren Roberts

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

this book was way too long. it was just dragged on and on. i think if all you want is banter than you’ll like this because the entire book was banter between the love interests and that’s it. nothing else was fully fleshed out at all— even though it was so long. they barely touched on paedyns relationship w adena— which made it so that her death wasn’t even that big of a deal. there was no subtly. everything was overexplained and then explained again by the other characters pov. from the beginning, kai and paedyn liked each other. there was no enemies to lovers like promised. it was like insta- lust and then feelings that basically remained stagnant for the rest of the book. i thought there was gonna be smut but apparently it’s YA so i guess that was my bad. there’s nothing special about this i don’t know why it’s so popular. like it’s not as bad as some people say i guess but it’s DEFINITELY not as good as some people say. i didn’t care about any of the characters at all and none of their relationships felt real— even paedyn and kai. mid af.