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A review by dani794
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
2.0
I really wanted to like this more than I did, I just didn't vibe with the book.
Paedyn and Kai's relationship did nothing for me personally. Their flirtations (to me) are extremely generic and cringey. Every time Kai flirts I feel a part of me die. There will be 1 page of world building and like 15 in a row of them play-flirting.
They aren't enemies, they're like those couples you know where they're always playfully-complaining about each other to other people. The extent of their enemies is "i'm gonna kill you!" but their relationship starts with her saving him?
I didn't particularly like how it was written. I feel like a lot of the characters are 2 dimensional. The attempts to make Kai layered didn't feel successful to me - what's the point of a mask if so many people are able to see it?
I really disliked all the villainous characters, The King, Blair and Ace were a miss, they could've been written more interesting. Blair being written as a bitch and nothing else felt slightly misogynistic.
I kinda wanted to see Paedyn struggle with lying to Kai, like imagining what he'd think of her once he'd find out she was an Ordinary, since his job is to kill Ordinaries.
I really really really wish it had better world building than it did. I don't feel as if I was pulled into their world. The Trials felt like a bit of a let down. I don't know if I missed it butAdena's death seemed really senseless.
I do think there is potential here, and the ending does create new territory for the story to go, so I will probably continue.
Paedyn and Kai's relationship did nothing for me personally. Their flirtations (to me) are extremely generic and cringey. Every time Kai flirts I feel a part of me die. There will be 1 page of world building and like 15 in a row of them play-flirting.
They aren't enemies, they're like those couples you know where they're always playfully-complaining about each other to other people. The extent of their enemies is "i'm gonna kill you!" but their relationship starts with her saving him?
I didn't particularly like how it was written. I feel like a lot of the characters are 2 dimensional. The attempts to make Kai layered didn't feel successful to me - what's the point of a mask if so many people are able to see it?
I really disliked all the villainous characters, The King, Blair and Ace were a miss, they could've been written more interesting. Blair being written as a bitch and nothing else felt slightly misogynistic.
I kinda wanted to see Paedyn struggle with lying to Kai, like imagining what he'd think of her once he'd find out she was an Ordinary, since his job is to kill Ordinaries.
I really really really wish it had better world building than it did. I don't feel as if I was pulled into their world. The Trials felt like a bit of a let down. I don't know if I missed it but
I do think there is potential here, and the ending does create new territory for the story to go, so I will probably continue.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War