Powerless

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Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery - the approximate delivery time is usually between 1-2 business days. The thing about building a book around tropes is that tropes are not meant to be the foundation of a book. Tropes are simply things that should come natural to the characters, things that enrich the reading process. A book based on tropes is a book with weak planning. This was such an enjoyable read and a really strong debut!! 🤩🤩 If you're looking for a fantasy romance with fast pacing, Hunger Games vibes and a romance with TONS of chemistry, then this is definitely the book for you! I had a really fun time 💜💜🫶🫶 selectedStore.City }}, {{ selectedStore.State }} {{ selectedStore.Country }} {{ selectedStore.Zip }}

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If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn is . . . completely Ordinary. I was slightly worried that my expectations for this book were too high, especially considering the letdown that was last year's most viral (and controversial) BookTok book that couldn't follow through on its promises. The book is needlessly long, with self indulgent scene after scene that served little purpose to the plot or to further character growth. Yes, I know they're fun to write. But it became very repetitive and very boring very fast. The tropes are fun, knife to throat and whatever etc etc, but I have to wonder why there are like 4 different instances of it and why they're almost identical in purpose and tone. And, what's worse, they're very telling rather than showing. The author needed to kill some darlings, kill MANY darlings. If the Trials and the opponents within them don't kill her, the prince she's fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn is... completely Ordinary. Be swept away by the first in the romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm.

I will say, the little thingy thing between Paedyn and Kai's brother Kitt was giving enemies to lovers more than the actual marketed enemies to lovers. A lot of enemies to lovers nowadays is just insta-love where they're immediately attracted to each other but oh no they're enemies. Knife to throat. Witty banter. Whatever that means. That was Paedyn and Kai. Kitt and Paedyn's drama had the real sauce. Every time she saw him she was reminded of the man who killed her father, and slowly had to begin to see him as a real person and appreciate him for who he was. Enemies to lovers where they have to do work, challenge notions about themselves to be together, that's what's good. The slowburn. Idfk what endgame is, but I wish we got more of whatever was going on between Kitt and Paedyn rather than chapter after chapter of Paedyn and Kai. She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting. He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be.Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have...

Powerless Trilogy (2 book series) Kindle edition The Powerless Trilogy (2 book series) Kindle edition

Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya . . . Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in the most epic and sizzling fantasy romance book of the year. the writing wasn’t bad, but the typos were. though they don’t detract directly from the storyline, noticing one always pulls me out of a book a bit. hire a new editor lauren, you deserve better!!! 🩶

Paedyn is every other poor, stubborn, thief protagonist. Boiled down, she’s a blonde Katniss. From the way she thinks to the arrows she fires in the Games—my bad, Trials. Powerless is set in the kingdom of Ilya, where there are Elites and Ordinaries- the Elites possess incredible powers and seek to get rid of the Ordinaries, as they believe them to corrupt society. Paedyn Gray is an Ordinary posing as an Elite to prevent her being hunted by the Elites. When she meets Kai Azer, one of Ilya's princes, sparks fly- and then they both end up in the Purging Trials, a brutal competition where the most talented Elites display their powers. But without a power, Paedyn must fight to survive the trials- and protect her heart from Kai, who she knows she shouldn't fall for... Subjects: General fiction (Children's / Teenage) , Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage) , Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Children's / Teenage) , Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (Children's / Teenage) , Fantasy romance (Teenage) , Children's / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction , Children's / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories , Children's / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction , Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem , Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief , Interest age: from c 13 years , Children's / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy , Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance , Young Adult Fiction / General , Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories , Young Adult Fiction / Dystopian , Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / General , Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance , Young Adult Fiction / Girls & Women , Young Adult Fiction / Magical Realism , Young Adult Fiction / Romance / General , Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Sex , Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement Show Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya . . . The exceptional. The Elites. The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the Plague, while those born Ordinary are just that, banished from the kingdom and shunned from society. the first half of this book was nearly a copy and paste of the hunger games. while some readers probably want that, it took away from originality for me. i could NOT stop comparing for storyline. (i have not read red queen, so i can’t compare to that one.)