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Powerless

The Powerless Trilogy, Book 1

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Powerless

By: Lauren Roberts
Narrated by: Chase Brown, Cecily Bednar Schmidt
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 THE INSTANT NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON. OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this sizzling fantasy romance not to be missed.

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.

No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary posing as an Elite. When she unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, Kai Azer, she’s thrown into the Purging Trials, a brutal competition to showcase her ‘Elite’ powers.

If the Trials and the opponents don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn really is . . . completely Ordinary.

Be swept away by the first in the smash hit, dagger-to-the-throat romantasy trilogy that's taken the world by storm.

Also Available: Reckless, Powerful, Fearless and Fearful.

Follow Lauren Roberts on TikTok and Instagram @LaurenRobertsLibrary

*Powerless was UK YA number 1 on TCM w/e 1st June 2024

Praise for the Powerless series:
‘Nothing short of epic’ Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of Sixteen Souls
‘A thrilling fantasy with the most delicious slow-burn romance’ M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood
‘[A] titillating debut’ Publishers Weekly
‘A masterpiece’ Goodreads Reader Review
‘Everyone needs to read it’ TikTok Review
‘The BEST book I’ve read’ NetGalley Reader Review
‘A sizzling slice of fantasy romance’ Booksellers Review Dystopian Fiction Romance Royalty Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Women's Voices Fantasy
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It was a nice listen and the narrator did well, but ultimately a DNF. It was well written enough, but read like fan fiction that hadn't been altered enough to be an original take. If you loved hunger games and want to re-read but with a story line you haven't heard before then this will be for you

An easy but unoriginal listen

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The reviews set me up to fail... The slow sent me to sleep a number of times and though I trundled to the end, I am yet to be thrilled.

Too slow to burn

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I’ve started my year off strong!! I buddy read Powerless with Aleira (@aleirareads) and boy did this book cause us to have some reactions! I didn’t know too much about this book going into it but I absolutely loved every element from Paedyn living in the slums, to being picked for The Trials and especially meeting Prince Kai. If I was to describe this book I’d say it’s the hunger games, meets the selection series & what I’ve read of the blurb, Red Queen.

The book follows Paedyn, a girl who is ordinary in a world full of elites. The elites possess powers which they believe, ordinary people weaken so the King decided to kill or ordinary people. Paedyn has mastered the ability to trick people into thinking she has a psychic powers. Every 5 years a selected number of elites are put into a trial of 3 challenges where they battle to win. Paedyn is selected after she saves the Princes’ life, but can she survive when she’s up against the most powerful?

Well I highly recommend reading the book to find out! This book covers some relatively heavy topics however I was in fits of laughter at moments. Whilst this book is not spicy in the slightest, the flirtatious banter between Paedyn and Kai was honestly out of this world! They had me blushing, giggling and even kicking my legs! If I could just read a whole book of them conversing, I 100% would!

Overall, for the first book of the year I am extremely happy! I absolutely loved it and dying for more! You can bet I’ve already got the next book preordered!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tropes Include:
* Enemies to Lovers
* Romantasy
* Survive or Die Trials
* Slow Burn
* Forbidden Romance

One of my favourite books of all time!

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I love everything about this book and the voice actors are amazing too! I cannot wait for book 2!

I love this book!

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Don’t know what to think. How to think!
Uhm.. THE ENDING?!?!

What am I supposed to do with my life now?

4.5/5⭐️

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