This is the dagger-to-the-throat romantasy YA trilogy on everyone's lips. A TikTok phenomenon pulling elements of our favourite tropes, this is a mixture of Red Queen, The Hunger Games and Fourth Wing.
The trope is rivals to enemies. Our main characters tell their stories through a dual POV. And may we also mention that the main male character is morally grey and very handsome? While this series is not spicy, it does have the 'Who did this to you?' trope, as well as heart-racing trials and an epic chase, all while our main characters, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray and Ilya’s Enforcer Kai Azer, fight their strong feelings for each other.
Accompanying the series, Lauren Roberts has also released Powerful, a companion novella to the first book.
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All the Powerless books in order:
Book 1: Powerless (2023)
Book 2: Reckless (2024)
Book 3: Fearless (2025)
Novella 1: Powerful (2024)
I can't lie, at the start I found this book a bit boring and struggled to get into it. The first few chapters felt quite slow, and I wasn't completely...
Powerless by Lauren Roberts is genuinely one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. The way romance and poetry are woven together is absolutely p...
Omg I love Powerless!!! I loved the tension between the characters, the plots and unexpected twists. Powerless is about a girl that lives in a world, ...