Powerless

I found this book very hard to put down in fact I started reading it at around 3.30 in the afternoon with my usual flat white coffee treat and a piece of cake , well I was reluctant to put it down to get myself some dinner later at around 6pm !! yes I was hooked .. I got a ready meal out of the freezer so I didn't have to faff about and waste good reading time so in the microwave it went and was back on my sofa reading , come 11pm I decided to go to bed and read for an hour before going to sleep... By 5.30am I am rubbing my eyes so that I could keep reading !! , made myself go to sleep but was awake again at 8.30 eager to get some toast and get back to this book ... It turned out I did not get dressed just kept reading until later that night I was at the end of book one and diving into the next of this series, So I am 74 years old my husband of 54 years past away not so long ago and I cant remember the last time I read a love story that had such a big effect on my emotions.. The author has captured the essence of a deep relationship that comes from ones very soul yet is also graphic in the brutality of the "enforcers " life where love does not have a place to reside, love is a weakness that his father will not allow his son to feel at any level ...A book that can make me "feel" every emotion the characters experience is powerful and rare yet this book has sent me down that giddy path where I laugh and cry, feel anger and pain, my heart was pounding with hopelessness and fear ... Its true that the loss of my dear husband has made me more vulnerable to these feelings , yet also helped my faith that even at my age I can still me moved by the talents of a great writer ...

Beyond the basic premise of Powerless and seeing an aesthetic video on Insta I didn’t know much about this book other than it’s a YA fantasy with a stabby FMC. Paedyn is an 18-year-old orphan, left to fend for herself and work as a pickpocket on the streets of Ilya, after her father's brutal murder. Ilya is a kingdom ruled by a king who wants only the magical Elites to have a place and the powerless Ordinaries to be eradicated. Of course, Paedyn is an Ordinary in hiding and using her abilities to read her adversaries' weaknesses and pass herself off as a Psychic. When she picks the pocket and then saves the life of a handsome stranger, Paedyn is entered into the annual Purging Trials. In these survival challenges she is forced to compete against a group of Elites, all with their own deadly magical abilities. Making an unlikely alliance with Kai, the king's second son and personal fixer/assassin, Paedyn must use her skills to fight to survive the trials and bring down the tyrannical king. I really enjoyed the story and characters but I know if I hadn’t read The Hunger Games I would have loved it so much more. There are so many elements which are a direct parallel to THG that it started to become a bit predictable. For example the contestants are made to gain the Ilyan peoples votes through a public interview (where Paedyn doesn’t say the script she’s meant to follow), royal balls (where of course Paedyn goes against tradition and dresses to stand out) and of course the trials themselves which despite knowing there can be only one winner they form alliances. For a new YA generation this book does a great job of combining a fast paced fantasy adventure with a very capable female main character, a dark haired morally grey Prince who only has eyes for her and enough slowburn tension to keep the reader wanting more. If like me, you’re an older reader that likes to dip back into YA then this might not be the best choice as it has so many elements of other books that it loses some of its charm and becomes too unoriginal in places. Overall an enjoyable book and I’ll definitely be reading the other two books in the series. Ratings Spice: 0.5🌶 Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐

“I’m tougher than I look, I assure you. The strongest weapon a woman has at her disposal is that she is often underestimated. And I wield that all the time.” 😭 ahhh this book!! It’s been a while since ive been so submerged in a story and the characters. I savoured this book like a fine wine, I wished it wouldn’t end. The story building is epic, kept me hooked from the very first chapter. My first thought was, this is giving me hunger game vibes which I didn’t dislike as I love hunger games! But I hoped it would open up into its own and I think it did in the ways that count - I think you need to overlook the similarities and enjoy this story for what it is. Hunger games who?! 😉 Paedyn is officially up there with my all time favourite FMC’s!!! She may be labelled as an “ordinary” but this girl is anything but. She is an absolute bad***. She has been through some absolute horror in her life and is now living it out in the slums of Ilya with her best friend Adena. She claims to be psychic to survive and blend in with the elite. She is an epic thief!! Little did she know the guy she saves in the slums is the prince, which leads to her standing out and her name being picked for the the brutal competition - the purging trials. Anyway….. KAI!!!!! 😍❤️🫶🏼 new book boyfriend alert!! I’m so in love I can’t even. Brought up to be the kings enforcer, Kai has been brutally trained to play his role and execute whomever the king wishes. A killer. Brutal. “She is a vision, a nightmare, a dream. “ The banter between Kai and Paedyn is everything 😂 I was laughing so much throughout. The flirting and swoonworthy - ness 😍😍 I was here for it all!! But I will say, if you’re looking for any sort of spice, it’s not there. ** spoiler alert** we didn’t even get one kiss!! Soo damnnnn close!!!! 😫🥲😂 - Lauren you big tease!! You done us dirty there 😜🤣 “She is a devil. She is a deity. She is a man’s downfall in human form. She is my downfall.” And what with that ending, it might be a while till we get what we’re all waiting for!! But my god, that ending guys 😫😭 we all knew it was coming, but didn’t make it any less harder. I need the next book. Like. Now? 🙏🏼🥺

OBSESSED ‘Mark my words, Prince, I will be your undoing.’ I lean in, ignoring the knife against my throat as I murmur, ‘Oh, darling, I look forward to it.’ What on earth did I just finish reading?! There are 3 types of books, books that has a storyline that are not that interesting and you skim through, books you like reading during the night when you have time, and books you HAVE to read both during the day and night, because your obsessed, your not living in this world anymore but your lost in the book. THIS book is that kind of Obsession!! ‘If I am to be her enemy, I want it to be because she loathes herself for wanting me.’ The story line is good, the caracters are great. The TENSION in this book is on different level, trust me, Ive read like 500 books, and I never thought I would read a book full of soooo much FEELING, and the best thing about it…there was no lust or disgusting thoughts/feelings, it was all adorable and sweet and swoony…I cannot remember how many times I swooned, smiled, sighed and giggled. The dance lessons at night, the thumb war, the saving in the trials, the first meeting, the nightmare scene…I can go on and on and on… He tilts his head to the side, eyes roaming over my face. ‘Tell me,’ he murmurs, ‘what do you want me to call you?’ My eyes slowly meet his, confused by his question. ‘What do YOU want to call me?’ ‘I want to call you mine.’ That banter between the main caracters, deserve an Oscar, it was not short banter you usually get, I loved every word! You cannot stop FEELING! The WANT, the LONGING, the HEARTPOUNDING looks and words, especially said by Kai, he is arrogant, cocky but still so fierce, intense, full of feelings. And the way he WANTS, I wish every boy could WANT nd FEEL that way!! Not until I looked into a pair of ocean blue eyes and realized that perhaps drowning was a beautiful thing. Not until I looked into a pair of fiery blue eyes and realized that perhaps burning was a painless thing. Not until I looked into a pair of sky blue eyes and realized that perhaps falling was a peaceful thing. And then she’s laughing loudly. I hold my breath, watching the way her head tips towards the sky, her silver hair cascades down her back, her eyes crinkle with amusement. She looks back at me too quickly, and I hope I’ve wiped the look of wanting from my face fast enough. The heart shattering ending full of hurt has me craving the next book like a maniac. I cannot wait!! From their first meeting to their last in the book, you will love every moment, just grab the book and read!!! ‘I didn’t realize you had watched me so closely.’ ‘Watched? Darling, I’ve never stopped.’

ماقدرت اكملها الرواية بالمرهههههه طفولية مره والبطلة كريههه والاحداث خايسه انا غصبت نفسي اقراه عشان احداث وان عندهم زي حقت الالعاب الجوع قلت بشوف اكيد بتجي تحمس وحرفيا ماتكلمت عن الالعاب بس مركزه على البطل و البطلة🥲 اعطيها 5/2 وكمان جودة الكتاب مره كويسه وجميل مره الغلاف عل الواقع 😻 بعطيهم خمس نجمات عشان الغلاف بس

Love love loved this book, the novella that recently came out I couldn't get into but I cannot wait for more of the main story. I loved the world building, the story line, it had me in tears at the end. My heart shattered by decisions made, but the second book release is creeping up and I cannot wait to pick it up. The story follow Paedyn, she lives in the slums, she's bottom of the food chain. She's what they called an "Ordinary" but no one knows this, because if they did it would cost her life. An Ordinary is someone who doesn't have powers, instead she has taught herself, well her father at first taught her, to be extremely observant and she pretends to be a physic. Which she successfully fools everyone. Now bring in the storyline, Paedyn is a thief, and thiefs steal. She so happens to steal from the younger prince, the future enforcer. But later in the day she sees that the prince is struggling to fight against a really powerful person who has the ability to almost overwhelm someone by stripping them of their power. Now since Paedyn doesn't have powers, she's able to save the prince. But instead, she lands herself as a contestant for the Purging Trials. Which kind of reminds me of Hunger games. Through these trials she gets to know the prince she saved, but also the other prince as well, the future king. Now that is all I am about to say about the story because you've just got to read it to experience it. Its enticing, its a little slow to begin with but I legitimately could not put the book down for the second half.

Every book I bough came wrapped neatly in a box and there was no faults on the books I’m extremely happy 😍

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