Book Review: Powerless by Lauren Roberts


🗡️✨Powerless by Lauren Roberts🗡️✨ 4 STARS

 OK, ALL I WILL SAY IS WOWWWW WHAT A GREAT SECULAR YA FANTASY I NEEDED! ITS THE ROMANCE FOR MEEEEE. YOU CAN CUT THE TENSION WITH A KNIFEEEE LIKE BUTTTTERRRR!

(I may update this review later to be more like a FULL review in sentence form but here are some immediate thoughts.)

*4 stars, it was 5 stars for me up until 75% ish but still a SOLID story!
*Full vlog on Monday to come to my YouTube Channel Monday, 2/19
*I need the second book ASAP
*So glad I read this with friends, great book to buddy read with others!
*It's giving FANTASY HUNGER GAMES AND I LOVED THAT! We have trials, and lavish descriptions, interview with those in the trials, the purging is the reason they have the trials etc.
*We have a "faction-like" set up -- our main girl Paeydn is an "ordinary", our main guy Kai is an Elite. She is pretending to be an Elite with psychic abilities and saves Kai in a crazy situation. Kai and her end up in the trials together and a romance with the ULTIMATE tension happens! The kicker?! Kai is the son of the king and kills Ordinaries as his job....but he doesn't know the girl he is starting to fall for and who saved him is an Ordinary--- YALLLLLLLLL!
*Scratches the itch you need for books like Hunger Games, Red Queen, Divergent etc.
*I was in the "I NEED TO KNOW" feels for most of the books
*Great book to buddy read
*KAI AND PAEYDN FO LYFE - Romance is clean
*The KING is awful villain!
*KAI'S DESCRIPTIONS OF HER AND EYES AND OTHER DIALOGUE WAS THE BEST. SWOOOOON!
*AUDIOBOOK NARRATION IS GREAT! Male and female POVs and narrators.

Now, let's talk content and why it wasn't 5 stars but it felt like 5 stars up until the ending. The reason it felt like 5 stars up until the end...all the things above that I loved! What didn't I love? I didn't love the amount of language throughout the story, it didn't typically bother me but I do think it could have been cut down (no F words but several S, D, A etc). Also the drinking in this book was a bit random, it felt like adding real life things in a fantasy world haha but just want to mention there is some drinking in this.

There is a lot of blood mentioned in battle scenes that are reminiscent of Hunger Games type fighting with blood descriptions. Those didn't really bother me because I was so involved in the story and the romance. However, I did find some scenes at the end bothered me with the gore/brutality in one fight scene. There was also a love triangle brought in I didn't love because the brothers are very close and I didn't love some of the betrayal going on there with the girl and the brothers but it's YA and I can move on lol. It's expected. The ending I wish we had some context given to one of the characters and some communication BUT I see what she is setting up here for book 2 so it's all good!

I think Lauren Roberts writing is very engaging and she did an AWESOME job with this series introduction and tying in so many things from previous words/books that so many of us have grown to know and love but she made it her own original story and I loved that!


FULL YouTube Reading Vlog to come on 2/19/24

*Amazon links are affiliate links and a commission may be earned on items purchased from these links.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Book Rec Post: Southern Charm Readathon

Image
  Hey Ya'll! The Southern Charm Readathon was announced this week over on my YouTube channel! Here is the Announcement video in case you haven't seen it:  We are so excited about the readathon this year in May 2024, with some lovely co-hosts helping me this year! Scroll down to see the details for the readathon AND book recommendation links for all the prompts! 📣 Rules: - Readathon happens the entire month of May 2024! - If you read 1 book, you have participated! Don’t feel like you have to fill the entire bingo board, it’s low pressure- just have fun y’all! - You can double up or ”multiple up” prompts if you want! Use 1 book for as many prompts as you want to! - No genre rules, feel free to use Secular or Christian books for your picks! Just fit the prompts the best you can! 💗 COHOSTS : Taylor : YouTube Channel: @talesandtreatswithtay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talesandtreatswithtay Skye : YouTube Channel: @Read4theSkye Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rea...
Read more

Book Review: Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass

Image
  Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 4 Stars  Book 1 in A Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series This was a fun introduction to a new cozy mystery series with a cute cat sleuth helping along the way! With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile in the resort town of Chilson, Michigan. Things happen she least expects when Eddie runs off and finds the body of a local man in town..... Minnie is ready to let the police solve the case but Eddie seems to smell a rat! Together they work to find the killer.  This was a really fun one to read while I was recovering from having surgery this last week! :) As a gift from my friend Tammy, I am so glad I read it! (And that I had my kitty Simba right there with me while I read it was a cute bonus!) Eddie is a stubborn kitty and I LOVED THAT! He kept on pushing the limits to help Minnie out. :)  A bookmobile is also a unique thing to find in books that I absolutely loved. I am looking forward to more ...
Read more

Book Review: All My Secrets by Lynn Austin

Image
  All My Secrets - Lynn Austin - 5 Stars All My Secrets by Lynn Austin is a multigenerational story of 3 women that explores first loves, grief, high society lifestyle, history, the Christian faith and the essence of what matters most in life. I highly recommend this book as I was fully immersed in the story and characters.  Set during the Gilded Age in New York, we see the strength of the Stanhope women following the passing of Arthur Stanhope. Left uncertain of their future paths, Junietta, Sylvia, and Adelaide grapple with the ramifications of Arthur's will and the looming uncertainty surrounding their family's estate. As they navigate through the aftermath, family secrets begin to unravel, shedding light on their intertwined history. I absolutely loved this story. I was very invested in the audiobook narration and learning about Sylvia and Junietta's past. We see the beauty of the Gospel in this story several times as our characters grapple with their past decisions, mi...
Read more