Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1) in Fictional Character Lovers

Apr 17, 2025 audrey (completely gone rn) rated it it was ok

Shelves: reviewed, booktok-made-me-do-it

start on: 4.17.25
end on: 4.20.25

‎‧₊˚✧final review✧˚₊‧

‧₊˚🖇️✩₊housekeeping˚🎧⊹♡
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ spoilers because i’m angry
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ 1.5 stars because the ending was actually kind of good??
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ no quotes cuz this review is about 10 hours long and also i dont care enough

🫧𓇼𓏲rest of review✩‧₊˚🎐

·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ genre: YA Fantasy Romance

·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ what to expect + content warnings + age rating
➳ 1st person present tense
➳ dual pov w/ an epilogue in a different pov
➳hunger games like trials
➳ class ...more

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Jun 27, 2024 Basmah ₊˚ෆ {FREE PALESTINE} rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, favorites

my first review !! ୭ ✧ ˚.

FIVE FREAKING STARS !!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

ok y'all this book has me SPEECHLESS. 😮

tropes:
⤷ sorta enemies to lovers
⤷ kinda forbidden romance
⤷ SLOW BURNNN
⤷ the "who did this to you?"
⤷ love triangle

🌷plot 🌷
basically the story is abt a girl named Paedyn. She lives in a world of elites that possess special skills and abilities. She is a powerless (as the title says). Ordinaries are left to die, left to be killed. Paedyn lives in the slums, and pretends to have special skills. She pretends ...more

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Nov 02, 2024 stephhhhh rated it it was ok

2.5 ⭑ ⭑.

“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨”
“𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺”

whattt in the endinggg I wasn’t expecting that!!!!
Buttt while reading the book I’ve felt like I’ve read this same story before. It had zero originality, it was just a book with all the tropes that everybody loves, just for people to enjoy it. The main characters also had zero attachment and whatsoever they were so sad to see each other go. Just gonna say the plot twist, that later on in the thir ...more

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Apr 01, 2024 olivia ♡ rated it it was amazing

“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.”

In a world of powerful humans who call themselves ‘Elites,’ Paedyn Gray is an Ordinary, a human with no power.
She gets chosen to participate in “The Hunger Games”-like trials and she has to try and survive, without anyone figuring out she is Powerless.

The tension and slow-burn in this book is amazing and the ending will leave you begging for the sequel ...more

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