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A review by m_kuryla
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
3.0
i was very excited to read this book at first because everybody on tiktok talked so highly of it and loved it. it was a romantasy and i’m really into those right now. they loved the banter and just fell in love with the two main characters. i did not have the same experience.
i enjoyed the first half of this book and was interested by the plot. although the constant banter became too much and pulled me away from the book. it seemed so unrealistic with how she was constantly pushing him against walls or trees and threatening him with a dagger against his throat. it was just too cheesy for me and i didn’t enjoy it.
i liked the scenes of them together in the first trial, where she stumbled upon him hurt and nearly dying and his mask fell because he was so genuinely worried for her.
i like an enemies to lovers story so the way they flirted constantly was not it for me. it wasn’t bad writing or anything, just a preference. he was too into her from the start for me to enjoy it.
i stopped reading more than halfway through because i lost interest and motivation to keep reading. then i bought 9 new books and wanted to read those, but i didn’t wanna DNF this one because i was almost finished with it. so i pushed through and started to pick it up and read it again.
i got to the point where Kai and Pae were standing in the rain at the ball, about to kiss and that’s when i got real interested. that scene had a grip on me and it was so romantic and so cute. then the final trial happened and boy was that fucking wild. i don’t know what i was expecting but it wasn’t having Adena at the end of the maze for them to kill. i’m still waiting on that blair death scene.
then when shit hits the fan and Pae kills the king and Kai doesn’t want to kill her. ugh now i really want to read the second book.
so i have this book 3 stars because i did lose interest in the middle just because of the constant back and forth between them and how it was painfully obvious they were into each other and how cheesy it was. although the beginning and end were gravitating. i will buy the second book when it comes out later this year.
i enjoyed the first half of this book and was interested by the plot. although the constant banter became too much and pulled me away from the book. it seemed so unrealistic with how she was constantly pushing him against walls or trees and threatening him with a dagger against his throat. it was just too cheesy for me and i didn’t enjoy it.
i liked the scenes of them together in the first trial, where she stumbled upon him hurt and nearly dying and his mask fell because he was so genuinely worried for her.
i like an enemies to lovers story so the way they flirted constantly was not it for me. it wasn’t bad writing or anything, just a preference. he was too into her from the start for me to enjoy it.
i stopped reading more than halfway through because i lost interest and motivation to keep reading. then i bought 9 new books and wanted to read those, but i didn’t wanna DNF this one because i was almost finished with it. so i pushed through and started to pick it up and read it again.
i got to the point where Kai and Pae were standing in the rain at the ball, about to kiss and that’s when i got real interested. that scene had a grip on me and it was so romantic and so cute. then the final trial happened and boy was that fucking wild. i don’t know what i was expecting but it wasn’t having Adena at the end of the maze for them to kill. i’m still waiting on that blair death scene.
then when shit hits the fan and Pae kills the king and Kai doesn’t want to kill her. ugh now i really want to read the second book.
so i have this book 3 stars because i did lose interest in the middle just because of the constant back and forth between them and how it was painfully obvious they were into each other and how cheesy it was. although the beginning and end were gravitating. i will buy the second book when it comes out later this year.