A review by colormeember
Powerless by Lauren Roberts

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I have a lot of thoughts. Miss Lauren Roberts girl, you have a banger on your hands. Putting this book down was hard, but I did it to protect my peace. I got to a certain page before all hell broke loose, and I could’ve stopped there to protect my peace. But my peace is no longer protected. I haven’t been more interested in a series since twilight. I cried, I laughed, I gasped and I cussed people out. as someone who has never read the hunger game series or seen divergent, or any of those fantasy /survival movies/books I feel I followed it pretty well. I only had one complaint, and that was that it was hard to understand between the ordinaries, the elites and the different powers that people had. There are some powers that I’m still questioning because I don’t think I remember passing them as I read but I’m not Trippin. I pre-ordered the next book before I read this book and I’m so glad that past Ember did that. 

SPOILER:

Now these dudes were cackling and kiking about their dad and then when their dad gets off’d, they get upset we need to talk. Y’all didn’t even fuck with the king/your dad, for real but now that my girl off him you’re mad??? DONT PISS ME OFF. When Kai says in the SNEAK PEEK saying that he still doesn’t have the courage to take her out in that moment, I laughed. I’ll be seated to read that struggle.