Powerless
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4.5 • 1.6K Ratings
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Publisher Description
A New York Times bestseller!
This sparkling edition includes a special case stamping, bonus content, and a teaser to book two in this heart-pounding series!
Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, this young adult fantasy follows the forbidden romance between a powerful prince and an ordinary girl as they try to survive their kingdom’s grueling laws pitting them against each other.
She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting.
He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be.
Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites. The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.
Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be keenly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can to stay alive and out of trouble…easier said than done.
When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she is…completely Ordinary.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For decades, the Kingdom of Ilya has been populated by Elites, the lucky few who received supernatural abilities after surviving a devastating plague. In a society in which Ordinaries are systematically exiled by the king, orphan Paedyn Gray, 18, leads a hardscrabble life posing as a Psychic to hide her Ordinary status. After she saves 19-year-old Prince Kai Azer in a chance encounter, Paedyn is selected to compete in the Purging Trials, where she must fight against other Elites in a prestigious tournament meant to showcase Ilya's best and brightest. Kai's participation complicates matters further, especially since he has been trained to hunt and kill Ordinaries. As the Trials become increasingly deadly, Paedyn and Kai must reconcile their burgeoning romantic feelings for each other with their respective places in a brutal and discriminatory society. Roberts unevenly touches on themes of privilege and inequality via sometimes overly descriptive prose, which slows the pace of this titillating debut. Paedyn and Kai's alternating POVs skillfully juxtapose steamy romantic encounters with heart-pounding action and gory violence, delivering a tale of political and personal intrigue that capably kicks off an epic trilogy. Characters cue as white. Ages 14–up.
Customer Reviews
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The banter… ALONE is worth every single page.
It's... Fine
This is a somewhat decent read. However, either the author really lacks the ability to create a story world and descriptive exposition/detail or she and her editors are just lazy. There is barely a description of anything (at least if you compare this to any other similar books where you can practically see the places rise from the pages). But the characters are fairly interesting and that is what kept me reading. However, she reuses soooooo many of the same descriptors "silver hair" "green eyes" etc. it becomes really boring after awhile. It's a shame because the story was decent it just really needed more development. It's like she took the Hunger Games, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and ACOTAR and smashed them all together and hoped for the best. I want so badly to give it a better rating but the writing is mediocre at best. It's fine: not amazing, not terrible, just... fine.
It was good
I just finished all the Sarah j mass books and was worried this wouldn’t do it for me but it did. I honestly finished the series in like 3 days. The romance is 10/10 and the fantasy is still there