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Powerful

By: Lauren Roberts
Narrated by: N'Dea Miles, Kevin Shen
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#1 New York Times Bestseller

Set during the time of the New York Times bestseller Powerless, fan favorite Adena gets a story all her own in this captivating novella as she attempts to survive on the streets of Loot…and falls for a mysterious—and dangerous—Elite.

Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they would always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn—an Ordinary—has been selected for the Purging Trials, which means almost certain death.

Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, she’s rescued by a mysterious man from the market. Mak’s shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot. And as the pair team up to see their loved ones before the Trials, the quest tests their loyalty, their love, and their lives.

This novella also includes a special extended teaser to Reckless—the exciting sequel to Powerless!

©2024 Lauren Roberts (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Definitely lacking,first book was so much better not enough interaction between the characters that were in the first book

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Sweet and sad. Pretty good

The female narrator was perfect.

The male wasn’t as convincing. I hadn’t read the first and figured this would be a test. Good but not sure I’ll read the rest

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So nice to get to know more characters

Can’t wait for reckless! This was a good piece to tide me over, but I really thought there would be more development on why the king did it. I get why, but it’s more reading between the lines that got me there.

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Devastated

This is a quick read, but so engaging! It tells the story of Adena during the events of Powerless (book 1). Adena is such a lovable character and we didn’t get enough of her in Powerless so Powerful is for her. I knew what was going to happen based on the ending of Powerless and it did not make it any less devastating. This book had me giggling, falling in love, and desperately hesitating reaching the end I knew was coming.

Story: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️.5
Narration: 🎧 🎧 🎧
Spice: 0

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Love

It was good, just didn’t live up to what I was expecting. Easy and quick read!

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Heartwarming & Heart wrenching

The pace and the soft tumble into love was perfect. And enough to distract me from what was to come.

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wow

I'm crying. no business making this so good! Laura has such a way with make characters, I can't. in one word, beautiful.

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LOVE

This was so cute 🫶🏻 Criminally short. Heartbreaking in the best way. Adena deserved so much more :,)

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Narration was cringy. Story was heartbreaking

Love this story and the writing. I loved learning more about a story I really love and meeting new players. I wish we would have learned more details as to why the ending ended the way it did (Lauren left us hanging for the second time!) but I’m excited for Reckless where hopefully we get answers. And Mak becomes a big part of the story, if he’s not I’ll feel mislead!

The female narrator I really enjoyed and have listened to other books she’s narrators and equally enjoyed those. She does a good job of telling the story and allowing my imagine to flow.

The male narrator made my skin crawl. I felt like he was mocking a story and character I love. I hate leaving bad reviews but this took me out of the book. I think he could be an amazing voice actor just not this time.

Audible please do better. If I didn’t love this series I would have DNF’d this within the first few chapters and not because the book was poorly written… please chose someone else for reckless or provide more coaching so this doesn’t happen again.

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Wow.

I’m currently crying at my desk, I have never been so freaking happy and sad at the same time.

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