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Powerless

By: Lauren Roberts
Narrated by: Chase Brown, Cecily Bednar Schmidt
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OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD! THE INSTANT NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON.

‘Nothing short of epic’ Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of
Sixteen Souls
‘A thrilling fantasy with the most delicious slow-burn romance’ M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood
‘[A] titillating debut’ Publishers Weekly

Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this sizzling fantasy romance not to be missed.

Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya . . . The exceptional. The Elites. The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the Plague, while those born Ordinary are just that, banished from the kingdom and shunned from society.

No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary posing as an Elite. When she unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, Kai Azer, she’s thrown into the Purging Trials, a brutal competition to showcase her ‘Elite’ powers.

If the Trials and the opponents don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn really is . . . completely Ordinary.

Be swept away by the first in the smash hit, dagger-to-the-throat romantasy trilogy that's taken the world by storm.

Also Available:
Reckless and Powerful

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©2023 Lauren Roberts. All rights reserved (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, UK. All Rights Reserved.
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Listening to a book might hurt more than reading.

I thought it would hurt less hearing than reading. but it was the opposite. I knew the ending before I started this book. nope. pain is still pain.

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PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT

The male narrator's voice is sooo gooood. You can literally hear every emotion the MMC feels when he speaks it. The female narrator too wasn't bad, I just laughed sometimes when she had to mimic some male characters 😂

The story itself isn't slow burn, It's I'm gonna make you itch for it and torture you for it 😫 It was a lil fun at the beginning, I loved their flirtation and going back and forth.. But the last 10 or so chapters made me sit on the edge of my seat! AND DON'T LET ME SPEAK ABOUT THE ENDING UGH! I can't believe I have to wait for April then July for the following parts.

This is my first experience ever on Audiobooks. and it took me over a month to actually give this a proper shot and I'm just glad I did it.. didn't expect to cry my eyes out over a sci-fi tho and I'm not even a fan of the genre, I only started with this cause it was free. Look at me now hooked 😫😫

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entriging

The banter between Kai and Payden was so much fun. It's hard to remember its only the beginnig of this wonderful story. Its like being in the scenes it self.

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WOW

The narrators voices are PERFECT!!! And the story is amazing. Really well written and well performed.

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Some of the best fantasy I’ve read in a long time.

Powerless is a fantasy with amazing world building and a captivating plot but at its heart Powerless is really a the story of a forbidden and imposible romance. Love, hate, politics, betrayal. Powerless has something for everybody.
Safe to say that through all the twists and turns I wasn’t disappointed once. Pick this book up and believe me, you won’t regret it.

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The vocals were amazing. I really enjoyed the dynamic between Peadyn and Kai brought to life after reading the book

I enjoyed the voice acting even if the story felt a bit forced in certain places

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The tension was amazing

The book was amazing, but I think I would like it more If I read it in a physical book, not because the audiobook wasn’t good. It’s because I prefer it like that. I had a hard time to connect with Payton when it was Kai chapters, because the male actor did had voice. But the tension was amazing.

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amazing

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I don’t know what to feel

I seriously can’t pinpoint on one emotion towards this book I liked kai’s character and kitt’s but I can’t find it in me to overlook their cruelty towards ordinary human and specially towards the woman they both loved. Even before finishing the first book I bought the second, so let us see where it goes. The narrators didn’t put enough effort into their performances.

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Too much of Hunger Games

I regret buying all the books in this series. The more I listen to the story, the more I am reminded of those movies… with the injuries, the support or not from the public etc. I’d to stop listening, too boring. Plus, the male narrator isn’t convincing when doing the female MC, the voice sounds so fake and the MC so childish.
Wasted credits.

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