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Reckless

The Powerless Trilogy, Book 2

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Reckless

By: Lauren Roberts
Narrated by: Cecily Bednar Schmidt, Chase Brown, Jared Zeus
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES! OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD.

With more than 60 million views on TikTok, the second heart-racing instalment in this bestselling and sizzling fantasy romance trilogy. Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and The Hunger Games.

The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil…

After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King, and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to.

Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice.

Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts – and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.

Be swept away by this bestselling, dagger-to-the-throat romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm.

Powerless and Powerful available now.

Follow Lauren Roberts on TikTok and Instagram @LaurenRobertsLibrary.

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Emotional Storytelling • Unexpected Twists • Amazing Narrators • Engaging Plot • Guilty Pleasure • Great Tension
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Completely in love with the story and with the MMC, Kai is just amazing. Ends with a huge cliffhanger…can’t wait for the next book.

Heart pounding fast every page

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I hate Kitt with passion because of that ending. What. Why?? So he can torture Pae in the worst ways infront of Kai forever? He's evil.. I also hated the beginning. Mostly the first 21 chapters. The way they were so rough with each other and their first kiss broke my heart 😭 I didn't like how Kai lost his tenderness he felt for her in Powerless.. It was extremely difficult to deal with... But I'm glad that got fixed at the end even though I still can't forgive that.. Honestly I was so terrified Kitt would make Kai torture Pae or something so fked up like that. I would hate that even more. But.. He decided he's going to do that instead and hurt Kai along with it.. Forcing Pae to marry him?? I just think of the worst.. What if he forces himself on her and make her suffer that way.. The worst ways.. I doubt he's going to turn back to a kind king.. He's going to be worse.. Crazier more awful.. At least I'm really hoping I'm wrong. This book is full of angst. Written well if I do say so myself. But for me personally was hard to deal with the constant hurt they brought to each other. I'm very glad we found out a lot about Ordinaries, the Plague, Paedyn and Paedyn's dad.. And Ava, Kai's sister.. I would sum this book up as pretty depressing though. There wasn't much to laugh about or a silly banter. It was serious and it was painful 😅 but.. I'll read the last book and hope everything works out well in the end..

Absolutely Heartbreaking

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I love this series! The level of emotion it provokes and the twists and turns in the story are amazing. The depth of the relationship between the characters is so well developed and had me staying up way too late to finish just another chapter.....

Heart wrenching

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This is one of my favorite series, can’t wait to the third part to be published. The performance was amazing like the previous book, the ending left me with an open mouth, I didn’t expect it.
And the banter between the two main characters was amazing.
The author extend the story in a very graceful way , I didn’t get bored in any moment

Still loving this series

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If Powerless was the spark, Reckless is the wildfire. This sequel goes hard. The stakes are higher, the betrayals sharper, and the emotional carnage? Devastating. Paedyn and Kai’s connection gets deeper, darker, and way more complicated—and I loved every second of it.

Lauren Roberts has mastered the art of the painful almost-kiss, the soul-crushing twist, and the “I hate you but I’d die for you” trope. I was on edge the entire time, heart racing and nerves shredded.

The action? Relentless. The pacing? Ruthless. The romance? On the edge of destruction.

Brutal, beautiful, and totally unhinged—in the best way. I was emotionally unwell, and I didn’t want it to stop.

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So I just fell even more in love with Kai than I did in Powerles. I’m telling you, this book boyfriend is the love of my life.
Lauren Roberts has such a beautiful way with words. This is the type of book that makes you want to pick up annotating even if you’re not that type of reader because the amount of beautiful dialogue is insane.
The banter between Kai and Paedyn is just as effortless as in the first book and the chemistry is sizzling.
The plot twist in the end was a bit predictable but still made me want to scream. I’m now sitting in agony waiting for Fearless to come out.
I highly recommend this book.

Kai Azer is the love of my life.

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I hate hate hate Kitt and I’ll never forgive him if this actually happens cause what the fuck ????? I had a great time reading this book tho

I HATE THIS ENDING

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Certain parts, especially the journey between Kai and Payden are actually suffocating. It could have been better. I hope Fearless will highlight all that is missing. It’s a lot that is missing and that has not been addressed in this book.

The romance

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This book is such a sad story that had some good funny moments in it so different from the first book but not underwhelming at all. Recommend 100% no doubt. Also an applause is too little for the amazing narrators that made me feel each and every emotion in this book, just a chefs kiss.

Bittersweet story

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Oh boy....
I never thought that a bookrecomedation through Instagram would be that good.
I started the first book and was hooked on the story. The personality builds where so great.
And how they where so addicted to eachother.

I tried to read the second story but I prefered the narraters.
I always love 2 good narraters together it bring the story even better.

Can't wait for the 3rd.

Addictive

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