Powerless

3.8/5 stars Where to begin. I am torn. I liked it a lot, but I feel I should be honest with every aspect of it. It was a TikTok book. CHEMISTRY Even though the plot reminded me a lot of other series, such as The Selection, ToG, Red Queen, Hunger Games, Divergent etc. I do not know if that is what bothered me. Sure there where many similarities making me feel like I do not read anything original, and all I could keep doing was reading something and remembering another character from the other series, but I have to admit that the chemistry was THERE. You can easily make a reader feel bored when writing a slow burn, but the excecution here was not it. The chemistry was so strong, that it kept me smirking. I believe this book is everything that you wish could happen between the main couple but other authors tend to not deliver in order to keep you on your toes. But here, it gives everything. SIDE CHARACTERS We tend to see very little of the other characters. Adena, Jax, Andy. I would like to see a little bit more of them. More in-depth conversations with Adena and Paedyn, more fun and teasing with Jax and Kai and more conversations with Andy and Kai. It felt like 80% of the book was revolving around Kai and Paedyn, when in reality I need a little bit extra of the side characters (not a lot of it though) so as to connect with them and create a stronger bond with the whole universe I am into. Stronger bonds lead to stronger feelings lead to stronger memory. STORYTELLING Something I felt was missing, especially at the beginning, was the fact that whenever we had a switch in POV's there wasn't any reference to the events of the previous chapter. Not any reference to the other POV's feelings, thoughts and reactions. Since you are giving me more than one POV, at least connect them. Otherwise I feel I a reading a sequence of events without a connection between the characters. WRITING Some lines were repeated from one POV to the next or from one chapter to the other. Now this is something I've seen quite a few times and I am not in for it. Why use the exact same sentence or change a single word when there is an ocean of expresions you can use? Overall, I liked it and I enjoyed it, mostly because of the chemistry that was evolving and growing. It did not disappoint in that, as well as in the end where there was a plot twist I did not see coming. I mean.... HOW ON EARTH ARE YOU GONNA RECOVER FROM THIS? I am in for the next one to find out!

Ίσως ένα από τα καλύτερα βιβλία που έχω διαβάσει (μάλιστα 2 φορές γιατί τόσο μου άρεσε). Η ευκολία ανάγνωσης, η ιστορία, οι πρωταγωνιστές, η έλξη τους, σε κρατάνε εκεί μέχρι το τέλος. Η φράση "kiss or kill" τους κυνηγάει μέχρι το τέλος, ενώ δεν λείπει και το cliffhanger στο τέλος του 1ου βιβλίου. Πολύ ρομαντικό χωρίς smut. Το συστήνω ανεπιφύλακτα, αρκεί να έχετε υπομονή για τα επόμενα 2 βιβλία που δεν έχουν ακόμα βγει στην αγορά (το 2ο βγαίνει 4η Ιουλίου 2024).

Το βιβλίο "Powerless" της Lauren Roberts είναι ιδιαίτερα απολαυστικό. Παρότι το θέμα του μπορεί να μην είναι εντελώς πρωτότυπο, η ιστορία καταφέρνει να διατηρεί αμείωτο το ενδιαφέρον του αναγνώστη. Οι χαρακτήρες είναι ζωντανοί, γεμάτοι χιούμορ και εξαιρετική χημεία μεταξύ τους. Η αφήγηση είναι ευχάριστη και ρέει ομαλά, που οι σελίδες περνούν αβίαστα και ο χρόνος κυλά χωρίς να το καταλάβεις. Είναι ένα βιβλίο που απευθύνεται κυρίως σε εφήβους και νεαρούς ενήλικες, κάνοντάς το ιδανικό για όσους αναζητούν μια ευχάριστη απόδραση. Συνολικά, είναι ένα πολύ ευχάριστο βιβλίο που αξίζει τον χρόνο σας.