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Powerful: A Powerless Story Hardcover – April 30, 2024
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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!
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level9 - 12
- Dimensions5 x 0.9 x 7 inches
- PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateApril 30, 2024
- ISBN-101665966300
- ISBN-13978-1665966306
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CHAPTER 1 Makoto
Her name is on a list of the dead.
I squint in the stinging sunlight, scrutinizing every name inked onto the banner. Hers sits among the eight others, likely overlooked beneath the prince’s crowning the top. But despite being on the list, our future Enforcer will easily evade the death awaiting the other contestants. Because these Trials were made for Elites like him. Not Elites like her.
My eyes skim over the list once again, recognizing no other names. I’ve never been one to keep up with what Elites manage to wrangle enough relevance to make it into the Trials.
A shoulder collides with mine, followed by several other limbs pushing against me. Loot is swimming with sticky bodies and echoing shouts of celebration, further adding to the list of reasons why I would rather be anywhere else but the slums of Ilya. It’s a struggle to push my way through the crowded street, every inch of it crawling with ignorance incarnate. Every inch cheering for each contestant they chose to represent Loot.
I push through the crowd, ignoring their celebrations.
They have done nothing more than send Mundanes and Defensive Elites to their deaths.
And she is one of them.
But it should be me. Me who dies brutally. Dies alone. Dies at all.
Chants in honor of the sixth ever Purging Trials ring in my ears, each word a reminder of what I’ve done—nothing.
I’ve spent my whole life huddling in her shadow, hiding from life itself. And now she has been chosen simply because she did nothing of the sort. The people knew her, loved the street magic she performed as a Veil. And yet, they sentence her to death under the guise of honor.
She is a Defensive. Therefore, she is dead.
And I need to find her.
My hands are still streaked with coal dust, leathers clinging to my sweaty body as though I’m still hammering steel over a scalding fire. I had worked through the night and was continuing still when the commotion managed to drag me from the shop.
I should have gone to see her last night. Should have been there when she found out.
And now I’m shoving through a sea of people, attempting to find her before it’s too late. I scan the packed street, catching sight of a coach rumbling toward the end of it. It screeches to a halt, the horses nearly as impatient as the drivers eager to escape the slums.
I sure as hell know how that feels.
I’m shoved forward when the congested crowd begins flocking toward the coach, crowding it as though they’re offering free rides out of this shithole. Begrudgingly, I allow myself to be swept forward, managing to catch a glimpse of her climbing inside.
An Imperial ushers her up the step, and in typical Hera fashion, she shyly thanks him as though he’s not escorting her to her doom. Her sleek black hair is the last thing I see before she’s swallowed by the four walls, sitting in the belly of the coach.
The world seems to quiet, slow its spinning with each shaky breath I manage.
I didn’t get to say goodbye.
My thumb finds the scar cutting crookedly through my lips, tracing it like I had the day my life truly became a secret. A familiar numbness begins to bleed over my body, bathing every bit of me in bitterness.
I’m about to turn away, unable to watch her be paraded toward her death.
That’s when a flash of silver catches my eye.
I peer over the dozens of heads dotting the street, watch her walk toward the coach with hair that tells me all I need to know.
So, this is the famous Silver Savior.
Word of her saving Prince Kai managed to reach even my ears—evidence of how significant she’s become among the slums. Perhaps I’m a skeptic, or simply the only logical person living in the vicinity, but I’m not entirely convinced by her battle with a Silencer. A battle that the future Enforcer himself couldn’t win.
And I know exactly what it’s like to be in Kai’s shoes.
I’m watching her climb into the coach when a hopping figure captures my attention. Dark curls bounce with each attempt to see over the crowd. Her hands are raised, waving haphazardly at the Silver Savior. She’s shouting something that looks quite heartfelt, likely a wasted goodbye that will never be heard.
I lean over a pair of young women who are chanting terribly off-key to the rest of the street. Squinting, I struggle to scan the girl’s face with how persistently she’s bouncing. Something about her seems faintly familiar, as though this isn’t the first time I’ve been graced by the presence of her perpetual perkiness.
I roll my eyes when recognition rams into me.
Oh, I know exactly who this is. In fact, I believe she even made it onto my ever-growing list of reasons to never leave my shop.
I was buying supplies from a merchant who was just as eager to take my money as I was to retreat back into my glorified shed. It was with a bundle of leather tucked beneath my arm and a severe lack of pep in my step that I heard the most absurdly bubbly sales pitch.
And that’s when I saw her, curly hair bouncing with each energetic bob of her head. A plethora of clothing piled around her while she described what is commonly known as a blue shirt with about a dozen more words than necessary.
I may have said a thing or two, though the details of our conversation were hardly interesting enough for me to waste time recalling now.
That was several weeks ago now, but there is no mistaking that the girl currently waving a crazed set of hands down the street is the same seamstress who sells on the corner of an alley.
And she’s a Phaser. I know that much about her. Well, that, and her astounding ability to never tire of talking.
I watch her blow kisses to the Silver Savior, so many that I brace myself to witness her faint. But she does nothing of the sort, leaving me to continue watching the endearing embodiment of her affections for this girl.
There is no mistaking the sincerity in each flailing wave and shouted sentiment. This seamstress knows the Silver Savior, and quite personally by the looks of it. Likely enough to do just about anything for her.
My mind races recklessly, scheming. A horribly impulsive plan begins to form, one that should likely never leave the confines of my mind, let alone be executed at all.
But this just might work.
That is typically what one thinks right before everything goes to shit.
Then again, one might argue that things couldn’t possibly get any shittier.
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- Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (April 30, 2024)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1665966300
- ISBN-13 : 978-1665966306
- Reading age : 15+ years, from customers
- Grade level : 9 - 12
- Item Weight : 9.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.9 x 7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Overall amazing book. Reminds me of hunger games movies.
Powerful is a quick novella that follows along with Powerless, showing what happens to Adena once Paedyn is gone for the Purging Trials. Adena meets Mak and they come up with a plan to get into the castle. Mak is grumpy and sarcastic, but he doesn’t kill Adena’s sunshiny dementor. These two have the sweetest banter!
This book made me want to giggle, swoon, cry and throw it across the room! So many emotions in so little time, truly this book is on The Assassin’s Blade level for me with all the rawest of emotions.
Mak and Adena will forever have a piece of my heart.
Favorite quotes: “Self-serving.” “Paired with the occasional self-loathing.”
“And I know that I’m the fighter, and you’re the lover.”
“But you… you’re the embodiment of everything I am not. And yet, here I am, crawling back to you as though I’ve left a piece of myself behind.”
“You are the sweetest thing I have never tasted.” “And I doubt I’ve craved anything more.”
“I think you’re my little piece of perfection.”
“See you in the sky.”
✨Grumpy x Sunshine
✨Forced Proximity
✨Slow Burn
✨Dual POV
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Oh my this book!! I loved Adena in Powerless - she is pure sunshine and happiness - an innocence that everyone should have on their lives. This book just brings it so much more forward; her outlook, her positivity, and her almost child like nature - Adena is the internal optimist.
And then you meet Makoto! He is the grumpy to her sunshine, the smiles only for her, the perfect cliche of a couple.
“𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”
You know going into this book what the ending will be; but you want to know the why - and you still don’t get to know a good enough reason for it happening (although I don’t think any reason would have been good enough for that ending)! But the budding love story that got cut short too quickly, Makoto’s history and everything he goes through, reliving what Pae went through - UGH! It’s just so unfair!
"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴," 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. "𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺—𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸— 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦."
I am excited for Mak in the next book and how he will help Pae; I mean we don’t know that… but we know he will help her right??
“𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔.”
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It was perfect. I fell hard for Adena and Mak. 🥺😭
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The emotion that it will pull out of you though…😳
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