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Powerful: A Powerless Story Hardcover โ 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 Lootโฆand falls for a mysteriousโand dangerousโElite.
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 Paedynโan Ordinaryโhas been selected for the Purging Trials, which means almost certain death.
Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, sheโs rescued by a mysterious man from the market. Makโs 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 Recklessโthe 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 princeโs 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. Iโve 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. Itโs 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 Iโve doneโnothing.
Iโve 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 Iโm 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 Iโm shoving through a sea of people, attempting to find her before itโs 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.
Iโm shoved forward when the congested crowd begins flocking toward the coach, crowding it as though theyโre 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 heโs not escorting her to her doom. Her sleek black hair is the last thing I see before sheโs 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 didnโt 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.
Iโm about to turn away, unable to watch her be paraded toward her death.
Thatโs 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 earsโevidence of how significant sheโs become among the slums. Perhaps Iโm a skeptic, or simply the only logical person living in the vicinity, but Iโm not entirely convinced by her battle with a Silencer. A battle that the future Enforcer himself couldnโt win.
And I know exactly what itโs like to be in Kaiโs shoes.
Iโm 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. Sheโs 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 girlโs face with how persistently sheโs bouncing. Something about her seems faintly familiar, as though this isnโt the first time Iโve 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 thatโs 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 sheโs 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 couldnโt possibly get any shittier.
Product details
- Publisher โ : โ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (April 30, 2024)
- Language โ : โ English
- Hardcover โ : โ 256 pages
- ISBN-10 โ : โ 1665966300
- ISBN-13 โ : โ 978-1665966306
- Reading age โ : โ 15+ years, from customers
- Grade level โ : โ 9 - 12
- Item Weight โ : โ 9.2 ounces
- Dimensions โ : โ 5 x 0.9 x 7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Lauren isnโt writing about fantasy worlds and bantering love interests, she can likely be found burrowed in bed reading about them. Lauren has lived in Michigan her whole life, making her very familiar with potholes, snow, and various lake activities. She has the
hobbies of both a grandmother and a child, i.e., knitting, laser tag, hammocking, word searches, and coloring. Powerless is her debut novel, and she hopes to have the privilege of writing pretty words for the rest of her life. If you enjoy ranting, reading, and writing, Lauren can be found on both TikTok and Instagram @Laurens1ibrary for your entertainment.
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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 doesnโt kill Adenaโs 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 Assassinโs Blade level for me with all the rawest of emotions.
Mak and Adena will forever have a piece of my heart.
Favorite quotes: โSelf-serving.โ โPaired with the occasional self-loathing.โ
โAnd I know that Iโm the fighter, and youโre the lover.โ
โBut youโฆ youโre the embodiment of everything I am not. And yet, here I am, crawling back to you as though Iโve left a piece of myself behind.โ
โYou are the sweetest thing I have never tasted.โ โAnd I doubt Iโve craved anything more.โ
โI think youโre my little piece of perfection.โ
โSee you in the sky.โ
โจGrumpy x Sunshine
โจForced Proximity
โจSlow Burn
โจDual 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.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐น๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.โ
You know going into this book what the ending will be; but you want to know the why - and you still donโt get to know a good enough reason for it happening (although I donโt think any reason would have been good enough for that ending)! But the budding love story that got cut short too quickly, Makotoโs history and everything he goes through, reliving what Pae went through - UGH! Itโs just so unfair!
"๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด," ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. "๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บโ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธโ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ."
I am excited for Mak in the next book and how he will help Pae; I mean we donโt know thatโฆ but we know he will help her right??
โ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.โ
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It was perfect. I fell hard for Adena and Mak. ๐ฅบ๐ญ
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The emotion that it will pull out of you thoughโฆ๐ณ
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