Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy)

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Paedyn and Kai battle with duty and desire in this highly anticipated second installment in the sizzling and epic romantic fantasy trilogy that’s packed with spicy tension and edge-of-your-seat betrayal.

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.

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Reviewer: Shelby B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful Young Adult Romantic Fantasy
Review: I could not be more impressed with the writing of Lauren Roberts. The imagery, the pacing, the plot, the resolution, everything about her books in the Powerless series blows me away. And she’s so young! The depth of her characters and their stories and the insights into life are beautiful.Reckless is the second book in the Powerless series and it brought tears to my eyes a few times. Paedyn, our FMC, is a fugitive following the events at the end of Powerless. Now she is on the run, trying to evade the enemy she fell for during the Purging trials. This is an enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers again story. You’ll have whiplash in the BEST way.Side note: regarding the romance, the Powerless Trilogy is definitely young adult with only 1 chili pepper for the first two books. Mostly slow burn with endearing and sweet intimacy that builds through forced proximity and companionship versus a physically s3xual relationship on the page. I personally LOVE some spice in my books, so the fact that I DEVOURED these and could not put them down WITHOUT there being open page spice speaks volumes to the beauty of her writing. I’m not a writer myself, obviously, so I am struggling to express the quality of Lauren Roberts writing. But the story is just beautiful.Anyways, back to the plot. Lots of action and suspense throughout the book with Paedyn nearly dying MANY times. Kai… even though he’s enemy number 1 in this book, I still LOVE him. I just want to give him all the hugs for the turmoil he has experienced in his life.Tropes: Enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, dual POVNow to the good stuff, my favorite quotes (these will be better reading than my writing above, lol):What is she without her fire fueling her? A shell of the Silver Savior she once was? The ghost of a girl I was willing to ruin myself for? If she fights for nothing she lives for death. But if she burns for something, she lives for hope.I want her to fight me.I want her to burn for me, even if it means with hatred.Funniest Forced Proximity, one-bed scene I’ve read. So the scene picks up after Paedyn has Kai turn around and not look while she changes.”Can I turn around now?” I ask with a sigh when the bed creaks behind me.”Shh, I’m trying to sleep.”I spin to see her sprawled ato the quilt, the stolen gray shirt swallowing her whole. With arms and legs stretched wide, she attempts to take up as much of the bed as possible. The sight is so unexpected that I nearly choke on a laugh. “What is –“”Sorry,” she says, her eyes closed and lips crooked. “There’s no more room on the bed.””I can see that, ” I respond dryly.Home.The word stings my eyes, burns in my throat, just as the smoke had when I escaped the fiery fragments of my childhood. Each one of my homes is gone – my father, my Adena, my house on the corner of Merchant and Elm.She looks at me, shocked. And then she smiles, bright and big like the night sky hanging above us.I fear she could rival the stars.Lenny shakes his head. “You are a little cockroach, you know that?””Plagues,” I snort. “You really know what a girl wants to hear, don’t you?””No, I mean, I’m convinced you can survive anything.””Yeah, well, I’m convinced that becoming a curse,” I say quietly.”UGH. ALL of page 189.But here’s a little…”I don’t regret it.” His words are a rush, a confession he’s clung to. “I don’t regret you, or what was between us. And I don’t regret kissing you on that roof. But I know I’ll regret what I have to do to you for the rest of my life.”… “Do you regret it?” he asks, voice urgent….”I…” My hands find his arms, cupping his wrists. “I regret not doing it right. And I regret not being what I’m supposed to be.”…. several sentences laterDeath emboldens. The end initiates….”Pretend,” I whisper against his lips.I am recklessness incarnet. Until the very end.His next words mirror the ones whispered after placing me atop his feet to dance beside the firelight. “Let me swim for the both of us.” -#swoonOut here I am Kai and nothing more.” His throat bobs. “Out here I am powerless. A monster without an ability to hide behind. An Enforcer free from his masks.

Reviewer: Maggie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Kai and Pae Forever No Matter What
Review: Rating: 4|5 ⭐I just have say that I am obsessed with Pae and Kai. Like they are my endgame, and I will not take any slander upon them. Lauren could write a whole other book with just their banter, and I would EAT it up. However, declaring my love of those two can’t just be the only thing that I loved and didn’t love throughout this whole book, even as much as I wish it was.I’ve seen plenty of reviews of this book, because I finally finished it after an eternity. And the general consensus is that there are mixed reviews all around. With which I am tending to agree with on both sides. One of the biggest problems with this book, that most people have seemed to agree upon, is that this book lacks the plot that the previous book had to it. Which is definitely true, and nothing REALLY went on in this book that really changed the trajectory of the story in any way that was significant. However, without that, we as readers were given a more personal lens to see the relationship between Pae and Kai blossom. And I’m here for it honestly.I also have seen that people were either torn about the ending. With some people guessing from the very first POV of Kitt to not really knowing until it was revealed at the end. I do have to say for myself, I saw the ending coming from a mile away, I was just confused on why it was going to happen. Although, we don’t get an answer to that question quite yet, there are some really interesting theories about it, so I can’t wait till Fearless comes out and we get answers to our questions.Overall, my opinion about this book is nothing but positive and I enjoyed seeing Pae and Kai together with this will they, won’t they when they definitely should vibe going on. The tension, the banter and the romance had me swooning; but then again, I’m a hopeless romantic at heart. If you’ve loved the story line so far in the series (from Powerless to Powerful) and you don’t mind some heavy romance with little plot in this book, I recommend a read of it. I’m hoping that it is setting us up for some big moments in the next book.Enjoy Readers! <3 Reviewer: Leah Stuckman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: dayum we are dialed IN
Review: The tension between these two has me SWEATING and grinning at my kindle like a freaking weirdo in public. I can’t stop eating this story up and loving the dual points of view. I fear that Kai is my absolute man forever and I love him. How do I trick my husband into reading this and speaking like him (and my husband is the best already but gah dang Kai is a poet). Also I love the love triangle and I have hope for kitt. I love him too

Reviewer: Adriana
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The story continues right where it ended in the first book and holds the same space in my heart. It feels different than the first part because it’s in between the story and it also doesn’t end with a finish. It leaves me eager to read the third book.I enjoyed reading this one as much as the other books of the universe and I recommend it to everyone who liked to read the other books.

Reviewer: Listia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: no further comments, just love it!

Reviewer: So many mistakes are there in this book
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It’s brilliant… I’ve never gave any book 5 stars but this damn book deserves this…the storyline is firee and the chemistry of Kai and Paedyn is something which is marvellous.This book is worth buying 💕Lots of love and appreciation to Lauren

Reviewer: John W
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great read

Reviewer: Danique
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Mijn boek kwam binnen met een stuk plakkerig karton erop wat er niet afgaat. Erg fijn hoor!

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