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Powerless by Lauren Roberts
3.5
funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Sigh...
Yeah this book really wasn't my cup of tea. The plot was way too similar to Red Queen to make it original and the romance was just wasn't it. I still have no idea as to how Pae and Kai fell in 'love' with each other because imho all they ever did as communication was flirt. Like there was attraction yes, but love? Damn no. Kai felt like a character who was developed "for" paedyn and for the readers to swoon over by looking over way too many tumblr writing prompts. Their wasn't really much explorations of his thoughts if they weren't explicitly centred around Paedyn and his reaction at the end was just bland. Pae felt way too much like y/n in wattpad ffs and as a reader, I seriously can't remember anything defining about her personality that's not related to being observant and having gray hair or liking honeybuns. I'm sorry this book just wasn't my cup of tea. It was a quick read, yes, but definitely not a memorable one.