#paedyn x kai

[evafoxz]

— powerless headers. 🪙

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[murasaki-cha]

My honest reaction as I am currently reading Powerless (my friend lent it to me).

This is peak romance if you ask me!

YOU KNOW YOUR GIRL HERE LOVES A GOOD ENEMIES TO LOVERS!!

#powerless #lauren roberts #kai azer #paedyn gray #paedyn x kai #romantasy #fantasy romance #ya books #book recommendations #book rec #bookblr

[maddiesflame]

Powerless headers

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[highladyofterrasen7]

This is my formal request for Kai Azer to pin me against the wall

#kai azer #powerless #paedyn gray #paedyn x kai

[blackwindsreads]

Powerless - ★★★☆☆ (SPOILERS)

Rating - 3.25

Overview - Set in a world where the magic system allows for a variety of powers, the story follows a human girl Paedyn. Although Paedyn is able to pretend having psychic powers, she is in truth powerless and displays no magical qualities. Paedyn has lost her family and spent years living in the city's slums where she has become a thief to make a living. Through a run in with a crown prince and saving him from a fight, Paedyn gets selected to take part in that year's tournament where she goes against others who have strong magical abilities.

Plot - The world itself is quite interesting and reminded me of Sanderson's Mistborn - we get quite an extensive list of powers that are available and some of these are considered more elite than others. The plot itself moves along quite quickly and did not drag, although I found some of the worldbuilding lacking logic and a clear explanation.

Even though quick paced, the plot did feel like a rehash of some popular books in the genre - the tournament felt awfully close to Hunger Games, especially with its set up of the tournament contestants being a mix between those who joined it willingly and those who were plucked against their will. I never truly understand the purpose and the goal of the tournament and felt like Roberts should have spent more time explaining what the costentants were ultimately fighting for.

Otherwise the plot is driven a lot by the enemies to lover romance between Paedyn and the crown prince Kai. It was a slow burn, and a partially attempted love triangle with Kai's brother thrown in the mix. Now, I do love a good enemies to lovers trope just as much as any other romantasy girlie, but this did often feel like a library of tropes. At times I felt like the plot was moving in a certain direction just so that Roberts could use some of the most famous tropes, some of those being: - Knife to throat - Jealous love interest gets drunk - Who did this to you? - Love interest is injured and is tended to - Training scene gets saucy - Stay with me this night (but nothing really happens)

Characters - Paedyn was a pretty solid FMC in this context, although I found her love for her friend from the slums to be unbelievable - for all of Paedyn's claiming of how she lover her friend, she seemed to remember her barely... ever. Some of the finale of the book therefore felt a lot less emotionally impactful to me.

Kai is an attempted morally grey MMC, but to me his ''grey'' part was settled too quickly and I never believed him to be a villain. I think this was an attemped Rhys (ACOTAR) / Cardan (Cruel Prince) / Jacks (Once Upon a Broken Heart), but the attempt fell flat to me.

Some of the background characters seem to have little explanation for their darker ways and felt quite one dimensional, especially the main female ''villain'' who seemed to hold a lot of grudges that I felt were never really explained.

What I liked most - Even with its overuse of romantasy tropes, I enjoyed the banter and interactions between Paedyn and Kai and enjoyed scenes with them on the page the most. It was a fun palette cleanser between some heavier reads. The twist at the end provides for a good setup for a sequel and I am going to read it to see where the story progresses.

What I hated most - The overuse of tropes and scenes that were more than just inspired by other series but rather rewrites of them. The writing could also use some improvements and felt quite juvenile at points. Would love to see more solid worldbuilding and less one dimensional characters in the future instalment.

#powerless #paedyn gray #kai azer #lauren roberts #paedyn x kai

[thejudeduarte]

Me to Kai azer:

#powerless #kai azer #paedyn gray #Kai x paedyn #lauren roberts #Kai #Paedyn #It's just the truth #He was crushing SO HARD #AND WHEN HE CALLS HER DARLING #ARSGFHGKMFKDODHFKCOFOFNFK

[jessread-s]

✩🗡️🌸Review:

Lauren Roberts’ debut novel blew me away!

“Powerless” follows Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary born without the powers possessed by the Elites that rule the kingdom of Ilya. Left with no choice, Paedyn poses as a Psychic to blend in to survive in the slums and avoid banishment. When she unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, however, she is thrown into the spotlight as a competitor in the Purging Trials—a brutal competition showcasing the Elites’ abilities. Her survival is entirely dependent on the lie she has spent her whole life living, but her growing feelings for the prince threaten to destroy all her carefully laid plans.

I absolutely flew through this book! Enemies to lovers, forbidden love, forced proximity, knife to the throat… the story was definitely written around common tropes and the plot resembles the likes of “Red Queen” and “The Hunger Games”, but it really worked for me because I grew deeply attached the characters. I was fully invested in Paedyn and Kai’s development as a couple and as individual characters. I particularly enjoyed alternating between their points-of-view because Roberts does such a great job capturing their irresistible chemistry and respective internal struggles.

I also took a liking to Roberts’ world-building. While simple, I was not left wanting. The kingdom of Ilya’s political structure, the system of magic in relation to the Elites, the Purging Trials, the rebellion headed by the Ordinaries, and the different environments the characters navigate fascinated me and have so much potential for expansion in upcoming novels in the series.

The atmosphere Roberts creates with the high stakes her characters must grapple with and the action packed plot make for an impressive debut. Fair warning, the ending of this book is a punch to the gut and scream inducing. I most definitely will be getting my hands on “Reckless” upon its publication in July!

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[moplayspoke]

I’ve been listening to playlists for each series and found my favorite songs that I think capture their love stories perfectly. May contain spoilers.

1) The Empyrean / Fourth Wing : Violet x Xaden

- Skin and Bones (David Kushner)

- Still Into You (Paramore)

- Luminary (Joel Sunny)

2) ACOTAR : Rhysand x Feyre

- Until I Found You (Steven Sanchez)

- A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)

- Interstellar - Piano & Violin Version (ViOLiNiA Zhanna Stelmakh)

3) Powerless : Paedyn x Kai

- Nobody Gets Me (Sza)

- im yours (Isabel LaRosa)

4) Divine Rivals : Iris x Roman

- Wicked Game (Annaca and Frederick Lloyd)

5) One Dark Window : Raven x Elspeth

- Under Giant Trees (Agnes Obel)

#acotar #powerless lauren roberts #powerless #empyrean #fourth wing #divine rivals #one dark window #moplayspoke #moplayspoke reads

[my-life-a-reading-list]

Paedyn and Kai by Bruna Garret

Cue spoilery parallel from Reckless:

"Go on, my Silver Savior. Be my undoing." [X] [X]

#HER 28 FRECKLES I CAN'T #powerless #paedyn gray #kai azer #reckless #spoilers #fanart #Bruna Garret #brunagarretart #lauren roberts #Instagram

[zuzanna-jadw1ga]

...Ready for it? is such a kai azer x paedyn gray song

@metallica-jk

[moondust-on-the-hijabi]

𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕒𝕪

𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆➶

.*+:｡.｡ ☽ ｡.｡:+*

↳ meet the character: ᴀʏʟɪɴ | ace | indian-american hijabi | minor 31 december | ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴘᴀʟᴇꜱᴛɪɴᴇ | sophie and fitz defender | slightly insane | black hijab supremacy | too many hobbies with horrible time management | ist ; infj | reader flash™ & ebook dealer | full time procrastinator, part time student & writer | green, dark purple, black | avery stan | julius gong is my bf | hopeless romantic | find me simping over the moon

𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒅 | 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔

𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔: kotlc, aru shah, six of crows, riordanverse, nevermoor, httyd, secret shanghai, anything by ann liang, the inheritance games 𝒌𝒑𝒐𝒑: stay, engene, onedoor, i'll-it (stop hating them)

𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔: sophie x keefe, percy x annabeth, dex x biana, sadie x julius, paedyn x kai, jameson x avery

𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 [𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎] 𝒛𝒖𝒎𝒓𝒂: @that-multi-fandom-hijabi @loife1m @reyna-obsessed @heartstars @queenie-blackthorn @tinadablackthorn @hijabi-desi-bookworm @someonewhogotanaccount

𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆: aru shah/tpq, kotlc, oc stories [no smut or x reader]

𝑫𝑵𝑰 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂: anti-palestine/zionist, pedos, creeps, generally weird people, sexists (counting misogyny or supporting #killallmen), proshippers, religiophobics, homophobes, and rude people

𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒔: #asks ^_^, #moots ^_^, #moots--[insert name], #queue to the moon <- things in my queue, #IMPaylin <- for things I need, #moonhalo talks —✧ <- for random shitposting, #moonhalo talks books —✧, #moonhalo writes —✧, #mots|spy au, #dust trails —✧ <- navigation posts, #almost like the moon <- fav posts

𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒇 | 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 | 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒑𝒂𝒅 | 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 ...recently written [ apple blossom [ki khushbu] ]

#asks ^_^ #moots ^_^ #queue to the moon #IMPaylin #moonhalo talks —✧ #moonhalo writes —✧ #moonhalo talks books —✧ #mots|spy au #dust trails —✧ #almost like the moon #banner cr: cafekitsune

[evafoxz]

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[highladyofterrasen7]

Malakai being his real name is crazy

#malakai azer #kai azer #paedyn gray #paedyn x kai #powerless

[thejudeduarte]

Lauren Roberts you better be ready cos when I find you I am going to go feral you just wait and see

#You can prolly tell I've just finished powerless #AVXKFHDKDMLDJXODM #IM ACTUALLY DYING RN #FINISHED IT LIKE 3 MINS AGO #AAAAAAAAAAAAHH #powerless #paedyn #kai azer #kai x paedyn #paedyn gray #I'm in love again #lauren roberts

[thejudeduarte]

"I'd never thought about what my favorite color was before. It never seemed important.

Not until I looked into a pair of ocean blue eyes and realized that perhaps drowning was a beautiful thing.

Not until I looked into a pair of fiery blue eyes and realized that perhaps burning was a painless thing.

Not until I looked into a pair of sky blue eyes and realized that perhaps falling was a peaceful thing.

I'd never thought about what my favorite color was before because I hadn't seen one that was worthy of the title. Until now, that is.

"Blue," I say, my voice low."

- Powerless, Lauren Roberts

#If you're intrigued please take this as your sign to go read pwerless RIGHT NOW #the jurdan girls will love #powerless #kai x paedyn #kai #kai azer #paedyn #paedyn gray #they're so in love it makes me sickk #whys it so GODDAMN POETIC 😭😭