Book profile
Powerless
- Subgenre
- romantasy
- Edition year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 3.8 · 616 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
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Set in a kingdom divided by extraordinary powers and a strict caste system, the story follows ordinary Paedyn Gray as she conceals her lack of abilities, pursues a forbidden romance with a powerful prince, and takes part in the perilous Purging Trials that could reveal her true identity.
Reading order
Book 1 of 5 in The Powerless Trilogy — see the full reading order →
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- Forbidden Love: “she navigates a forbidden romance with a powerful prince” source
- Hidden Identity: “Paedyn Gray, a young girl with no abilities, must hide her ordinary nature” source
- Strong Heroine: “Paedyn Gray, a young girl with no abilities, must hide her ordinary nature as she navigates a forbidden romance with a powerful prince and must participate in the perilous Purging Trials” source
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Edition publication 2023-11-07
Reading order Book 1
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781665954884 · US
This explosive first book in the New York Times bestselling Powerless trilogyRead the original source
Series The Powerless Trilogy
Trope forbidden love
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781665954884 · US
the forbidden romance between a powerful prince and an ordinary girlRead the original source
Trope tournament
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781665954884 · US
she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powersRead the original source
Trope hidden identity
Simon & Schuster · ISBN 9781665954884 · US
Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can to stay aliveRead the original source
