Powerful
- Published
- 30 April 2024
- Pages
- 264
- ISBN-13
- 9781398535732
- Type
- novella
About this book
Powerful is by Lauren Roberts, a novella in the Powerless series, published in April 2024. In the reading order it follows Powerless and precedes Reckless.
Key facts about Powerful
Powerful is a novella by Lauren Roberts. Readers have had it since 30 April 2024. It runs to 264 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Powerful. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781398535732 to find the main one.
Powerful is book 2 of 5 in the Powerless series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with Powerless (2023). Fearful is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 September 2025.
That series sits on our young adult dystopian romance shelf. Meanwhile, Fearful is the latest published Lauren Roberts book on file, from 2 September 2025.
About Lauren Roberts
Lauren Roberts is one of BookTok's biggest publishing success stories: she started writing Powerless at eighteen in 2020, self-published it in November 2023 under her TikTok handle @laurenrobertslibrary, and watched it go viral fast enough to land a deal with Simon & Schuster within months. She was still in her early twenties when it became a New York Times bestseller and a full-blown BookTok phenomenon. See every Lauren Roberts book in order.
Its place in Powerless
Powerful is book 2 in the Powerless series. It follows Powerless. It is followed by Reckless. See the full Powerless reading order.
In the kingdom of Ilya, society is split between Elites, born with supernatural abilities, and Ordinaries, who have none -- and whom the crown has spent years quietly eliminating. Paedyn Gray is an Ordinary who has survived by hiding in plain sight, and when she's swept into the Purging Trials, a brutal royal competition meant to showcase Elite power, she has to fake an ability she doesn't have while competing against people who could kill her the moment they learn the truth. Two Elite princes complicate things…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9786073848824
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781398535732