Reckless
- Published
- 2 July 2024
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9781398530126
- Type
- novel
About this book
Reckless is the Powerless series' second entry, a novel by Lauren Roberts, published in July 2024, at 400 pages. In the reading order it follows Powerful and precedes Fearless.
Key facts about Reckless
Reckless is a novel by Lauren Roberts. Readers have had it since 2 July 2024. It runs to 400 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Reckless. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781398530126 to find the main one.
Reckless is book 3 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
Reckless is book 3 in the Powerless series. It follows Powerful. It is followed by Fearless. 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 9781665955447
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781398530126