Powerless
Reviews
still so much fun, but I have a feeling the next one will be my favorite
this one was not my favourite, but i still love the characters in this series.
jasper gervais, the man you are
you will never convince me that friends to lovers isn’t one of the best tropes out there
One of the best in the series
Sooo cute, loved their chemistry and the snippets of the eathen Fam! Also the introduction with winter en Theo soooo smooth!!! Spice 4,5/5 was really good! Also such a feel good book 🩷
FAVOURITE IN THE SERIES SO FAR
Wasn't into it at first but this couple really did grow on me. I liked them a lot.
It’s a great friends to lovers book- not my favourite romance trope out of all of them but it’s still a great love story
I like how all of the characters are interlinked but I do think I’ll need to take a break from this series for a bit because they all follow the same pattern of falling for each other, small bump in their relationship and then a happy ending- I need something else first before diving back into the fourth version of this
Love miss Elsie Silver 🫶🏻
Jasper Gervais has my whole heart
Loved this book and am loving this series. HOWEVER, I feel that, after reading three of Elsie’s books in a row, I can confidently say with a fair bit of evidence behind it that she uses the phrase “get off on it” far too much and in contexts that do not warrant it. Other than that, she is fabulous. Everyone needs one flaw.
wtf was that
have to be honest, felt so flat for me and i’m so disappointed bc i loved him the most. but she killed his character lowkey. he was such a cringe fest and so was fmc. lowkey did not give a shit about the woe is me, my dad is so rich n hates me vibe. this had so much potential, depressed. next book tho is gonna slay i can feel it. on to 4/4 baby
i feel like i should have liked this more and i’m not sure why i didn’t. it just fell a bit flat for me and i can’t say i cared about the main characters’ relationship in any meaningful way. love chestnut springs though i want to go there.
Jasper>>>everyone else
That’s all I have to say.
I picked this book up on a whim, purely because I'm in the mood for some good romance and this book is cute af. Adorable. Jasper and Sloanne are made for eachother wow. I love love love a good childhood friends to lovers romance, and even though this is a miscommunication trope kind of story, it doesn't bug me that much; seriously, it's not even that bad, because they actually mature as a couple and grow up rather than just make the same mistakes over and over and over. This book did feel kind of wattpadish tho and that isn't really my style in books to be honest, and whilst i loved the idea, there wasn't enough about hockey to actually be a hockey romance. Plus, I'm sorry but these characters didn't have enough development for me to actually care. There wasn't any high stakes or anything for me to care and I just found Jasper so hard to believe? I'm still going to read the other books in this world just because I miss reading some cute novels.
The book ended so perfectly.
BOOK REVIEW
Powerless / Elsie Silver
Rating ⭐️⭐️
I actually don’t know what the main plot point of this book was??? Only a few chapters in you find out Beau has gone MIA and suddenly he becomes the main focus of the book.
I just 450 pages of pointless storytelling. There was no tension like there was between Willa and Cade in Heartless, the banter wasn’t great like it was between Summer and Rhett in Flawless. I didn’t connect to Sloane or Jasper and quite frankly didn’t care whether they ended up together or not.
I don’t know how so many people have loved this one the most out of the series and I feel like I read a different book 👀
Maybe I’m grumpy because it took me a week to finish this and it felt like a waste of time but whatever..
jasper and sloane are too perfect 🥲 i’m literally so in love with them
Super cute friends-to-lover romance! It was a nice realtionship between the characters. They where really there for each other and had a beautiful bond! It was a great deel story with serious subjects. Only a little bit to long.
Highlights
“That when it comes to you, I’m powerless”
Watching him with Luke is adorable. It makes my ovaries hurt.
You’re not just tattooed on my skin. You’re branded on my heart.
Turns out I’m a dragon and I’m fed the fuck up with boys and their bullshit.
I’m Alice down the fucking rabbit hole into Wonderland where absolutely nothing makes sense.
The rest of it makes me realise how powerless I’ve been trained to be my entire life.
"You’re not just tattooed on my skin. You’re branded on my heart. Woven into the fiber of my being. The most constant and reassuring person in my life. When I close my eyes, I see you. When you’re away from me, I dream about you. When I need someone to lean on, you are always there for me. God. You’ve loved me when I haven’t even been able to love myself.”
Cade: Want to come over for a delicious home-cooked meal tonight? Would love to see you!
Jasper: Why are you talking all weird like that?
Cade: Like what?
Jasper: Nevermind. I’ll ask Sloane.
Cade: Are you guys banging yet?
Jasper: Jesus, Willa. Give Cade his phone back.
living for these texts
“Something you wanna tell me, Sunny?”
“You’re so fucking hot,” is what I blurt.
“Sunny, you’re gonna make me lose my mind.”
“Good,” I murmur against his mouth. “We’ll be insane together. I’m so tired of doing it alone.”
Jasper: Sunny. Be less cool. Come save me. The waitress keeps trying to talk to me.
Sloane: So talk to her.
Jasper: I don’t like talking to people.
Sloane: You talk to me.
Jasper: You’re not people.
Sloane: Lmao. What am I then?
Jasper: My person.
Because I’ve been staring at Jasper Gervais since I was ten years old, and suddenly . . . he’s staring back.
Sloane has shed too many tears today.
And yet, she’s here. Drunk. And sad. And lost. She’s got dirty feet and is wearing an expensive, ripped wedding dress for a marriage that didn’t happen. Her life is in shambles, and she’s still here comforting other people.
She talks so much that even my demons can’t compete.
Her voice cracks as she presses her forehead to my chest, like she always has, and I slide my palm down the back of her hair, cupping the base of her skull.
Like I always have.
And for Sloane I keep every promise, no matter how badly they hurt.