Read-alikes

Books Like Powerful

Powerful is grumpy / sunshine, forced proximity & enemies to allies — sweet (1/5), first-person, ending on a hard-won happy ending. These 12 romantasy read-alikes are ranked by how much they share with it, closest first — each one explained.

Set concurrently with Powerless, this companion novella follows Adena — Paedyn's fierce, sunshine-bright best friend — as she is left to survive alone on the streets of Loot while Paedyn competes in the deadly Purging Trials. Adena crosses paths with Mak, a guarded Elite hiding a rare ability to wield others' powers, and the two form an uneasy partnership that quietly becomes something far more tender. Knowing Adena's fate from the main series makes every page of their budding romance bittersweet.