Powerless Review

By Elsie Silver

Chestnut Springs

Star rating: ★★★★★

Blurb

Two childhood friends. Two broken hearts. One impromptu road trip to get away from everything. That’s all this was supposed to be. After all, I’ve been living in the friend zone for years now.

But hockey heartthrob Jasper Gervais isn’t looking at me like a friend anymore. And he isn’t touching me like one either.

To his fans, he’s the handsome, talented athlete on TV. But to me he’s still the lost boy with sad eyes and a heart of gold.

The man I’ve loved in secret for years.

So when my life falls apart on my wedding day, it only makes sense that he’s the one to swoop in and save me. And when his world comes crashing down around him, I’m there to return the favor.

But the more time we spend alone, the more Jasper doesn’t feel like a friend at all. He feels like everything I’ve ever wanted and thought I could never have.

Our feelings aren’t straight forward though. They twist and turn around the pain of his past and the reality of my present.

Jasper Gervais acts like he wants me.

But after years of turning me away, he’s going to need to prove it.

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Read if you Like:

🩰 Friends to lovers

🩰 Runaway bride

🩰 Found family

🩰 Family secrets

🩰 Hockey romance

My Thoughts:

I was a little nervous I woudn't like Powerless because friends to lovers isn't my favorite trope but I think this was my favorite of the series yet!

I loved watching Sloane learn to stand up for herself! I also adored how much she cared about Jasper and I loved seeing their journey at different points in the present and the past. Jasper had been through so much that it was easy to root for his HEA.

The reason friends to lovers isn't always for me is that I get annoyed knowing they both care about each other and are just too scared to say something. However, in this book I had that feeling and in the very next scene they admitted their feelings. The timing was perfect! Additionally, I liked that admitting their feelings wasn't the end. They still had a lot to work out!

I read this book in one day and immediately started the next one! This series may need to come with warnings because wow is it addictive!