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Fearless: Book 3 in the Powerless series

  • Writer: Juliet Lukas
    Juliet Lukas
  • Sep 29, 2025
  • 6 min read


Intro

Kai and Paedyn are back in Ilya, but this time, Paedyn is to be Kitt's queen and Kai has the unfortunate fate of standing by as the Enforcer while the girl he loves marries his brother. But there is private life outside of public life, so Paedyn and Kai still find ways to sneak around without getting caught. Meanwhile, Kitt has changed- perhaps for the worse. when Kai left to go find Paedyn, Kitt was a shell of himself, but now Kai sees that Kitt is confident and kingly just like their father. Unfortunately for Paedyn, the kingdom still does not trust her as queen because she is an Ordinary, so she is forced to repeat her own trials to prove herself. Kai aides her as the Enforcer, and they are free to be in their relationship, until kitt starts notices how kai constantly chooses Paedyn over him, which puts Paedyn in a life threatening position. And when Paedyn finds out information that changes the way she will think about her life forever, she is forced to choose between the man she has married to save a kingdom and the man her heart truly belongs to.


How I came across the book

Fearless is the 3rd and final book in the Powerless series.


Other books by the author/In the series

In addition to Fearless, the other books in the Powerless series are Powerless and Reckless, and the Powerless novellas are Powerful and Fearful, which is released on September 2nd.



The Good

  • Kai says he's been nothing but willing when it comes to drowning in Paedyn's ocean eyes but now he can't fathom drowning if she's not the anchor he's sinking with

  • As soon as Paedyn leaves the throne room AFTER JUST GETTING ENGAGED TO KITT SHE IS WITH KAI IN A BROOM CLOSET TRUE FORBIDDEN ROMANCE

  • KAI WOULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS DAYS MAKING HER FLOWER CROWNS IN THE FIELD OF POPPIES IF SHE WANTED TO BE HIS QUEEN

  • Even though Paedyn's hair is choppy she keeps it for the memory of her and Adena unevenly cutting each other's hair and now they never will again

  • Paedyn is supposed to be looking at Kitt but her eyes find their way back to Kai and she says he is a repitition of the past she can't seem to escape

  • KAI KICKED PAEDYN'S DOOR DOWN TO GET TO HER WHEN SHE WAS HAVING A NIGHTMARE

  • THEY SNEAK AWAY TO THE WILLOW AND SHE ASKS IF THIS IS TO BE HER LIFE AND HE SAYS HE WILL BE HER ENFORCER AMD HER RIVAL AND HER SECRET WAITING BENEATH THE WILLOW

  • PAEDYN IS IN THE FOREST ALONE WITH KAI AND SHE NOTICES THE ENFORCER IS LOOKING AT HER AS THOUGH SHE'S ALREADY BECOME HIS QUEEN AND A POSESSIVE PART OF HERSELF ACHES TO COMMAND HIM TO NEVER LOOK AWAY

  • WHEN SHE LOOKS AT KITT SHE SEES FRIENDSHIP NOT LOVE AND LOVE IS WHAT SHE SEES WHEN SHE LOOKS AT HIS BROTHER

  • Kai is in Paedyn's room and she asks if she looks like hell after stealing the crown and he says if she looks like hell he is fortunate to be going there and ELLIE IS IN THE ROOM WITH THEM

  • HE SAYS HE WOULD LOSE HIS LIFE FOR PAEDYN BEFORE FINDING SOMETHING ELSE WORTH LIVING FOR

  • KAI TELLS PAEDYN HE LOVES HER

  • On the boat Kai asks Paedyn to dance to the music and she says she would never pass up the chance to stomp on his toes and calls him Malakai and he thinks that his name means nothing until she says it

  • KAI BRINGS PAEDYN A STICKY BUN FROM ILYA BECAUSE HE KNOWS SHE USED TO EAT THEM WITH ADENA

  • She gives him a piece of the sticky bun and he says it's her distraction and she says he needs a distraction too and he says SHE IS FOREVER HIS DISTRACTION

  • He says his favorite color is a shade of her and he will gladly drown and gladly burn and gladly fall into those blue eyes until she looks at him for the last time

  • KAI SAVES PAEDYN IN THE AIR BEFORE SHE FALLS INTO THE WAVES

  • ADENA MEETS MAK AND THEY HUG AND CRY ABOUT ADENA TOGETHER

  • Paedyn finally kills Blair for killing Adena

  • OH MY GOD KAI IS ALIVE

  • THEY FINALLY TOLD EACH OTHER THAT THEY LOVE EACH OTHER

  • IT WASN'T ACTUALLY KAI IN THE ARENA IT WAS AN ILLUSION

  • MAK IS FINALLY WITH ADENA IN THE SKY

  • IRIS MOYRA IS PAEDYN'S REAL MOTHER AND THAT IS THE BABY SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE PROLOGUE

  • YES YES KITT KILLS CALUM

  • KAI WOULD FIGHT KITT ALL NIGHT FOR HIM NOT TO CHOOSE PAEDYN

  • KITT IS DYING BUT HE SLIPS HIS WEDDING RING ONTO KAI'S FINGER AND SAYS LOVE EACH OTHER FOR HIM

  • KAI PROPOSES TO PAEDYN WITH THE RING THAT KITT GAVE HIM

  • WHEN PAEDYN WALKS DOWN THE AISLE KAI SAYS SHE LOOKS LIKE A DREAM HE WISHES NEVER TO WAKE FROM

  • THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER FIVE YEARS LATER WITH GRAY HAIR AND BLUE EYES

  • THEY NAMED THEIR DAUGHTER KIT








The Bad

  • Kitt calls Paedyn the future queen of Ilya it's so disgusting that he has complete control over her now

  • Kitt, Kai and Paedyn go to the slums and there is an attack on the kingdom from bombs because the Elites don't want Paedyn as their queen

  • The kingdom wants to send her back into the Trials as a way to prove herself to the people as queen

  • Edric considers Ava an embarrasment just because she has no power I hate him that's so mean she's a baby

  • THE CREW MEMBERS ARE GOING TO THROW PAEDYN OVERBOARD AND KAI KILLS TWO OF THEM BUT THE THIRD ONE THROWS HER AND KAI TRIES TO SAVE HER BUT HIS POWER FAILS SO SHE FALLS CLOSER TO THE WATER AND DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM

  • Paedyn says she and Kai can never be an us and Kai becomes cold and says he was just a distraction and he is mad but he has to understand the truth and says he doesn't know if she would choose between him or Kitt anymore

  • WAIT WHAT EDRIC ISN'T ACTUALLY KAI'S FATHER AND HE IS ALREADY BORN BEFORE THE KING MEETS MYLA

  • NO FOR THE FINAL TRIAL PAEDYN HAS TO KILL KAI

  • NO NO NO KAI KILLS HIMSELF FOR PAEDYN AND STABS THE BLADE INTO HIS OWN CHEST JUST SO HE CAN SAVE HER

  • MAK IS THE WIELDER THAT PAEDYN KILLED IN THE ARENA AND WAS DISGUISED AS KAI BY AN ILLUSIONIST

  • NO KITT AND PAEDYN ARE MARRIED NOW AS KING AND QUEEN AND PAEDYN TURNS TO FIND KAI LOOKING AT HER AND REALIZES HE WAS GOING TO SAVE HER

  • CALUM IS THE KING'S MIND READER AND HE WAS THE ONE WHO WROTE THE NOTE TO IRIS

  • CALUM IS PAEDYN'S REAL FATHER

  • NO EW KITT AND PAEDYN ARE HALF SIBLINGS

  • KAI SAYS THEY WERE RUINED EVER SINCE KITT SLID THE RING ON PAEDYN'S FINGER AND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE INEVITABLE BUT IN THIS LIFETIME THEY ARE DOOMED AND SAYS THEY SHOULD MOVE ON NO NO NO

  • Kitt has been lying the whole time he never wanted to unite Ordinaries with Elites he just wanted Elites to rule over all the kingdoms

  • THE ROSES FROM THE GARDEN WERE LACED AND STARTED ANOTHER PLAGUE AMD PAEDYN UNKNOWINGLY DELIVERED THEM TO IZRAM WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST INFECTED KINGDOM

  • KAI STABBED KITT AND KITT DIES BECAUSE HE LOST HIMSELF SO MUCH THAT HE FORGOT TO DODGE THE BLADE


Who else would like this

Powerless fans and fans of forbidden romance and love triangles with two brothers.


Rating

8.5/10 I thought this book was amazing it had me giggling, kicking my feet, crying, and yelling in frusteration at all the different plot twists and directions I had no way of expecting it to go in. For most of the book I hated Kitt especially when he started saying Paedyn was no longer useful and when he tried to KILL HER I did not see that one coming. I really liked Kai's internal conflict with himself having to choose between fhe girl he loves and his brother. He knows what the right decision is, but he just can't bring himself to make it until Paedyn eventually makes it for him. Their relationship is stronger than ever in this book, tested in every way possible and they fight to the very end to be together until they are finally forced to see that there is no world in which they would work, until after Kitt's death when Kai proposes and they get married. However, I was confused by the epilogue because I didn't know what the message was of what the women were saying to Kitt, and I also am confused by who Mara is. Like I said before, I absolutely hate Kitt for wanting to kill Paedyn and have no use for her, but I was crying when he gave Kai the ring and told him to love each other for him. In the end the only thing he cared about was his brother being happy. This book was so unexpected in the best way and I can't believe we have to wait until September 2nd to read Fearful.

 
 
 

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