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Finished Powerless? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact action-packed feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Lauren Roberts

🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 Action-PackedSlow BurnForbidden

Finished Powerless and immediately needed more? Same. The action-packed pull of this book doesn't come around every day, but we've spent hours finding reads that capture exactly what made Lauren Roberts's writing hit so hard. Not surface-level genre matches — we're talking mood, trope, and vibe alignment. The kind of books that actually fill the void.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to Powerless

Grouped by the elements that made Powerless unforgettable.

Your romance matches

97%
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Bully
by Penelope Douglas
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 352p
You'll finish this and immediately text someone "READ THIS." We guarantee it.
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94%
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Not in Love
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 368p
Same enemies to lovers energy as Powerless, but Ali Hazelwood cranks the action-packed to eleven.
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91%
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Love on the Brain
by Ali Hazelwood
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 368p
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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Compatible reads for action-packed lovers

89%
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Birthday Girl
by Penelope Douglas
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 348p
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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86%
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My Roommate's Girl
by Julianna Keyes
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 336p
Same enemies to lovers energy as Powerless, but Julianna Keyes cranks the action-packed to eleven.
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84%
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Once Upon a Broken Heart
by Stephanie Garber
🌶️ 1/5 · 432p
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

Bully by Penelope Douglas — 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 spice, 352 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Powerless include Bully, Birthday Girl, Not in Love. Each matches on specific elements like action-packed and slow burn that made Powerless resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Bully by Penelope Douglas — it shares Powerless's core Action-Packed energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Powerless is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

Powerless has a spice level of 3/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Yes — several recommendations on this page have lower spice levels while keeping the same Action-Packed energy. Look for the ❄️ or 🌶️ (1/5) tags.

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