Powerless by Lauren Roberts

Book Talk for BookTok

Cloud10

Arts, Books

4.9 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Welcome to Spring Book Club, a weekly literary analysis podcast focused on today’s most popular romantasy and fantasy romance books by women authors. In this episode, best friends Jac and Amy dive into Powerless by Lauren Roberts, breaking down key themes, character development, and why this BookTok favorite has taken the romantasy world by storm. With 13 years of combined academic literary training, Jac and Amy analyze modern fantasy and romance novels through a critical lens—treating them with the same thoughtfulness and depth as any classic literary text. Whether you love or hate a book, they’ll help you understand why. Books featured in this Spring Book Club season include: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana Quicksilver by Cali Hart Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle Jensen We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal Powerless by Lauren Roberts The Vampire’s Bargain by Jasmine Walt Coming Soon: After Book Club, join us for a 10-part deep-dive literary analysis of Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas, continuing our popular series on the Throne of Glass saga. Perfect for fans of: Romantasy podcast analysis Fantasy romance book clubs BookTok and Bookstagram favorites Women-authored fantasy fiction Critical deep-dives into bestselling series like ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, and more Let's keep the conversation going! Submit your thoughts to our form on our website (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://booktalkforbooktok.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) for a chance to have your thoughts discussed during a future mini-episode, or on a Patreon-exclusive episode. Want to support the show? Follow us on Patreon! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/booktalkforbooktok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or check out our merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/booktalkforbooktok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us! Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BookTalkForBookTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BookTalkForBookTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BookTalkForBookTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For all other information, visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://booktalkforbooktok.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:44.8	Welcome to Book Talk for Book Talk with Jack and Amy, a literary podcast where we deep dive into the writings of your favorite novels.
1:51.2	This spring, we are hosting a book club while we prepare our 10-part literary analysis of Sarah J. Mass's crown of midnight.
1:57.0	This is Jack. And I'm Amy, and each week we'll discuss one book from our spring book club roster.
2:02.6	By using our literary background, we'll provide our flash analysis of each book, as well as discuss listener thoughts. This is part one of this week's episode where we're discussing
2:07.0	powerless by Lauren Roberts. The views expressed by the hosts are entirely their own and in no
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