Powerless is the 2024 BookTok breakout: deadly trials, forbidden romance, and a heroine hiding a dangerous secret. These picks bring the same tension, fast pace, and YA-leaning romantasy energy.
Same deadly-trials energy with dragon riders. More spice, bigger world, same addictive pace.
The original deadly-trials series. Less romance, more political stakes, but the same life-or-death tension.
Fae academy with brutal class divisions. Higher spice than Powerless, same underdog energy.
Military academy, forbidden love, and a system designed to crush the weak. Darker and more political.
Lighter romantasy with a competition structure. If you want the trials without the violence.