Monday, February 18, 2013

Top Ten Female Characters in Fantasy


Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created over at my other blog, The Broke and the Bookish.
(in no particular order)
1.      Vin (Mistborn)- She is small, not all that confident in herself, and doesn't really have much ambition. At least when you first meet her. After she meets a group of rather amazing people, she learns more of who, and what she is and becomes amazing. Strong, fast, with a quick mind.
2.      Raisa ana'Marianna- (Seven Realms)- Oh my goodness. I just was introduced to this series a few months back, during the summer. AMAZING series. Anyway, Raisa. She is tough. She is smart, snarky, sarcastic and could take a full grown man down, despite being built small. I can't say a lot without spoiler a lot of the series so I'll be vague. From the beginning of the series she is strong, but she only grows stronger and absolutely kick-butt.
3.      Yelena Zaltana (Poison Study Trilogy)- This girl... Don't mess with her. She is a powerful magician, lethal with the staff she carries. She is smart and her tongue is as sharp as the rest of her. If she doesn't beat you senseless with magic or her staff, she'll tear you to pieces with words alone.
4.      Sabriel/Lirael-(Abhorson)- So I cheated with this one. I can't choose between the two of them, and they're from the same trilogy... Both of them are no nonsense, does whatever she can do to fight and do the right thing. They're both tough, but don't seem to realize how strong they actually are. They're so busy keeping others safe, or doing what they're supposed to do that they don't stop long enough to realize what they are doing is actually pretty incredible.
5.      Ismae/Sybella (His Fair Assassin)-  First of all, yes, I’ve read Dark Triumph. I was lucky enough to get an arc! Both of these girls come from bad backgrounds, but they are given the tools and training to become tough, fantastic characters. Don’t mess with these girls. They are tough, but have hearts of gold.
6.      Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)- What list would be complete without Hermione? There really is nothing to dislike about her. She is tough, smart, and the truest friend someone could ask for.
7.      Nita/ Dairine Callahan (Young Wizards)- I cheated again, but they're sisters! Both of them are tough as nails. They're young, 13 and 11 as their story starts out but there are a few things that set them apart. They're smart. Really smart. They're both wizards, with stronger powers than most. They come up against some of the most frighting foes, one in particular, and every time they come out on top. They are endlessly kind and have the best sort of humor.
8.      Cinder (Lunar Chronicles)- She's a cyborg. And totally awesome. She is handy with anything mechanical, smart and strong. I’m reading Scarlet right now, I just barely bought it. Can’t wait to dive back into the book!
9.      Gabriella (River of Time)- When you first meet her, she’s pretty much your typical modern teenage girl. After she is sent back in time however, she adapts fast. She doesn’t let anything slow her down or keep her from her task. Falling in love doesn’t make her stupid, it just makes her fight harder.
10.  Elisa-(Girl of Fire and Thorns)- I’ve only read the first in this series, the second book is next on my to be read list, a friend sent it to me as a gift (thanks Daisy!) so I’ll definitely be reading it soon. But I adore Elisa, she grows so much so quickly. She adapts quickly, is naturally witty, even when she doesn’t realize it, and loves fiercely, she’ll protect those she cares for.
What are your favorite characters? Which genre did you pick? Do we have any characters in common?

16 comments:

  1. Gah! Hermione and Elisa!! Love love love! 2 of my all-time favorite girls! Love your list! :)

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  2. Yelena and Hermione are two of my all time favs. I'm about to be introduced to Cinder and the rest I'll have to keep my eye on. Thanks for sharing.

    Here's my Tuesday meme post

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  3. Yay Hermione! Her character is an awesome one. Great list :)

    Here's my Top Ten!

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  4. Cinder is awesome! So is Hermione. The older I get, the more grateful I am to have grown up with a character like Hermione.

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    1. Same here! I grew up with the Harry Potter characters, I'm lucky that they were as amazing as they are!

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  5. Hermione is awesome :D And I prefer Scarlet to Cinder :)

    My TTT

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  6. This is a great list. :D You are right about Hermoine, for sure...and now I have some more books to put on the TBR pile.

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  7. I LOVE that your wrote up a fantasy list. I wish I could express to you how happy I am Sabriel and Lirael made your list. I read these books SO LONG AGO I barely remember what happens in them but I definitely remember loving them and the series is on my rereads short list.

    I ALSO read the first couple of books in Young Wizards for-ever ago. I remember putting the series down because I wasn't so into it anymore, but the fact that the mains made your list totally makes me want to revisit.

    And I love Cinder and Hermione. Obvs. Must get to the rest of the books on this list...

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    1. I love that we have so many series in common, especially the less known ones like Abhorson and Young Wizards.

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  8. I'm so glad you decided to start your own blog! It looks great :)
    And YES to Raisa, Hermione, Yelena and Elisa! :D I loved Elisa even more in The Crown of Embers, it was SO GOOD!

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  9. Oh yes Ismae is totally bad ass and I love that about her and Hermione is pretty popular today. Yay. =D

    Here's my Top Ten Tuesday post!

    Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile

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  10. Great list, i know most of those characters, however i think Murphy from the Dresden Files, Jenna from the Kingkiller Chronicles and most of ASOIAF characters would complete it...

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    1. I haven't read the Dresden Files yet. I've just started the Kingkiller Chronicles, I'm looking forward to getting to know those characters!

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  11. Ooh, I did favourite fantasy characters too, all female list! Nice to see so many women making it on fantasy character lists! :-D There are some on your list that I haven't read yet that sound really interesting! Will definitely have to give them a try :-) And we both have Hermione, of course!

    Great list!

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  12. My number one would be Mena Akaran, Acacia trilogy. And I'd probably have Arya Stark and Brienne Tarth from A song of Ice and Fire :)

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  13. YAY for fantasy!! Unfortunately, I think I've only read half of this list but I've heard excellent things about the other half. I can't wait to meet them. :D

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