Favorite Strong Female Characters | 100 Days of Booklr Day 4
For today’s post for 100 Days of Booklr I thought that I would talk about one of my favorite things in books: strong female characters. I love that now women in books are can show strength and can kick as much butt or more as the guys. Hell to the yeah! It’s great and I love seeing that in books, so I thought I would give you a list of my top favorite strong female characters! Hopefully this list can give you suggestions of books to check out if you are looking for really awesome women in books! Also this list is in no particular order. Anyways here we go!
Vin from the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson: So I just finished the first book in the Mistborn trilogy, The Final Empire, a week ago and pretty much instantly I loved Vin’s character. Throughout the story we saw her go from this girl who was always on edge to mastering her mistborn powers and becoming one of the most powerful people in the empire. She could hold her own in a fight, even when she was just beginning to learn how to use her powers but she also enjoyed fancy dresses and doing “girly” things too. Vin is such an interesting and complex character and I can’t wait to read more about her in the other Mistborn books.
Hermione Granger (Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling): What list about strong female characters would be complete without Hermione??? None, that’s the answer. So of course I had to put her on this list. As a kid growing up and reading the Harry Potter books I loved seeing a girl who was a little nerdy and into books. She was always the voice of reason in the Harry Potter series and she could also hold her own in a fight. She was so important to the series and I don’t think I would have enjoyed the series so much if she wasn’t in it. Hermione will probably go down as one of my favorite characters of all time.
Piper McLean (The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan): I probably could have gone the easy route like I did with Hermione for the Percy Jackson books and put Annabeth Chase (who is an amazing strong female character, don’t get me wrong I love Annabeth) but I wanted to put Piper instead. I feel like Piper doesn’t get as much love as she should because she is an amazing character. Piper is smart and has saved the rest of the gang a few times through her many skills. I also like seeing a daughter of Aphrodite not shying away from the fight, which is what everyone in all the Percy Jackson books thinks about the Aphrodite cabin. Piper is great and I wish she were as loved as Annabeth.
Feyre (A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas): I love Feyre as a character. From the beginning of the series she is the one who takes care of her family so they don’t starve and she doesn’t back down from a challenge, like trying to save an entire community of people through insanely difficult tasks. In the second book she also works to practice her fighting techniques and powers so she never feels vulnerable. She’s such a great female character to read about, not because of her fighting skills, but also because she also has soft and vulnerable moments, making her so much more relatable and human.
Inej Ghafa (Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo): I LOVE Inej. She might be my favorite out of this whole list if I’m being honest. Inej is an amazing spy with almost superhuman skills of sneaking around unnoticed, causing her to be the best spy in Ketterdam. She’s so smart and is a great friend to everyone in Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. And she has this dark and troubled past that she is working to overcome. And all she wants to do is hunt down slavers and find her family again!! She’s so pure and I love her. Not to mention her romance with Kaz Brekker might be the best romance I’ve ever read about in any YA book, and its not even a huge focus of the series like some other YA books.
Safiya fon Hastrel and Iseult det Midenzi (Witchland series by Susan Dennard): You honestly could not pay me to choose between Safi and Iseult, I wouldn’t do it. Nope. Not gonna happen. Especially since these two ladies complement each other so well in life and when they are in battle, like they are a continuation of one another. But they are both great and individual characters at the same time. Safi and Iseult also have the best friendship I have read in a book so far. It’s so difficult to find books where the women actually love and support each other and even put the others needs in front of theirs. It’s such a great friendship to look up to and is a refreshing read.
Starr Carter (The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas): So Starr is the only contemporary character I put on this list, but she well deserves this spot. Starr witnessed her childhood best friend being murdered by the police, which would be one of the first things to witness. And throughout The Hate U Give we see her go from someone who is scared to talk about what she witnessed to becoming an activist and realizing she can’t stay silent anymore. Her journey was so moving, emotional, and eye opening. It’s a story that should be talked about more and I was so happy that I got to see Starr’s story.
Celaena Saradothian (Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas): Celaena from Throne of Glass is such an interesting and complex character. She’s the best assassin in the world of Throne of Glass, so you know she can defend herself extremely well. Throughout the series you can also see that she is this great planner, and the plans and schemes that she comes up with are seriously mind blowing. You think everything is going to hell and then you realize that it was the plan all along and its truly mind blowing. But on top of being this great fighter, Celaena loves dressing up in fancy clothes and looking amazing, showing that you can be kickass and love fashion and “girly” things too.
Kelsea Glynn (Queen of the Tearling series by Erika Johansen): I have yet to finish the Queen of the Tearling series, but Kelsea’s transformation has to be one of the most interesting I have read. In the beginning of the book Kelsea is super self conscious and has very little confidence, but at the end of the book there is no doubt that she has grown into her role as a queen. I can’t wait to read more of the series and see how much more she grows as a character and see how the series goes on because I don’t know how it can top how amazing the first book was.
So those are my favorite strong female characters! I know there are so many more I could include on this list and this is in no way meant to be a complete list. I can’t wait to read more books with amazingly fierce women in them and feel free to suggest books for me to read! I’m always open to more books!
