It’s Friday again, which means it’s time for us to fangirl over one topic or another. This week’s Fangirling on Friday topic is Badass Heroines. As with every week, FoF is hosted by Books in the Skye! Here are two of my favorite badass heroines!
No matter what you call her, Calaena Sardothien, Lilian Gordaina, or Aelin Galathynius, the main character of the Throne of Glass series is definitely a badass heroine. I wouldn’t want to be on her bad side.
She is a trained assassin, but even though she’s a ruthless killer, she’s also definitely a girl. She loves fancy clothes and shopping (an interest I don’t share with her). She loves reading books. She’s smart and calculating. While I still haven’t had the opportunity to finish Kingdom of Ash, the final book in the series, I already know that somehow she’s going to find a way out of the mess she’s in and will rally to save the country.
Another name that comes to mind when I think of badass heroines is Emma Carstairs, the main female protagonist in The Dark Artifices series. She trains like crazy, in addition to having natural strength as a Shadowhunter to begin with.
I love how Emma is not just a killing machine. She loves vintage clothes (again, another thing I don’t have in common with her). Sometimes she makes stupid decisions (she is a teenager, after all). She loves her friends though, and she tries to make the right choices, even if making them is a courageous decision.
Some other characters that I think of when I think of badass heroines include Chatine from Sky Without Stars, Tris from Divergent, Adelina from The Young Elites (she might be evil and have mental issues, but she’s still pretty badass), and Alina from the Grisha Verse books. I’m sure I could think of more if I tried.
Who are your favorite female heroines? Next Friday, we’ll talk about favorite tropes.