
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week is Top Ten Favorite Female MC’s!
I did have to think about this one a little bit. I’m making this a little bit loose and going with my favorite female MC’s! I don’t typically think some of these can be “Heroines” or maybe. Either way, I’m covering my bases here. haha.

Celaena/Aelin will always be one of my faves!!

Finlay and Vero.. kind of cheating here because I love both of them. Don’t typically think they fall into “heroine” haha. Regardless, love them a lot in this series!

Orka is my all-time favorite heroine/female MC of all time.

Veronica is a character that I’ve loved getting to know. She’s very blunt but funny. Loving this series as a whole.

Tessa will always be a favorite of mine in this series. I know, she doesn’t get as much writing time but she’s such an important part of this world.

I’ve got to give an oldie some shout out. Sansa was one that I did not like for most of this series. Arya was always a fave, still is. I think that Sansa was one of the most impressive character arcs in this series. Gotta give her props. I went from hating her to cheering for her like crazy.

I want to be Alana when I grow up. That’s all.

Lara makes this series.

Lana. Holy wow… this is insane but in the best way.

I’m kind of cheating and picking two here. Wren and Shae are basically the bones of this series.
I am so excited to see what everyone else has put on their list. Leave your link down below and let’s chat!!

I love these although I have to admit to a lot of love for Cersei in GOT.
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Yeah, Cersei was great! I think that because Sansa was useless and ended up being on top is a fabulous character arc! I do wish that Cersei would have had a better ending tho.
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I love Orka so much ❤
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She’s amazing!!! ❤
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I have Celaena as well. The rest I can’t recognise because of missing al text 😦
My TTT: My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2023/02/21/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-heroes-and-heroines/
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I love that you included Finlay Donovan! She’s one of my favorites too 💕
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Yes, so glad I picked up the first book last year! Been a fun time. 🙂
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Orka made my list, too! How could she not? Badass mom to save the day!!!
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Right!? She’s the best!! I am dying for book three tho!!
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Tessa is the only one of these I’ve read, but I have the first Finlay book on my Kindle. This would be a hard one for me.
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Finlay was such a fun ride. Just don’t take it too seriously! 🙂
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Lara is fantastic! I also liked her sisters too.
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Yes, they are great too!!
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Saga looks interesting.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-character-traits-for-heroines/
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It’s definitely a crazy graphic novel! haha
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Lara!!! She’s such a fantastic one. Great list, Leslie!
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Thank you!! 🙂
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Lana!!! I love that choice! She was such a great character.
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Right?! Definitely not your typical heroine.. haha
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No, but one of my faves. Have I told you before that I think you should try J.A. Redmerski’s Killing Sarai since you liked ST Abby? It’s DARK and twisted, but you might enjoy the craziness of it all.
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I just checked and I don’t think so!! I usually go add your recs to my GR TBR. I just added it though!! haha, I apparently enjoy the crazy! 🙂
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Great list! I haven’t read (or watched) GoT, but I do appreciate it when a character grows like you mentioned Sansa does.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/02/21/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-heroines/
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Thank you! Yes, I had to give her a lot of props because I initially hated her. lol
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Celaena is a great choice. I put off the rest of the series and need to pick them back up.
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It’s such a long and chunky series but worth it!
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Great list, Tessa is one of my favorites, too 😊
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Thank you!! She’s a great one!
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Celaena will always be one of my favorites too!
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She’s so hard to forget!
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Absolutely agree about Sansa. I appreciated her so much more on my second re- read. And I don’t know if you’ve ever read the Winds of winter sample chapter where she’s posing as Alayne- Littlefinger’s daughter- but it’s AMAZING.
I do want to try the Raybourn series.
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Yes!! I think I would too if I did a re-read. Maybe in 10 years when the next book comes out. LOL. I have not read that but that sounds so good!!! Gosh, Littlefinger was such a worm. lol
You should!! It’s been so much fun!
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Here’s a link to the chapter. It might be the most we get if Winds of Winter never arrives! :):)
https://thehawke.github.io/twow-excerpts/chapters/alayne.html
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Awesome!!! Thank you so much, Greg! 🙂
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I love Lara from The Bridge Kingdom – great list!
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Thank you! She’s great and so are her sisters!!
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I adore Veronica Speedwell! She always makes me laugh 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I have adored the series so far!! Hoping to finish in the next week! 🙂
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I love this list so much! I definitely agree that while Finlay and Vero aren’t your typical heroine, they are favorites of mine as well. And I have to agree with you about Sansa. While I’m firmly Team Arya, Sansa had a major shift throughout the series, and she definitely grew on me so much. And how can you not love Tessa? Now I’m even more curious about the other books on this list.
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Thank you!! Yes, I was team Arya the whole way, but Sansa definitely snuck up on me. She went from the weakest to one of the strongest, in the end. Hard not to appreciate that!! I think you should check them out then!! 🙂
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I love Orka, Tessa, and the women of the Green Bone Saga so much. Great choices! 🙂
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Thank you!! 🙂
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Great choices! I love GOT, and I just got the first volume of Saga, so I’m looking forward to it.
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Thank you! Oh, I can’t wait to see what you think of Saga! It’s crazy but so good.
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Shae and Wren absolutely stole the Green Bone Saga for me! I have nearly all of these books on my TBR, and I’m even more excited to pick them up now 😀
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Yes. they were so important!! Loved them so much. Yay, I hope you enjoy them when you get to them!! ❤
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Great list, I adore Tessa 👋
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Thank you!
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Finlay Donovan and Veronica Speedwell are both perfect for this prompt!
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Such great women!! 🙂
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The Shadow of the Gods is on my TBR! I love the cover too. I also did not like Sansa, but ended up loving her by the end (I have to admit, though, this is based on the show as I have not finished reading the entire series)
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You are in for a treat with Shadow of the Gods. Book 1 & 2 were both top books of the year for me, when they came out. SO good but also really intense. I felt the same way in the books and the show! They did a pretty good job with it until the last couple of seasons.. lol
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I didn’t have Aelin on my list this week, but she is a heroine I have enjoyed as well. I’ve only watched the GOT TV series, not read the books, but I loved Arya and like you, Sansa really grew on me.
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They did a great job with the adaptation of the books… until the last few seasons when they didn’t have books. I felt the same way about them in the books!
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Yeah there was a definite notable dip in quality in Seasons 7 & 8, I actually never finished the final season because I was behind and then I saw all the spoilers because they were impossible to avoid and after that I didn’t really want to see their rubbish ending!
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haha!! That was actually a very smart accident on your part. lol It was not worth it and very disappointing!
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Yeah I was annoyed at the time, but it does seem like a bit of a lucky escape now!
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How did I forget Wren and Shae for my list this week?!
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I thought that about several answers today!! lol
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Tessa made my all Shadowhunters list. 🙂 I still need to read Throne of Glass. Someday!
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It’s a great series but it’s a long one!! Big commitment, haha!
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I used Aelin and almost went with Finlay/Vero, too. Tessa was a great pick that I didn’t think of.
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I tried to pick some that wouldn’t be very popular. I’m so glad so many people love Finlay/Vero!
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Finlay and Vero! ❤ And I feel the same about Sansa and Arya.
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I’ve seen that be such a popular take and that gives Martin some props for great writing! If only he would finish it. haha
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