Greetings readers!
I’m forever going to be late with all these amazing tags! Krysti over at YA and Wine created this incredible tag that features and recognizes the various strengths of all our favourite YA Heroines! I absolutely adored reading through this tag and answering the questions myself, I hope you all enjoy!
Thank you to the three epic bloggers who tagged me ages ago! Mandy @ BookPrincessReviews, Eva @ BrilliantlyBookish, Joana @ BookNeeders They each have such incredible blogs and I hope you all take a trip to their sites one day! You’re missing out on some amazing content!
THE RULES
- Thank the person who tagged you.
- Mention the creator Krysti at YA and Wine
- Match at least one YA girl with each of the themes below.
- Tag as many people as you like!
WARRIOR GIRLS
Attia – Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk
Helene Aquilla – An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
June Iparis – The Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu
GIRLS WHO FIGHT WITH THEIR MIND
Kestrel – The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski
Adelina – The Young Elites by Marie Lu (Literally fights with her mind)
Cress – The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
GIRLS WHO FIGHT WITH THEIR HEART
Winter – The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Maya – The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Lucy Pevensie – The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
GIRLS WHO ARE TRAINED FIGHTERS
Attia – Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk
Inej Ghafa – Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Helene Aquilla – An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
STRONG GIRLS OF COLOR
Inej Ghafa – Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Laia of Serra – An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Iko – The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
GIRLS WHO FIGHT TO SURVIVE
Laia of Serra – An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Cinder – The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Shazi – The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Cleo Bellos – Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
GIRLS WHO ARE WEAPONS MASTERS
Inej Ghafa – Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Katniss Everdeen – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Nova Artino – Renegades by Marissa Meyer
GIRLS WHO DON’T CONFORM TO GENDER ROLES
Attia – Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk
Scarlet – The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Lada – And I Darken by Kiersten White
GIRLS WITH KICK-BUTT MAGICAL POWERS
Nina Zenik – Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Yrene Towers – Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Meira – Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
STRONG GIRLS IN CONTEMPORARY NOVELS
Charlotte Holmes – A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Starr Carter – The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
SERIOUSLY FIERCE GIRLS
All of them.
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK WITH A STRONG LEADING LADY
Furyborn by Claire Legrand will have TWO fierce ladies front and center, so I am pretty stoked for this book!
I Tag…
Anyone who has not had the chance to have a go at this! (But I think literally everyone has already done this and given amazing answers!)
That’s it for me! I know there are a lot of repeats on my list! Frankly, I just have not read enough! There are so many ladies from books on my shelves that I wanted to add, but I haven’t read their story yet, so really I can’t judge their ferocity just yet! But I look forward to it!
As someone who has never been particularly physically strong, or snarky-strong, it’s so important that this tag was created to showcase the other strengths! So thank you again to Krysti!!
Let me know what you think! What is/are your strength(s)? Who are your favourite YA Heroines? What fierce lady inspires you? (Real or fictional)
Happy reading!
~ Rendz
Ah I love this tag! And you chose such great answers. Inej is seriously fierce and I love how she pops up everywhere. June makes my heart CRYYYY but yes she is so strong. Starr is such a role model and I love her. Great choices! ❤️
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Thank you!!!! Inej (like so many of these ladies) fit into so many categories, I just had to keep putting her XD June makes my heart cry too. I feel you! *weeps*
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Great tag, I love your answers. I love how badass Cress was even though she wasn’t as physically strong as the others 😀
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Thanks! I feel the exact same about Cress!!
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Your welcome 😀
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I love how you said all girls are seriously fierce! 😉
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I speak only the truth, and nothing but the truth! 😉
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You have some great answers! 😃 Thanks for the kind words!
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Thank you for tagging me!
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It was my pleasure!
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shazi is one of my favorite heroine as well as cleo! shazi is smart and witty and independent. i was fascinated by her through the whole doulgy. she truly inspires me! cleo is persistent and strong as well she never gives up and always saves herself without waiting for someone.
there are a lot of strong female characters that truly inspire me which i’m so grateful for.
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Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! Those are perfect summaries of the kind of characters Shazi and Cleo are! I couldn’t agree more!!!
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of course!
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Ahh I love your answers for this!! Inej, Nina, Kestrel are some of my absolute FAVOURITE characters ever, they’re all so strong in their own way and I love them. 😍❤️ I really want to read Blood and Sand, Attia’s character showed up so many times! She sounds like such a great character. 🙂
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Thanks! I hope you enjoy Blood and Sand should you ever get around to it! It was really good and Attia is an amazing character!!
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Oooh I love these so much! I love this tag in general but you managed to include some of my all-time favorite kickass girls: Kestrel, Helene, Scarlet, etc. plus made me want to check out all the others too ❤ I'll have tons of new reading material for the next few months ^^
I've been tagged by Krysti to do this one as well so I'm hoping to get it out soon 🙂
Wonderful post, Rendz!
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Thanks for reading Sophie!!! I’m so glad we share some favourite kick-ass ladies! There are so many books out there with so many great characters waiting to be discovered, I don’t think we will ever run out of reading material!
I can’t wait to read your answers!
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I agree, and that’s both awesome and terrifying xD I’ll try to have it done soon ❤️
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This was fantastic, as always, Rendz, but I loved seeing all of your fantastic Bookstagram pictures! They were fantastic and so were your answers!! All these fierce and fantastic ladies!!
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I work hard on some of those bookstagram pics, I must show them off 😉
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What a fun tag! Wow, your answers were SO GOOD. “Seriously Fierce Girls” = “All of them.” Ha! I agree!
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Thank you!
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