Gimme More DUFFS
by Mari
Whilst reading The Wrath and the Dawn I realized how much I despise beautiful protagonists. Beauty is the biggest cheat in YA romantic fiction. Why does the Caliph of Khorasan, the man known to kill his bride's by dawn get wooed by Shahrzad?
Psst. Mari, Mari, Mari. Haven't you heard? SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANT, QUEENLY!
Honestly? Where are all my DUFFs at? Whats wrong with being the "average" looking girl next door with an epic personality? Nothing. I want more romances where little or no focus is on looks and more on personality and wit. Please, take pity on me and send some recommendations my way. Will be eternally grateful.
(Psssst Mari, check out The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson! (From P.E.))
(Psssst. P.E. already read it. (From Mari))
Who Runs the World? GIRLS.
by P.E.
I read The Mime Order about a week ago, and I'm still obsessed with it. You see, my favourite new thing to read about is girls in charge. Ambitious types. Girls that lead. We've had enough reluctant heroes. I want protagonists that want to take charge and change the world. Especially girls that are like, "I got this." College has exposed me to many powerful women, and the dilemma of few women at the top. It's tough for women to get there, and stay there. That's why I'm so up for reading about women that are ready to not only fight for rebellion, but lead it.
Paige does that. Elisa from the aforementioned Girl of Fire and Thorns is another example. Jodi Meadow's The Orphan Queen has that too. Queen of Someday, Queen of Tomorrow both feature this. I'm further hoping Celaena gets there too! (She's powerful, but somewhat reluctant... c'mon Celaena, GO FOR IT.)
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Yes! We definitely need more DUFFs in books, and less emphasis on beauty when it comes to our characters. Gah. Now I just want to go reread the DUFF! :) Congrats on 100 followers as wel! :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a good point. I can think of so many books where physical appearance matters. We have either beautiful girls who are vain and love being beautiful, (Gossip Girl) or beautiful girls who just so happen to reflect exteriorly what they are personally. (Cynthia Hand's Unearthly series, where she is literally an angel.) Then we have normal looking girls who struggle with their normal status. (Alina Starkov in the Grisha trilogy) The list goes on.
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