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Tag: Badass Main Character
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi – S.A. Chakraborty (Standalone)
Adventurous Parents ✓ Badass Main Character ✓ Female Main Character ✓ First-Person Narration ✓ Found Family ✓ Grandpas on an Adventure ✓ Heist ✓
We Are the Dead – Mike Shackle (The Last War #1)
Badass Main Character ✓ Female Main Character ✓ Heart-Wrenching ✓ Rebellion ✓ Witty and Gritty ✓
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai – Bradley P. Beaulieu (The Song of the Shattered Sands #1)
“It felt used. Lived in. Kissed by battle. Exactly the way she liked it.” What is the Book about? On runners glide proud merchant ships across the Sand Sea to Sharakhai, cradle of civilization and home of the Twelve Kings. Centuries ago, the gods themselves bestowed unimaginable power upon them, and since then, they have…
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro – K. S. Villoso (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen #1)
“I liked smiles. In my world, they could mean anything: a hidden joke to a friend, a threat to an enemy. There are songs written about my smiles and what usually comes after them.” So what’s the book about? Born under the crumbling towers of Oren-yaro, Queen Talyien was the shining jewel and legacy of…
The Emperor’s Blades – Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #1)
“Any fool can see what’s there. You need to see what is not there.” So what’s the book about? Great intrigues take place in secret in the kingdom and the reigning emperor is treacherously murdered. All the responsibility now rests on the shoulders of his two sons, Kaden and Valyn, and on the shoulders of…
A Little Hatred – Joe Abercrombie
The Age of Madness 1 “When one man knowingly kills another, they call it murder! When society causes the deaths of thousands, they shrug and call it a fact of life.” So what’s the book about? In a world where the proverbial dagger in the back is taken literally, it is dangerous without allies. This…
The Shadow of the Gods – John Gwynne
The Bloodsworn Saga 1 “No, this is my home”, Orka said, placing her palm over Thorkel’s chest. “You and Breca are my home. Wherever we are together, that is my home to me.” So what’s the book about? Three centuries ago, the gods of the north fought each other in a bloody war, bringing themselves…
A Crown for Cold Silver – Alex Marshall
The Crimson Empire 1 “Fear is the Sword and Scepter of the Church and the Crown. Fear is the Shackles Upon Your Limbs. Fear is the Blindfold You Wear. Fear is the Poison in Your porridge, making You Sick. Making You Die. The pope Laughs as You Weep. She drinks Your Tears. The queen smacks…
The Last Wish – Andrzej Sapkowski
The Witcher 0.5 “People,” Geralt turned his head, “like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that…
The Reading Stray 