Morning, everyone!
When I first started this post, I needed time to figure out what I wanted out of it. Freebies are always hard for me, somehow. They either excel beautifully or bomb. I hope for the former.
Top Ten Tuesday, originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is a weekly meme. The new prompt is a character freebie. I had several ideas, but the morally gray squad stuck with me.
Hope you all enjoy!
Manon Blackbeak
There is no chance I could finish my picks unless I knew Manon was at the top. This character spoke too much to me that I was surprised I didn’t hate her at the beginning. It took me a wyvern to convince me to take another look at her.
Mia Corvere
Are you all that shocked I’d have Mia on here? Of course not. I aspire to her calibre someday. Now, I probably won’t go on a stabbing spree, but at least my sarcasm will slice away at any unsuspecting victims.
Nikolai Lantsov
The King of Shadows can be at the helm of my ship whenever he likes. 😉 At first, I wasn’t sure if I’d like Nikolai. He’s one of the few characters from the Grisha Trilogy I can tolerate though. With his spectacular good looks and the fact he’s a pirate king, I know I’ve chosen well.
Nova Artino
Nova, Nova, Nova, the ambiguous one who doesn’t know where she stands. Ah, I love her. Sure, her alter ego is rough on the edges. But she has a tenacity about her. And I think we’d have fun terrorizing the simpletons.
Eve Levine
The half-demon witch from the underworld, Eve Levine, is one character who has always inspired me. She went against the grain and got herself killed because of it. However, this ghost-turned-angel won’t let that inconvenience stop her.
Jude and Cardan
My two little twisted babies will always make the cut. Both of them know how to cheat, trick, and betray their way out of any dicey situation.
Cricket
How can Cricket, a logika, end up here? Well, we all need some type of conscience, right? And since humans are slightly flawed, I might as well have a robot on the team. And frankly, I need to comedic relief.
I STILL have to read the superhero series by Marissa. It sounds like a fun, and really interesting story. Plus as someone who loves the superhero genre, I’m curious! 🙂
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Ha! I love what you’ve done with the freebie! Very creative. I have to agree with you about Manon!
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I love morally grey characters haha. The more messed up, the better. Nova and Jude and Cardan are amazing; I absolutely can’t wait for Supernova and Queen of Nothing!
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Freebies are hard for me, too! I need a very specific topic given to me or I have no idea what to do. I love your topic idea though! Nikolai is a gray character I definitely love!
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Fantastic choice of theme for this week. I personally love morally gray characters. Some of my favorite protagonists can be called anti-heroes I guess 🙂
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Not sure I completely understand what you mean by morally gray but I like the way you put together your list. My TTT list
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Haha, Jude and Cardan are definitely up there. I just got Nevernight today because it’s on sale. Haven’t read it yet though.
I think I’d put Adelina Amouteru and Magiano (from The Young Elites) up on my morally gray squad. You might say that Adelina is just outright evil, but since you do get to see her character develop, you kinda understand her and therefore I put her in the morally gray category.
I find freebies difficult too.
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Mia Corvere is everything!!!! I love your twist on the theme. Great choices, so happy you chose my girl Mia and little Cricket.
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I love Manon! She is my absolute favorite character in that series, although I’ve only finished through book 5 at the moment. Love this idea for a topic. It’s fun seeing what everyone picked for today!
My TTT: https://lifewithnoplot.com/2019/07/09/teasers-top-tens-7-9-19/
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LOVE THiS!!!!
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I love Cricket! Jude and Cardan are brilliantly written characters!
My TTT post!
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OMG I love your take on this freebie! I’m starting Renegades and I definitely can see how Nova is on the morally gray squad. I feel bad about what happened to her and her family though. Like geez, that prologue killed me already.
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Morally gray characters are so fun! I like the idea of this post. I am going to have to do it someday. I think my favorite morally gray characters are from Beth Flynn’s Nine Minutes trilogy.
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I find freebies to be really hard too, you’re right they are either amazing or they kind of flop. I still have yet to read King of Scars, but Nikolai is among one of my favorites in the series. Great list!
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Nice, unique spin on the subject! I haven’t read any of these books, so I’m not familiar with the characters, but moral greyness is an interesting subject to read about. Makes us look more closely at our own selves 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I love a good morally grey character. 🙂
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OMG morally grey characters are the greatest!! They’re my absolute favourite. Jude, Cardan and Mia are the absolute best!! 💕
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