Top Ten Tuesday: Book Boyfriends/Girlfriends

I know, the first thing you’re going to say is, “There’s only 8 covers on your Top Ten list this week.” And there are, but coming from the perspective of an adult female where most of my reading involves characters who are children ages 8-16, I found this Top Ten Tuesday exceptionally difficult. I was talking with my coworker/friend and complaining that my middle grade characters are far too young to think of like that and most YA characters have some sort of fatal flaw and she, in a very pointed way, exclaims, “Is it that their fatal flaw is they’re 18 years old?” Which immediately made me laugh, so yes my list only has 8 titles, but I’m going to take two characters from the first two books.

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
   I’m taking both Charlie Weasley and Hermione Granger from this book – first of Charlie is one of the older siblings of the Weasley clan, plus he’s a dragon hunter/tamer, so I think that’s pretty cool. Bonus points to Charlie for surviving the fight and for being a Weasley (because who wouldn’t want to be a part of that awesome family?
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
   And the other character I would choose would have to be Hermione – she’s pretty much the epitome of awesome – smart girl, stands up for what’s right, a reader and a really great friend. Done.
3. The Girl From Everywhere
   Kashmir, an 18th century Persian who fluently speaks French, Arabic, Farsi and English and is described as having golden skin and dark curls. Plus, the way he interacts with Nix, I swooned. He calls her Amira, which I looked up, means Princess. Yep.
4. The Girl From Everywhere
   Bee – an ex-cattle herder from Sudan who has a ghost wife, who she willing blames things gone wrong on. I loved this character because she’s tough, strong, but also caring and loves her wife, even years later. So, maybe having a ghost wife haunt your new relationship wouldn’t be great, but I think this is an awesome character.
5. Throne of Glass
   I’ve only ready the first book in this series, but I already really like Chaol Westfall, the Captain of the Guard for Prince Dorian and the man who helps Celaena train for the King’s Champion Tournament. As an expert swordsman and a man who keeps himself in shape for his career, I’m thinking he isn’t too hard on the eyes either.
6. Matilda
   Hear me out, Matilda would be an awesome girlfriend, when she got older. She’s fierce, a reader, and caring. Plus having a girlfriend with special powers would be pretty awesome!
7. The Star-Touched Queen
   With Maya’s horoscope, no one is willing to marry her, until she is forced to marry a mysterious man from an even more mysterious kingdom. What I liked most about Maya is that she doesn’t accept things as they are and continues to question loyalty, truth and her new husband as she bravely searches for the answers.
8. Anne of Green Gables
   Gilbert Blythe – a man who doesn’t give up, is caring to a fault and loves with all his heart, what more could you want?
9. The Invisible Library
   Kai is protective even as a new apprentice to The Library and dives head first into the adventure to save a manuscript from the fae. Plus, without giving anything away Kai’s secret, it’s a doozy!
10. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
    I’m choosing Mr. Lemoncello because I think he’s a fun character, very well-read, educated and would probably be a crazy person to know! I honestly have no idea how old he is in the books, but to have earned all that money and build a library for your hometown means something to me.

So, what I’ve learned from this extremely difficult Top Ten Tuesday, is that I clearly need to read more adult fiction! Because book boyfriends/girlfriends should be much closer to your own age…

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Book