It is international womens day this month and so I have put together a booklist of my favourite FMCS that just scream female rage and power and radiate from every page. From assassins to knights to fallen queens this is a list of FMCs that don’t wait for people to save them and survive and thrive because of their tenacity and skill!

Paedyn Gray- Powerless – Lauren Roberts
How could I not include her? In a world of elites trained to kill any ordinary she not only survives trials designed to test the best of them but does it without any of their superpowers! Her incredible ability with weapons   as well as her insane ability to fake being a Psychic  – and fool a whole royal court! – makes this a must read!

Celaena Sardothian  – Throne of Glass – Sarah J Maas

Celaena is just everything I love in a fantasy heroine and even though a lot of characters have borrowed from her she cannot be replicated! Tough and yet soft, she can torture a man and then go home to cuddle a dog  and read! Assassin, reader and all round badass how could anyone not love her?

Evangeline Samos  – Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Honestly she stole the scene in every chapter she was in! From start to finish Evangeline had the magnetic pull of the main character and the villain while maintaining opposition to the mc! Ambitious and powerful she will remain one of my top fmcs no matter how many I read!

Keladry of Mindelan  – Protecter of the Small – Tamora Pierce
More of a classical heroine than most of my assassin mcs Keladry is one of the first to ensnare my heart and never let go! Fighting against prejudice in a world on the brink of a war as she becomes the first female knight in a hundred years her courage, stubbornness and justice make her probably the most moral of those on this list!

Mare Barrow – Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard
Teen revolutionary leaders aren’t a new thing in dystopian but Mare does it like no other! From the slums to the Silver court to chains and revolutions she radiates through the pages of her series and remains my Roman Empire (along with the rest of her world) despite reading many more similar fmcs no one can do it with the power of Mare!

Katsa – Graceling  –  Kristin Cashore
Katsa is one of the toughest characters I have ever met! I am wrestling with spoilers because her power just grows and grows! Her sheer tenacity and stubbornness is a superpower in itself and I love her from start to finish.

Manon Blackbeak – Throne of Glass – Sarah J Maas

I haven’t finished this series yet (I read the first few a while ago on borrowbox but the series is insanely expensive so I am keeping an eye out for second hand copies in bookstores!) but Manon was an instant fmc forever. She doesn’t care what anyone thinks, is dangerous and incredibly intelligent. She feels like Celeana and yet not, she is harder, less colourful and I just love her!

These FMCs are my favourites from the hundreds of books I have read and I 100% recommend them joining your TBR this March!

Safe Reading

Lottie x