Standing in contrast, Ilona Andrews’s Kate Daniels and Ann Aguirre’s Sirantha Jax are wonderful examples of female characters whose strength is demonstrated not only through physical skill, but also through their abilities and willingness to utilize the fellow human resources at their disposal.
Rose Hathaway from Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy series springs to mind as an exemplar of this most detestable of character types. I’ve forgone many series for failure to connect with the main character, due mostly to my inevitable distaste for women who act before they think. She makes her own decisions, dependence be damned, yet those decisions aren’t reasoned, at least not to any degree reflected in the narrative. Allison has determination in spades, and unfortunately it’s the kind I dislike the most.
I am not one of those readers, because for me, it takes more than sheer determination to demonstrate strength of character. Will see her as a welcome divergence from the weak-willed women who rely on others to save them, the damsels in distress who give reliant women a bad name.
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