Blogger and author Cassandra Jade wants to know your favorite female protagonist.  These types of questions are always so hard because it changes according to my mood, my present state of mind, what I’m reading at the moment, and so on.  So, at this moment in time, here’s my favorite female protagonist…

Beka Cooper.

Beka is tenacious, clever, and brave…and brave for precisely the right reasons.  It’s not always easy to do the right thing but she often must set her fear–not only for herself but for others–aside to do right.  She makes mistakes, but learns from them.  Like all of us, she is usually too hard on herself, but is also too pragmatic to keep herself down for too long.  For me she is one of Tamora Pierce‘s best drawn characters…and Pierce is known for drawing exceptionally realistic characters.

So who is your favorite female protagonist?  Feel free to comment here, on Cassandra’s blog, or create a post of your own.