Thursday, August 29, 2013

Sidekick Saturday [28] Law Enforcement!!!

Sidekick Showcase, previously known as Sidekick Saturday, is a weekly bookish meme, hosted here by Jaclyn at JC's Book Haven. There are many secondary characters that are as great as the primaries. In some cases, the sidekicks actually steal the show and you like them better than the heroine or hero. Maybe they didn't have enough page time for how great they were. Anyone can play along! I will post my Sidekicks on Saturday, then whichever day during the week that you would like to post yours, you can put your link in on my page. Just do the following:
• Choose a sidekick *or someone other than the hero or heroine* that you would like to put in the spotlight that fit's in the week's topic
• Share a picture (if you can) and information about the character
• Give the title and author of a book the character can be found in
• Please don't include too many spoilers when describing why the character is such a great sidekick
• The day of your post, put your link in below and grab the code for your post so you can see the others that post their's throughout the week as well
This week's challenge is LAW ENFORCEMENT! I'm so late with this post, but I'm just under the wire.
My first thought went to Burnett James from the Shadow Falls series by CC Hunter. He polices the weird and he's grumpy almost all of the time. The few moments you catch him being sweet you feel like hugging him, but it's a passing thought since he's big and vampy. But the theme of this week in my life seems to be kick ass women so I'm going with Hannah Moses from .... you guessed it or not the Morganville series by Rachel Caine. Daylighters doesn't come out until November and I want it now! 

Hannah is former military and current human cop in the scariest town ever. She's hardcore lethal to the point that if she's smiling it might be because she just killed something, thought of how she could kill something, or found a new something worthy of killing. I love Hannah and life hasn't been roses for her but this is the chick you want to stick to like glue during the apocalypse. She's that damn tough. When I think of her I imagine a younger Queen Latifah. 

“Might as well go out flipping the bird to the powers that be killing us.”
Rachel Caine, Last Breath

My sidekicks are pooped because we just merged households. My sister threw in the Charlie Davidson series but you know how I am with series she keeps choosing that I haven't read yet (I'm on the wait list for First Grave on the something Left or Right). My mom shook her head and spaced out. Or I spaced out when she answered it. 

8 comments:

  1. Just dropping by to say hi and to thank you for your recent visit to my blog. This meme looks quite interesting.

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    1. Your fable was a hit with my mom right when she needed a laugh! This sidekick meme has added great books to my TBR shelf and it's fun going through your past reads to find just the right character. Thanks for stopping by!

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  2. YAY Hannah is awesome! You're so right. She's a perfect law enforcement sidekick for sure.

    I hope packing out is almost done, and that you're all nicely settled now and can enjoy the coming weekend. *hugs* to you Robyn :)

    Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews

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    1. Hannah is awesome, but then she does have a pretty cool grandma. I have about 2 more hours of finishing up the other place before handing over the keys and then I can take my time unpacking. This weekend I plan to run through the cold Pacific Ocean and watch the kites flying. So fun will be had. I hope you have a great weekend too, Lexxie!

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  3. Sweet!! An excellent choice for your theme of kick-ass women, Robyn! Hannah is definitely hardcore and kick-ass!

    I hope the boys' first week of school went well and that you had a little downtime from packing/moving/unpacking. :) How's Will doing with the move? Enjoy your weekend, Robyn!!

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    1. I think the kick-ass women theme is going to continue into next week. I think it's all that box lifting and stair climbing. I'm all GRRRh right now. Will actually starts school on the 4th. He just tried to stay home sick because he got his days confused. But the downtime is on its way.

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  4. Personally, I love BOTH of your choices. Burnett is so much fun because you know he's sweet deep down under the scary, grumpy vamp exterior and he has a real dedication to keeping all the kids safe. I also really enjoy Hannah because she's just a bad kick-butt chick. I've enjoyed watching her journey through the books, but my heart also broke for her in some parts. The way she moved past that hurt is commendable and I really love her! Excellent picks this week :D Jaclyn @ JC's Book Haven.

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    1. Burnett is one of my favorite characters from that series. I hope he's in the spinoff. And my heart totally broke for Hannah a couple times. Her strength is amazing! That is the most stressful series ever! The only time you ever get to relax is during their taco dinners (usually). I'm still mulling over this week's Living Dead challenge. I saw your drawing. Awesome!!!!

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