Sidekick Saturday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted 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! 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 fits in this week's type• Share a picture 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
• Put your link in the Linky thing and comment
Okay, Jaclyn at JC's Book Haven is killing me! All American? I keep wanting to pick Adam Hauptman from Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson books. Then I hear Adam growling in my ear, "I'm no one's sidekick!" Fine, I won't pick the Vietnam War Vet turned Alpha werewolf and most bestest mate ever! Then I thought of Seth from Succubus Blues. Author, hottie, wear-er of funny T-shirts. But that series was a roller coaster of emotions and part of me still wants to kick his butt for being so stupid.
So I went with a girl. A sweet Colorado girl who hikes and bounces around, but still speaks her mind, Kiara Westford from Rules of Attraction. She's the girl in high school who volunteers for everything and not because it will look good on transcripts. She's not popular, doesn't conform to trends of stupidity, and has a stutter. Oh, and it seems no matter how nice she is to Carlos Fuentes, he's determined to be a shit.I have a standing lunch date with my mom and sister every Saturday where I pose this challenge to them. My mom chose Betsy from my Touched Girl series. Betsy has the bouncy looks, just not the bouncy personality. My sister almost said Shane from the Morganville series, but I jumped in and told her Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Book Views chose Shane. Maybe I was a tad gleeful to burst her bubble. I'm a brat that way. Shannon quickly recovered and hit me with Alcede from the Sookie Stackhouse series. Oh, Alcede, the best, most poorly utilized character of all time! That was the Sookie book that made me cuss the most. Alcede is so beautiful. Sure he has a scary on again/off again restraining order kind of girlfriend, but he's worth a possible trip to the ER.
There's my Sidekick Saturday. Come and play. It's so fun thinking of the other characters in the books we love...or hate.
Yay! Your mom picked Betsy! This is fun but I wouldn't be able to classify them. There's always something I miss from their description lol. I'd have to read the book more than once.
ReplyDeleteWe all love Betsy. I think she should get a novelette at least. I forget author descriptions all the time too. I usually have to go to my rated books shelf on Goodreads to find inspiration for the sidekicks.
DeleteYes, I hope you write one for her! I had never thought of that, the shelves other people on goodreads make, I should check there next time lol. For the Divergent challenge, we're drawing Eric and I had to go through the book to remember how he was. I even wrote things about him as I was finding them in a notebook so I'd get an idea
DeleteI haven't read Divergent yet. I know, insanity! You must be good at taking notes because you always pull great quotes when you review a book. I haven't graduated to being that organized with my process.
DeleteHey there should be no tad bit of glee in crushing my pick for Side-kick Saturday's little sister :).
DeleteHa! I did mention that I'm a brat. That's the same thing as saying sorry, pretty close to the same thing. hehe
DeleteI didn't even think of choosing a girl :D see how my mind works? Kiara is a really good pick, though, she's a great character, and certainly fits my view of an all-American girl.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Touched Girl, so I don't 'know' Betsy. And I really LOL'ed about you getting your sister to change her mind from Shane! But Alcede is a great choice as well. I love that man-wolf.
I hope you're having an excellent Sunday, Robyn!
My sister's been on a Morganville one track mind with the sidekicks, so I knew what was coming. It was so funny because I really did act like a twelve year old. She even did the "Man, I was just about to say that one." She's my total book buddy. It's easy to guess, but she threw me with Alcede. I'm so glad you joined the meme. You have an excellent Sunday too!
DeleteYou're right, Robyn...Adam would have found some way to get even if you'd picked him. And Seth *sigh* yeah, he was kinda stupid but I loved him all the same. ;) But Kiara! Awesome-ness! She's a great pick! I loved her - how she finally knocked some sense into Carlos!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I like your Mom's pick as well. ;) Betsy wormed her way into my heart. As for Alcede - I know his character but I haven't read that far into the series, so I'll have to take your word for it.
Happy Sunday! :)
Didn't you just love Rules of Attraction? I can't wait for her next series (think Friday Night Lights). Goodreads says 2013, but that's it. You're still early on in the Sookie books. Lucky, those are my favorite. Eric...hmmm. He's the best kind of jerk. Happy Sunday right back at you Brandee. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteOh I haven't read this book yet, but she sounds like a great pick :D I love the choice of Alcede as well! He's very All American. I have a lot of fun seeing what everyone picked. Jaclyn @ JC's Book Haven.
ReplyDeleteI always say this, but I love this meme. It's fun giving the spotlight to the supporting cast in our favorite books, also reading about books I haven't read. I hope you have a excellent week!
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