And… coming back from the Top Ten Tuesday hiatus! Top Ten Books That Would Be On Your Syllabus If You Taught X 101! X= Character development, in this case.
Because, who doesn’t love a good character driven story?
1. The Lumatere Chronicles, by Melina Marchetta
Every single character featured in the series goes through a transformation. Finnikin, Isaboe, Froi, Quintana, Lucien, Phaedra… There’re plenty! These books are an excellent example of character development done right.
2. Rebel Wing, by Tracy Banghart
I started out not liking Ari, the MC of Rebel Wing. Then I liked her less. But by the end, I couldn’t wait to follow her story. She has such an amazing character arc!
3. The Golden Lily, by Richelle Mead
In general, I loved the Bloodlines series, but, this book is by far the best of them. It’s in this one that Sydney goes from ‘Vampires are creatures of evil’ to ‘Crap. Adrian is hot’. 😉
4. Some Girls Are, by Courtney Summers
It isn’t much that Regina changes through the book, but how she realizes a lot of things about her character that make her consider how she’s been acting. Which is pretty cool. Who knows how that will change her.
5. Rock and a Hard Place, by Angie Stanton
Like in Rebel Wing, here, Libby is a very weak-willed girl. She starts out very dependant on others, and even I thought that the point of this book is how at the end she stays with the boy, But I was pleased to find that that wasn’t the case, because it also features how she becomes a much more stronger person due to her refusal to continue taking crap from everyone.
6. The Lonely Hearts Club, by Elizabeth Eulberg
Eek! I don’t remember the details from this book. I just know that (Penny?) had a great deal to learn as she struggled to obey her own rules of no dating. It’s a cute and fun book that has a lot of meaning behind it.
7. The Immortal Rules, by Julie Kagawa
It’s fun and all to see how a character changes for the better. In the Immortal Rules, Allie becomes a vampire. And contrary to what most would have you think, she definitely doesn’t sparkle. News flash! She’s a monster. She refuses to accept it. She tries to be human. But the thing is, she’s not. Yikes.
8. An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir
I wish I had more things to say about this book. I can only say: IZZAT!
And… READ IT.
9. The Fill-In Boyfriend, by Kassie West
A very light read, but insanely fun nonetheless. I liked how the character development that goes on here doesn’t required a mega super quest to happen, but a single action: One lie that leads to others and ends up entangling things.
10. Don’t Touch, by Rachel Wilson
Frustrating, but powerful in a way you’d find in a Courtney Summers’ book. Don’t Touch deals with the anxiety of a girl who even though she recognizes she has a problem, struggles with convincing herself she doesn’t have to be that way. It’s an interesting internal battle.
Would you look at that… I have read absolutely none of those books! Shame on me, who is a character driven reader and loves great development within them! The good thing is though, that I have a few of these on my TBR (or I do now, after adding them since reading this post, lol.)
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YAY! You should DEFINITELY READ THE LUMATERE CHRONICLES ASAP!
Haha, I agree with Golden Lily. Though Indigo Spell is actually my favourite book in the series, Golden Lily had the highest amount of character development, both in Adrian and Sydney’s characters as well in their relationship!
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Those two are just so cute together! Yep! I liked a lot how Adrian struggled with his growing insanity. It kept you on your toes.
I really like your choice of syllabus topic. Character development is really something that can make or break a book and I’ve never seen a recommendations list for this topic before. I embarrassingly haven’t read any of these yet but The Fill-In Boyfriend just arrived in the mail for me so I hope to get to it real quick. Great list 🙂
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Haha, it’s weird because I thought more people would select this topic, so yay! And yes, you should definitely read the Fill-In Boyfriend. Love Fill-In Bradley!