Top 10 Kickass Female Protagonists

Ragen from PeruseProject literally just uploaded her 'top 10 kickass literary females' video.
Ever since doing the Top 10 things I would want with me during the Zombie Apocalypse, I've been wanting to do another one.
It's so much fun, don't you think? 

So here I am with my top 10 most kickass female protagonist (as of middle of 2016, because you know how things like that can change).
Shall we?

1. Kady from Illuminae.
   If you haven't read Illuminae... where have you been the past year? It's the coolest book in creation. And Kady, let me tell you, is one hell of a kickass-sarcastic-fantastic protagonist. You do not want to miss her, trust me on this.
   This girl is *strong*. She never gives up and always - always - fights for what (and who) she believes in.
   Plus, did I mention it's the coolest book I ever read?
   
   
2. Tess (Tessa\Theresa) from The Infernal devices. 
   I love Tess. she is a truly amazing, beautiful and strong character.
   She's strong willed, brave, always speaks her mind and never gives up.
   Her strength and will get her through anything.
   Whoever said a strong characters are necessarily physically strong? Tess is just as strong as every protagonist on this list.
   
   
3. Cassie from The 5th Wave.
   I admire Cassie. The whole world basically went to hell yet she's still fighting. Still believes in the power of humanity.
   Everything and everyone she ever knew is either dead or captured, the world is ending and aliens are in control... a normal person would crumble. Not Cassie, never Cassie. She keeps her sarcasm to the maximum, never goes down without a fight and does everything in her power to get back what was taken from her.
   
   
4. Juliette from Shatter Me.
   Juliette evolved so much from Shatter me to Ignite me. From a scared girl in a cell she became so strong and confident. She has so much power, so much strength (both physical and emotional), but in the beginning she was too afraid to anything about it. Once she started to control it, to understand it, Juliette has evolved. Igniting everything in her path.
   
   
5. Rose from The Vampire Academy. 
   Ah, Rose. Amazing, strong, fantastic, sarcastic - did I mention strong? - Rose.
   Probably my most favorite of the list. What she goes through in the series... *shaking my head*. She's so strong, and I'm not talking just about physical strength (as you probably noticed).
   Read the books. I urge you.
   
    
6. Cinder from The Lunar Chronicles. 
   Cinder is another example of a character who evolved. It makes it so much more believable when you see the character becoming strong, rather than being immediately invincible.
   Like Juliette, Cinder went from a scared girl to a strong, confident young woman.
   Looking back at Cinder from book 1 and comparing her to Cinder of book 4... wow, she went through so much.
   
    
7.  Mac from the Fever series.
   I LOVE Mac. I know I said Rose is my favorite of the list but... no, I think it's Mac. Yes, dfinitely Mac.
   Mac brings 'kickass' and 'strong' to a whole new level. And did I mention sarcasm? Most of the girls on this list are extremely sarcastic.
   Mac also doesn't start as strong. Every book, she changes and evolves even more. She even jokes about it herself as she calls herself Mac 2.0 or Mac 1.0.
   Mac is truly amazing - her personality, her strength.
   You want to read this series, trust me.
   
   
8. Sadie from The Kane Chronicles.
   Sadie is just plain fantastic. I love this girl. And she's only 14 - I can't even begin to imagine what she'll be like at 16. Probably both scary and amazing (Carter would agree with me on the scary part).
   For me, Sadie is by far the best female protagonist Rick has ever created.
   
    
9. Katniss from The Hunger Games. 
    I tried, I really did, but I don't think it's possible to make a list of 'kickass female protagonists' without including Katniss in it.
   Me and Katniss may have our differences (and there are a lot of them), but I can't deny she belongs to this list.
   I mean, the girl did survived two hunger games, a world war, bombs and countless of other stuff.
   
   
10. Lia from The Remnant Chronicles. As of now, I only read The Kiss of deception. But I can already tell Lia is a strong girl. I wouldn't have guessed that at the beginning of the book. By the end of the book you're left opened mouthed, staring blankly at the pages, thinking: "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god". Inside of Lia the princess there is Lia the warrior. And I can't wait to meet her in the next book. 

What do you think of my list? Would you add anyone?
Feel free to do this fan Top 10 challenge (:
Coming soon: Top 10 kickass male protagonists.

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"Destiny wasn't exciting or romantic or epic. It was annoying." 

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