April A to Z Challenge... My favorite A characters

Last time I participated in this challenge, I recapped 26 of my favorite writers. This time, I want to celebrate the characters they have brought to me to enrich me world.

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A is for Arya from The Song of Ice and Fire series.

If I had read this series when I was 15 instead of 30, I am sure that I would have:

• been slightly traumatized
• instilled Arya in my list of literary inspirations right next to Ender Wiggin

Arya is everything a girl in her situation is supposed to NOT be... defiant, fearless, inquisitive, and sassy. Her moxy throughout the series gets her into many a scrape, but also makes her story line one of the most intriguing of the 18,241 characters in the books.

Perfectly case in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Arya has come to life for me on many fronts. Though 15-year-old-me would have loved her for being different, 30-something me loves her for being so exciting.