This week’s topic is unlikeable characters you can’t help but love, but I chose to narrow that a little to lovable villains! I tend to love the bad boys in books, and I love seeing them usually end up softening or showing their good sides. Can’t wait to see your lists and what you did with this topic!
1. The Darkling from The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
He’s dark and sexy and charming and dangerous, and people are just drawn to him for some mysterious reason.
2. Rhysand from A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
He was the villain in the beginning, but he captured al of our hearts.
3. Valek from Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Valek is a master assassin and trains Yelena in the art of poison. He makes her pretty miserable until…
4. Akiva from Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
“Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love.
It did not end well.”
It didn’t start so well, considering Akiva attacked Karou at their first meeting. lol.
5. Bastien Toussaint from Black Ice by Anne Stuart
Bastien is a ruthless assassin, hired to take out Chloe for knowing too much about his illegal arms dealer employers, but he eventually decides to protect her instead.
6. Ty from Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher
I have no idea how Lucy Christopher got me to sympathize with the kidnapper, but she did!
7. Alexander Moncrieffe from What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long
Alex initially wanted to seduce his rival’s little sister as revenge. Making her fall in love and then breaking her heart is the perfect way to get back at Ian Eversea. He falls for her, though. Of course. So many swoons in this book!
8. Luke from Lament: The Faery Queen’s Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
Luke is an assassin who has been assigned to kill Deirdre. He shows up mysteriously and Dee is totally drawn to him. He’s in love with her, but do we trust him?
9. Beast from Hunted by Meagan Spooner
I love this guy for pretty much the same reason I love The Beast in Beauty and the Beast. He’s tortured, brooding and… beastly. He’s holding Yeva prisoner in his castle. But… then the swoons happen.
10. Joshua Templeman from The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Josh is the enemy. He’s Lucy’s nemesis. They hate each other, and are fighting for their place in the company they both work for. But there’s a very fine line between love and hate, and they don’t seem to know where it is.
I am NOT a villain girl. (It’s always about the heroes for me!! :D) But of course, there are villains that leave an impression! I sort of wish I’d added some Marvel villains to my list. Oh, well. Next time. :)
Oooh, I love Valek and Akiva.
A lot of these villains are from books I’ll probably be reading next year. Looking forward to it!
Fantastic list! The Darkling made mine too, he’s just such an excellent villain.
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I suspect The Darkling will be on a lot of lists today! I guess I never really thought of Valek as villainous. True, in the beginning they weren’t even friends, but I like to think things started progressing sooner rather than later! Lol! Great picks!
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Ah, yes, Akiva!! I loved him :)
I loved Valek, although I hate the way they describe his weird clothes?
The Darkling and Ty made my list too!
Rhys was on my list. LOVE HIM! Josh was an interesting pick. I guess he was a villain, but I adore him too.
Oh the Darkling made mine too! I couldn’t bring myself to put Rhys lol
I ended up really liking TY in Stolen. I felt manipulated by the author…Stockholm Syndrome, I guess. My TTT Since I’ve done this TTT two other times I decided to list heroes/heroines.
Yes to The Darkling and Akiva! :) Great list.
I love your choices of The Darkling, Valek and Rhysand!
I have Rysand on my list! I haven’t read the other books, but your chosen characters make me curious about them!
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OOoh nice picks! I forgot how unlikable some other characters were in their beginnings! I just remember loving them! Lol! Valek imparticular…he was kind of grumpy like in the start. I guess I just remember loving him shortly afterwards! Great picks!
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Josh from The Hating Game is a GREAT pick! I wish I would have thought of that one myself!
What a great list of loveable villains! Sparks my interest in these books. :-)
I feel like I’m going to see a lot of Darkling… I only read the last two books, and still nearly put him in my list.
I definitely have a thing for villains, especially killers. Wow, that sounds like I’m some kind of freak lol. I love Dexter from Jeff Lindsay’s books series, and I have a particular fondness for Timothy Blake, a serial cannibal who happens to also be an FBI consultant from a series by Jack Heath. On second thought, I’m probably more attracted to the idea of a villain who does good things in spite of their twisted proclivities. I guess that’s not so bad.
I love a good likable villain, but my memory couldn’t come up with enough of them for a list this week. I have read STOLEN, but it’s been so long that I barely remember it…My memory is just not up to snuff today. Ha ha.
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I haven’t read any of these. Have a great week!
Eh I did not like the Darkling–but I agree with Rhysand!