The Alpha Showdown is my favorite event here at VBC, because readers get so involved. And they’re good-natured smack talk. Well, you will be happy to know it’s time to start the preliminary work for the third annual Alpha Showdown.
A quick explanation for those unfamiliar with our annual May shenanigans (Alpha Showdown 2011, Alpha Showdown 2012). We pit sixteen characters from novels published in the previous year (May 2012-April 2013, in this year’s case) in an NCAA-style bracket. Each day we’ll have great book bloggers championing for their character as he or she goes up against another fan favorite. Readers vote, only one advances. This continues until there is only one left. The first year our winner was Jericho Z. Barrons from Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series. Last year Ilona Andrews’ Curran took the top title.
It’s time to put the call out for nominations. Which characters do you think need to be in this year’s Showdown? Nominations will be taken via comments on this post through March 31. At that time, we’ll pick the top 16 to be placed into the Showdown (and we’ll need bloggers to champion each of them).
HOW TO NOMINATE
Acheron – Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunters
Kitty – Carrie Vaughn Kitty Series
Lucien – Lynsay Sands The Argeneau Series
Wrath – J.R Ward Black Dagger Brotherhood Series
Faythe Sanders – Rachel Vincent The Shifter Series
1. Without a doubt… Reyes Farrow (Charley Davidson Series) Darynda Jones
Loves Reyes Farrow…Son of Satan…he is so hot!
Vote for Secret McQueen
Sierra Dean’s Secret McQueen. 🙂
1.Secret McQueen- Sierra Dean
2.Rachel Morgan- Kim Harrison
3.Maddy Black- Christina Henry
4. Mercedes Thompson- Patricia Briggs
5. Merit- Chloe Neill
Sierra Dean’s Secret McQueen all the way!!!
Secret McQueen, from Sierra Dean’s series!
Bones, Curran, Reyes, Holden, Ryodan.
Holden Chancery from Secret McQueen series
Sierra Dean’s Secret McQueen
Holden from the Secret McQueen series. Sierra Dean rules!
I love a lot of other alpha characters that we’ve seen this year, but these two way out-alpha the others in the past year’s offerings that I have read: Andrews’ Curran and Moning’s Ryodan.
Ryodan from Iced by Karen Marie Moning
Xcor from Lover at Last by JR Ward
Vasile — Quinn Loftis
Bones — Jeaniene Frost
Jericho Barrens — KMM
Ethan — Chloe Neill
Celia Graves — Cat Adams
Secret McQueen and Holden Chancery.
OK – just double checked to make sure my nominees were indeed released in 2012.
Ethan – Chloe Neill
Trent – Kim Harrison
Khalil – Thea Harrison
Atticus O’Shea – Kevin Herne
Christian MacKeltar – Karen Marie Moning
Ryodan – Karen Marie Moning
Jason – Nalini Singh
1)Curran
2) Kate Daniels
3) Secret McQueen
4) Eric Northman
Quinn-BDB
Curran
Ethan
Bones
Vlad
I’d like to vote for Shay and Ren – Andrea Cremer,
Zsadist and Rhev #BDB
and Matthew Clairmont-Deborah Harkness
Reyes Farrow–Darynda Jones
Jericho Barrons–Karen Marie Moning
Dmitri–Guild Hunter series–Nalini Singh
Terrible–Downside series–Stacia Kane
Judd Lauren–Psy/Changeling–Nalini Singh
Holden (Secret McQueen series) Sierra Dean
Desmond ( Secret McQueen Series) Sierra Dean
Zsadist (BDB) Jr Ward
Lisa B
Without a doubt, Sierra Dean’s Grave Secret character, Holden. Oh, and Sid. I have a thing for Sid.
I also love, passionately, irrationally with all my heart the character Reyes Farrow from Darynda Jones’s Charlie Davidson series.
Fourth has to be Rhage from JR Ward. ZOMG, Rhage. The things I want to do to him and…
Vishous. He’s my fifth choice. Though he and Rhage are interchangeable. Or tied. Or something. (sigh)
Acheron (I think Time Untime counts)
Vlad Tepesh
Bones
Raphael (Guild Hunter series)
Eric Northman
Jericho Barrens — Karen Marie Moning
Baltic – Katie MacAlister
Christian Mackelter – Karen Marie Moning
Curran (kate Daniels serie)
Judd Lauren (Psy changeling)
Zsadist (BDB)
Ryodan (Iced)
Hawke (Psy changeling)
Eric Northman- Sookie Stackhouse novels
Of course the viking Eric Northman
I agreee! ERIC NORTHMAN OF COURSE
Eric or Damon… in the end I will go with Eric