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Can you believe it’s already time to start talking about the Alpha Showdown? We’re ready to start playing favorites, are you?
For those uninitiated—hi, new subscribers!—every may VBC hosts a little battle royale with your favorite alpha characters with tons of giveaways and lots of fun.
Here’s how it works: VBC readers nominate their favorite characters who exemplify alpha status—male or female, leaders, warriors, general badasses—and we place the top 16 vote-getters into an NCAA-style bracket. We’ll have bloggers champion for the different characters and matches will be posted on this site where readers will get to vote on which character advances.
Previous Alpha Showdown champions have included Darynda Jones’ Reyes, Karen Marie Moning’s Ryodan, Ilona Andrews’ Curran and Moning’s Jericho Z. Barrons. So, we expect this year’s alphas to bring it.
Last year we modified the rules to allow characters to be nominated from any book regardless of publication date. VBC readers seemed to like that, so we’re keeping the new rule. That means you’re welcome to nominate anyone provided they’re from a novel with paranormal or supernatural elements (a.k.a paranormal romance and urban fantasy, mostly).
Also, every step of the Showdown will include giveaways. It’s our fifth year hosting this super fun event, so expect some stellar books and prizes to be offered. We utilize Rafflecopter widgets to handle nominations (below!) and the actual voting when the Showdown happens.
To kick off the giveaway action, we’ll pick three people who nominate characters for the Alpha Showdown 2015 to receive their choice of any book VBC has listed in a new release post (all linked here for your prize perusal). Not too shabby, right? (And, yes, it’s open internationally provided the Book Depository can ship to your location.)
THE DETAILS
I vote for
Revenant from Larissa Ione (Demonica #11);
Mad Rogan from Ilona Andrews (Burn for Me);
Ariq aka the Kraken King from Meljean Brook (The Kraken King)
Mad Rogan-IlonaAndrews
Simon Wolfgard-Anne Bishop
Anita Blake-Laurell K. Hamilton
Love the Alpha Showdown!
Curran and Kate should have their own special category!
I’d love to see:
Donna Grant’s Rhys from Night’s Blaze
Katie Reus’ Bran Devlin from Beyond The Darkness
C.L. Wilson’s Wynter Atrialan from The Winter King
I totally second Wynter Atrialan!
Shitttttt!!! I press enter accidentelly and i was not done with writting my choices. I only wrote Mad Rogen by Ilona Andrews but I also wanted to put Simon Wolfguard by Anne Bishop and Charles Cormick by Patricia Briggs.
I hope they can also be added to the contestants.
Thank!
I got you covered. 😀
Any of the Alphas from Teresa Gableman VC Warriors
Rebecca Zanetti Dean Brothers
My nominations are:
Mircea Basarab from Karen Chances’ books
Fearghus the Destroyer from G.A. Aikens Dragon Kin series.
nominated Dragos, Vasic and Charles
Revenant – Larrisa Ione
Styxx – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Anita Blake – Laurell K Hamilton
I completely flubbed my nominee I meant to say S.J. West and I said J.R. Ward
Ian Taggert- Lexi Blake
Leopold-Kym Grosso
Stephan- VA Dold
Curran Lenart- Ilona Andrews
Mad Rogan- Ilona Andrews
Quinn- J.R. Ward
My favorites are: Charles Cornick from Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs, Mad Rogan from Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews and Jane Yellowrock from Skinwalker by Faith Hunter.
JZB – Fever Series
Wrath – Black Dagger Brotherhood
Vishious – Black Dagger Brotherhood
My nominations are:
Dragos from Thea Harrison’s Elder Races Series,
Mira from Jocelynn Drake’s Dark Days Series, and
Jin from Jennifer Estep Elemental Assassin series.
Tooo Hard to Pick just 3!!!
zane from Marked by Rebecca Zanetti
Curran from the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, Mad Rogan from the Burn from Me series by Ilona Andrews and Adam from the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs or Charles from the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs 🙂
Anita Blake – Laurell K Hamilton
Styx – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Barrons – Karen Marie Moning
Vishious-Black dagger brotherhood
Acheron-Dark Hunter
Regina The Radiant-I mortals after dark
Gah! On the entry form I only got one noted, thinking to go back, but it doesn’t allow that. At least I got my favorite in, and I can’t believe that I don’t see her name more! A truly amazing series with everything you want in a lead character, please join me and vote for:
Siobhan Grainne McNamara Walkingstick aka Joanne Walker from the Walker Papers Series by C E Murphy.
Jane Yellowrock Series by Faith Hunter
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter by Laurell K Hamilton
All 3 series have strong female leads with writers who bring them off of the page and into our homes.
I need to check out Joanne Walker. I also nominated three female leads this year.
I would love to see Rain from The Tairen Soul Series by C.L.Wilson
My absolute super Kick-ass alpha girl remains Kate Daniels – Ilona Andrews
and this year there’s some fresh blood hopefully with Debra Dunvar’s Samantha Martin aka the Imp aka Satan.
Last but not least I’d like to nominate another female badass with Sharon Mayer’s Rylee Adamso who has grown into one of my favourites with her ragtag pack during the last book.
This year I’m all for the ladies, bring it on! 😉
Braith and Devon from Erica Stevens and Ethan from Brenda K Davies! 🙂
Braith, The Captive Series, Erica Stevens
Jared, The Protectors Series, Teresa Gableman
Ethan, Untamed, Brenda K. Davies
Mad Rogan-IlonaAndrews
Simon Wolfgard-Anne Bishop
Abraham Seventh-Devon Monk
Must remember the ladies too like Mercy by Patricia Briggs and also Bones by Jeaniene Frost total perfection!
I haven’t made up my mind yet…so many awesome alphas to choose from…but I’m liking what I see so far…
Jane Yellowrock (Faith Hunter) & Harry Dresden (Jim Butcher) are my leading choices!!!
Ryodan from Burned by Karen Marie Moning is one of my favorite!
My noms were:
Gin (Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep)
Jane Yellowrock (Faith Hunter)
Vlad (Jeaiene Frost)
Well I nominated Matilda Case from the House Immortal series by DEvon Monk, but I also meant to add Kate Daniels from Ilona Andrews and Simon Wolfgard from Anne Bishop!
Some of the Alphas I wanted to nominate already have several nominations so I chose:
Jane Yellowrock by Faith Hunter
Raphael (Guild Hunter) by Nalini Singh
Rylee Adamson by Shannon Mayer
I nominate:
Vasic from Nalini Sing
Charles Cormick from Patricia Briggs
Dragos from Thea Harrison’s Elder Races Series
I nominate Teresa Gabelman VC Warriors Slade and Duncan and Jared
I clicked “enter” before my third choice: Butch from Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward,
my other two are
Bran Devlin from Beyond the Darkness by Katie Reus, and
Steve Coll from Lay Me Down: Reveler Series Book @ by Erin Kellison
Thanks!
Mad Rogan-Ilona Andrews
Kate Daniels-Ilona Andrews
Simon Wolfgard-Anne Bishop
I love this challenge! Thank you so much!
Anita Blake – Laurel k. Hamilton
Vlad – Jeaniene Frost
My nomination are:
Raphael – Archangels series by Nalini Singh
Kaleb Krycheck – Psy/Changeling series by Nalini Singh
Dragos – Elder Races series by Thea Harrison
My nominations are as follows:
Zsadist from The Black Dagger Brotherhood
Qhuinn from The Black Dagger Brotherhood
Wrath from the Black Dagger Brotherhood
I couldn’t love this series more. These warriors kick serious ass! Their loyalty cannot be questioned. And their passion for their women has ruined me for all future relationships!
So happy to see all the support for Mad Rogan! He was my first choice this year.
Zane from Marked by Rebecca Zanetti
Mad Rogan- Ilona Andrews
Tybalt- Seanan McGuire
Lon Butler- Jenn Bennett
I nominate Teresa Gabelman VC Warriors Slade and Adam
I love The Annual Alpha Showdown. I’m so happy it started again!
My nominations are:
Hawke – SnowDancer Alpha _ Nalini Singh
Charles Cormick – Alpha & Omega – Patricia Briggs
Raphael – Archangel- Nalini Singh
K.M. Moning- Barrons
Jeaniene Frost- Vlad
Kristen Callihan- Adam
My three alphas are:
Vlad-Jeaniene Frost – night prince
Arys Knight – Trina M. Lee- Alexa O’Brien Huntress
Stefan- K.F.Breene – the Darkness series
Dragos- Thea Harrison
Curran -Ilona Andrews
Barrons – K.M. Moning
I vote for Ryodan (Karen Marie Moning)
Mad Rogan (Ilona Andrews)
Rourke (J.D.Robb)
Vlad – Jeaniene Frost
Bones- Jeaniene Frost
Lothaire Kresley Cole