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You read that headline right. It’s time to start playing favorites here at VBC. The annual Alpha Showdown will be back in May, and we need to know who you want to see in the event.
If you haven’t experienced Alpha Showdown before, it gets a little crazy. Here’s the gist: 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 Karen Marie Moning’s Ryodan, Ilona Andrews’ Curran and Moning’s Jericho Z. Barrons. So, you know, mega alphas.
We’re changing a couple things up this year. While previously we limited nominations to characters in books published the 12 months prior to the showdown, it’s hard to determine who counts as a lead character in long-running series. So, this year it’s your favorite regardless of publishing date. 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).
The other is we’re going to make everything a giveaway. Who doesn’t like that part? We’ll be utilizing Rafflecopter widgets to handle nominations (below!) and the actual voting when the Showdown happens. As a matter of fact, we’ll be picking three people who nominate characters for the Alpha Showdown 2014 to receive their choice of any book VBC has reviewed—hundreds of choices! Not too shabby, right? (And, yes, it’s open internationally provided the Book Depository can ship to your location.)
THE DETAILS
I nominate Uilleam MacRieve!!!!
I’ll nominate Reyes Farrow from Darynda Jones’ Charley Davidson series. That man is hoooot in more ways than one!
Reyes Furrow from the Charley Davidson Series Darynda Jones
Adam Hauptman Mercy Thompson series Patricia Briggs
Charles Cornick Alpha Omega Series Patricia Briggs
I nominate Reyes Farrow from Darynda Jones Charlie Davidson books. You can’t get any hotter than the son of Satan!
I nominate Mercy Thompson in the Mercy Thompson books by Patricia Briggs. Since she is the only coyote she is her own Alpha. Who else would take on a god and live?
I nominate Jane Yellowrock (of the books by the same name) by Faith Hunter. That is one woman/puma no one should cross.
Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter.
Reyes Farrow from The Charley Davidson Series by Darynda Jones, Zsadist from BDB by J.R. Ward and Acheron from The Dark-Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon!
Wrath cause he is the king of the Blackdagger Brotherhood series. If you haven’t read it, it’s a must! Great series! I live all the characters. J R Ward is an awesome author!
Reyes Farrow from the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones, and Bones from The Night Huntress series by Jeanine Frost…..
Curran-BeastMaster–Ilona Andrews–Kate Daniels Series
Reyes farrow or bones….either are pretty darn alpha to me.
Reyes Farrow from the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones
Stefan from Into the Darkness, by K.F. Breene.
Reyes Farrow or Bones.
Oh hell… only three?? Well, let’s go with the usual then…
1.) Bones – The Night Huntress series
2.) Ryodan – Fever series
3.) Raphael – Guild Hunter series
(sorry girls!!)
Three huh! Okay
Jane Yellowrock (Faith Hunter)
Matthew Swift (Kate Griffin)
Cal Leandros (Rob Thurman)
I really would like to see a woman win this year. I went with Sabina Kane, Jessica McClain and Chrysabelle. If I had more noms I would have added Jane Yellowrock and Elena Michaels. And Simon Wolfgard even though he’s a boy.
Hard choices!!
1.) Curran (Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews)
2.) Charles Cornick (Alpha and Omega/Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs) — not OFFICIALLY alpha, but Bran isn’t a lead character…and Charles is yummy/scary 😀
3.) Raphael (archangel of NY; Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh)
THANK YOU!
Only 3 alfas… This is difficult…
Raphael, Vampires in America, by D.B. Reynolds
Orpheus, Eternal Guardians series, by Elisabeth Naughton
Acheron, Dark Hunter, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
– Curran (Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews)
– Adam Hauptman (Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs)
– Ryodan (Fever series by Karen M. Moning)
I nominate:
Reyes Farrow, The Charley Davidson Series by Darynda Jones
1. Tynan Vengelys from the Vengelys Series by Aedan Byrnes
2. Adam Hauptman from the Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs
3. Rigor Vengelys from the Vengelys Series by Aedan Byrnes
Reyes Farrow from The Charley Davidson Series by Darynda Jones
Reyes Farrow
Bones
Reyes Farrow!!! (Charley Davidson Series – Darynda Jones)
Reyes!!!!!!! From Charlie Davidson’s series.
Hard to pick only 3, but: Jane Yellowrock, Mercy Thompson, Rachel Morgan
This is so cool! I’ve never seen this before, so thank you Darynda Jones for sharing it 🙂
Luckily, some of my absolute favorite characters are nominated, so I wanted to throw in some new ones (I should’ve read all the comments because it looks like a few of you nominated these as well :P)
Mercy Thompson, who never lets anyone hold her back from doing what she thinks is right and always protects the ones she loves.
Anita Blake, who has gone through so much and come out on top.
Trent Kalamack, who shows no fear
All of these characters -my nominations as well as everyone else’s- are the epitome of what it means to be a true alpha and are deserving of the title. Good luck everyone 🙂
My número uno is Reyes Farrow from Dayrnda Jones’ Charley Davidson series. Number two Jericho Z. Barons from Karen Marie Moning’s Fever Series. And last but NOT least Vichious from J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series. (Although any of the “Brothers” would actually qualify in my book!)
Gin Blanco – Elemental Assasins by Jennifer Estep
Hawke Snowdancer Pack from Psy-Changling Series by Nalini Singh
Niles Van Holtz – The Pride Series by Shelly Laurenston
Reyes Alexander Farrow from the mind of Darynda Jones.
Any brother from the BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD – thank you JR Ward.
Only 3?!! Eek how hard is that. Thought long and hard as this is an alpha showdown and not my fav book boyfriends 😉
1. Curran as he can still bring down just about anything or anyone
2. Jane Yellowrock, she is one serious alpha female
3. Reyes Farrow, let’s face it who out there can beat him? Son of Satan and all that
Matthew Clairmont from Discovery of Witches
1. Kate Daniels – married to Curran
2. Mercedes Thompson – Coyote alpha of a werewolf pack
3. Sylvan – Midnight Hunter’s series
Reyes Alexander Farrow….Darynda Jones
Bones…..Jeanine Frost
JeanClaude or Edward Anita Blake….Laurell K Hamilton
Secret McQueen and Holden from Secret McQueen series by Sierra Dean, and Reyes Farrow from Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones.
Reyes Farrow, The Charley Davidson Series by Darynda Jones
It was hard to pick just three so I went with four
1. Ethan Sullivan from Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neill
2. Adam Hauptman-Mercy Thompson series Patricia Briggs
3. Mercy Thompson -Patricia Briggs
4. Gin Blanco- Jennifer Estep
Ryder – escaping destiny
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It was really hard choosing just three.. So I went with the ones that came to mind first..
1:Wrath – Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward
2:Styx – Guardians of Eternity by Alexandra Ivy
3:Talen – Dark Protectors by Rebecca Zanetti
Three great series right there..
Tynan, The Vengelys Series by Aedan Byrnes
Kane “Tack” Allen, The Dream Man Series by Kristen Ashley
Ryodan, The Fever Series by Karen M. Moning
1: Anita Blake ( Laurell K. Hamilton )
2: Adam Hauptman ( Patricia Briggs )
3: Bones ( Jeaniene Frost )
Ethan Sullivan-Chicagoland vamps
Adam Hauptman-Mercy series
Wrath-BDB
Yum yum!
Curran
Bones
Reyes Farrow
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I nominated:
Reyes Alexander Farrow – Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones
Death – Alex Craft series by Kalayna Price
And finally
Ethan Sullivan – Chicargoland Vampires series by Chloe Niell
1. Reyes Farrow – Darynda Jones
2. Bones – Jeaniene Frost
3. Zsadist – JR Ward
I still think women should have their own show down. It’s just not fair having them compete with the likes of Jericho Barrons. Are past winners able to compete again?
Women
Cat from Jeanine Frost
Mercy from Patricia Briggs
Rachel Morgan from Kim Harrison
Anita from Laurell Hamilton
Harrvester from Larissa Ione
Charlotte from Nancy Gideon
Lissa from Joey Hill
Gin Blanco from Jennifer Estep
Mac from Karen Moning
There are more women they deserve their own match up.
Three Alphas:
1) Darynda Jones’ Reyes Alexander Farrow
2) Kim Harrison’s Trent Kalamack
3) Ilona Andrews’ Curran
I chose
1. Xhex from BDB by JR Ward
2. Ryodan from The Fever Series by Karen Moning
3. Valiant from New Species by Laurann Dohner
Tynan, The Vengelys Series by Aedan Byrnes
Kaleb Krychek (N. Singh)
Gin (J. Estep)
Raphael (N. Singh)
Jane Yellowrock – Faith Hunter
Archangel Raphael – Nalini Singh
Mercedes Thompson Hauptman – Patricia Briggs
SABINA KANE, red headed stepchild by Jaye Wells
RACHEL MARIANNE MORGAN ,hollows series, Kim Harrison
JOANNA ARCHER, zodiac series,by Vicki PETTERSSON
REYES FARROW, Charlie Davidson series by Darynda Jones