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OK, I don’t expect you to fight. But we need to determine who’s making it into this year’s battle to be the ultimate alpha. Last year, Jericho Z. Barrons won. Rightfully. However, JBZ can’t be in the running this year. Leaving things open for other kickass characters to claim top honors.
This is where you come in, dear readers. We’re doing open nominations this year. (And bribing your participation with a giveaway.)
What is this Alpha Showdown?
If you weren’t a reader of VBC last May (welcome!), you missed out on two weeks of insane fun in our 2011 Alpha Showdown. We bust out a March Madness-style bracket of 16 alpha characters (both male and female). Book bloggers champion for their alpha — trying to convince you he or she should win it all — and each day we have a new poll. Readers vote. One alpha advances. Last year there were plenty of author bribes (excerpts and the like) and many chances to tell the world why you love a certain character.
Basically, it was a ton of fun. And we’re doing it again.
What are the rules?
To be in the 2012 Alpha Showdown the character must be from a book published between June 2011 and May 2012. This is why Barrons can’t win. Shadowfever came out in January 2011.
The character can be male or female. Darian from Shaedes of Grey, for example, is definitely a female alpha badass. In that same count, I highly suspect we’ll see Terrible and Lothaire make it to the bracket.
…but that’s up to you.
Nominations and a Giveaway
You can nominate up to three alpha characters for the Showdown. Simply fill out the form below — which will also enter you to win any book from our Recommendations section — and list your nominees. Feel free to bait your friends to nominate the same characters. Use the comments here to pitch. It’s all fair game.
The 16 characters with the most nominations will be put in the bracket for the 2012 Alpha Showdown, which will happen this May.
Want to help?
If you are a blogger and would like to champion for one of the alphas, reach out to me via email. Once we have the alphas selected, I’ll contact all those interested.
Also, we’re welcoming author involvement. If you want to know how to you can participate on the author end, just ask me.
Eric Northman, Nix (IAD), Lothaire (IAD)
Hawke Snow, Charles Cornick, Zacarias de la Cruz
Eric BAMF Northman 😀
The Immortals After Dark gang all the way… Lothaire, Ellie, and Nix are my choices.
Darian of Shaedes of Grey
My vote goes for Lothaire.
I forgot to add: Micha in Lord of the Abyss & Dayn in Lord of Wolfyn. Those two really got to me.
Gin Blanco, Cat Crawford and Tohrment 🙂
Vikki @ V’s Book Life
Mwfanwy Thomas from The Rook, Atticus O’Sullivan from Tricked, and Verity Price from Discount Armageddon 😛 They win for me
I nominate Ethan Sullivan&Merit from Chicagoland vampires series and Adrian Ivashkov from Bloodlines series!
Dimitri from Archangel’s Blade (Guild Hunter)
Bones (Night Huntress)
Lothaire (IAD)
I nominate Bones , Cat and Dragos!
I nominate Bones, Dorian, and Charles Cornick. All hotties with the best bodies.
I loved the Showdown last year, and it helped shape my reading list since then, so I am so excited that it is nearly Alpha Showdown time, again!
My nominees are Bones from Night Huntress, and Merit and Ethan from Chicagoland Vampires.
Eric Northman, Ethan Sullivan, Vlad
I vote for:Ethan&Merit from CLV,Bones from GH and Rhiannon Murphy The Renfield Syndrome (Rhiannon’s Law #2),could add some more easily.
I have a few favs but I will vote for:
Malkolm – House of Commare – By Kristen Painter
Chase – Midnight Breed – Lara Adrian
Definitely Terrible!
I can’t wait to see who wins!
Ash from the Iron Knight!
Micah from Lord of the Abyss!
Sam from Getting Familiar With Your Demon!!
CURRAN!
Hawk – Psy/Changling
Dimitri – Guild Hunter
Lothaire – Immortals After Dark
Thanatos – Lords of Deliverance
Elizabeth – Immortals After Dark
Sienna – Psy/Changling
Lady Cossair – Iron Seas
Limos – Lords of Deliverance
Lothaire and Bones.
Charles Cornink (Alpha and Omega – Patricia Briggs)
Hawk (Psy/Changelings – Nalini Singh)
I know Charles McCornick is a popular choice, but what about Bran? 🙂
Reyes, Terrible & Gin all the way!
Xhex (BBD)
Terrible (Downside Series)
Declan Chase(IAD )
Regin (IAD)
I nominate…
Atticus O’Sullivan from Iron Druid
Reyes from Charley Davidson
Riley Poe from Dark Ink Chronicles
Saba from Blood Red Road
Dmitri from Guild Hunter Series
Lothaire from IAD
Charles Cornick
After reading Oracle’s Moon, I’ve got to nominate Khalil. And I second and third the nominations for both Cat, Bones and Lothaire:)
Love Hawk, Bones, and Dimitri!!! Thanks for the chance to win. New follower!! 🙂
Terrible, Curran, Dimitri ( VA ), Bones and Ethan
Lothaire & Nix!!!
Curran, Bones, Rune
TERRIBLE! And Raffe from Angelfal. And another vote for Terrible!
Bones of course!!! Curran and I wanted Adam Hauptman (Mercy Thompson)but last book was released in march 2011…So I will say…Gin Blanco!!
Bones, Curran, Tohrment. nuff said.
Bones!!
Can’t wait to see who wins, I’m betting on Lothaire!
Girls don’t forget about our ACHERON (He appers on Retribution – August 02, 2011), Vote on him!!!!!!!
ACHERON!!
There is Bones, Charles Cornick, Ethan Sullivan, Dmitri (Guild Hunter Series – Archangel’s Blade), Vishous, Rhage, Eric Northman, too…
Terrible from Downside Ghosts 🙂
Ted Forrester/ Edward – Anita Blake Series
Anita Blake – Anita Blake Series
Adam Hauptman – Patricia Briggs
Samuel Cornick – Patricia Briggs
Bran Cornick – Patricia Briggs
Charles Cornick – Patricia Briggs
Lord Maccon – Gail Carriger
Smokey – Yasmine Galenorn
the harvest lord – Yasmine Galenorn
Lucan – Midnight Breed – Lara Adrian
Lothaire
Cat Crawford
catslady5(at)aol.com
I added my hunky men into the mix including Four
There are just too many. I love me some Eric.
I would like to Bran, Charles, and Adam from Patricia Briggs. All 3 are bad ass.
Damn. No Barrons this time! Hehehe! ;))
I voted last year for JZB all the way. This year my vote would go for Reyes from the Charley Davidson series- son of Satan and all.
Bones, Terrible from Downside Ghosts, Raphael from Guild Hunter Series, and Curran