It’s officially time for Alpha Showdown 2013! You made your nominations and we have 16 of the most badass, alpha characters from urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels locked into the bracket. Only one will be named champion and today’s first bout is sure to end in a knockout.
Round four is sure to be full of dirty fighting. How will enforcer Terrible take on Jane’s Beast? Who will come out alive? Your votes decide.
Read the pitches, then make the call. Who should advance to the next round in the Alpha Showdown? The poll at the end of this post will be open for two days. Remember, alphas don’t share titles. Your votes decide who advances in the Alpha Showdown 2013.
New for 2013! Every (non-spam) comment on an Alpha Showdown post will enter you to win books featuring the final four alphas. So make sure to join the discussion and cheer on your favorite alphas.
You know her from: The Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter
First appeared in: Skinwalker (VBC review)
Supernatural status: Skinwalker
Championed by: Amanda from Vampire Book Club | @amandakbyrne
What’s that? You’re not familiar with Jane Yellowrock? “Have stakes, will travel”? Shame on you. And you better watch your back, because the woman’s as well armed as any one man army and quiet as a cat. She knows her guns, and uses silver stakes to hold back her hair. She’s perfectly capable of saving herself, thank you very much. She’s quick with a blade and a one liner, and she won’t quit until she gets the job done. Even if it does leave her covered in blood and other, nastier things.
Oh, and then there’s Beast. Yeah. Beast, with a capital B. Skinwalker Jane can take another animal’s shape, but Beast is in her mind. Beast gives Jane strength, agility, speed, and heightened vision and smell, and sometimes, she’ll go alpha on Jane and take over her body. Make no mistake, when Beast’s in charge you don’t want to mess with Jane, but when Jane’s drawing from Beast, she’s plenty deadly, too. It’s a one-two punch that packs a lot more hurt than most of these pansies in this tournament. As for the few that have the strength to take her on? Well, she does love a challenge.
You know him from: The Downside Ghosts series by Stacia Kane
First appeared in: Unholy Ghosts (VBC review)
Supernatural status: Badass Human
Championed by: Carolyn from Book Chick City |@BookChickCity
When Terrible came on the scene, nobody had met a character like him in any other urban fantasy series. He’s not your typical dreamy looking, squared jawed hunk, but a rugged, built like a brick house, rough and ready dude with a crooked nose that’s been broken too many times to count. He’s an Enforcer and doesn’t flinch at killing someone in cold blood.
But there’s another side to Terrible; a side that you only get to see when he’s with Chess. One where he’s soft, gentle and so god-damn sexy you just can’t get enough of him. He’s complex with a dark past, combine that with Chess’s personality is combustible, and every time they get together it just about did me in. His fierce loyalty and emotional attachment to Chess is one of the reasons why I think – no, I know – he’ll be the outright winner of the Alpha Showdown. Nobody will get even close.
This poll will be open for 48 hours. Alpha with the most votes will advance.
Have to go with Jane. 🙂
Try Jane for a different read
I’d actually say that about both series. Unique books for both characters in this battle.
The Downside series creates a new world with unique dialects and challenging characters. Since you’re already a Jane fan, you may want to try it. 😀
I put the Downside series on my to be bought list!
For now…Jane all the way!!
Jane is part of an awesome series.
I love both Jane and Terrible, what a horrid choice to have to make! :/
Terrible!
JANE JANE JANE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both characters are great but Jane is one of my all time favorite characters ever.
Haven’t read either but Jane sounds more like an alpha to me
Gotta pull for the female badass!
Ahhh. I haven’t read Jane yet. *pout* So Terrible it is.
Glad to see our local author in the mix with her character Jane Yellowrock!
Jane Yellowrock!!
Jane! Jane! Jane! And Beast too!
It’s Jane Yellowrock all the way! 😀
Jane can kick anyone’s ass!
Jane is definatly the girl for me. Hard to fight a tough woman and the Beast when your just a badass human.
Jane Yellowrock, for the WIN! One bad-ass male will never win over Jane/Beast!!
Go JANE!!!! You can’t keep a good girl down… or her Beast.
You got that right!! GIRL POWER!!
Ugh, this is a horrible mashup. Terrible is amazing but he isn’t supernatural in the last. No way he’d stand a chance against Jane and Beast.
And why isn’t Chess fighting anyway?!
I’m such a sucker for Terrible. LOVE him!!!
JANE!!!
Never read any of the Downside series so it’s Jane who gets my vote. But the write up makes me want learn more about Terrible and Chess, I’ll be putting Unholy Ghosts on my to read list.
Although Jane won this round of AS2013, Terrible is an amazing character, as is Chess, so I’d definitely recommend these books. Downside Ghosts is hands down one of my favourite UF series.
It’s one of my newest favorites. Emotionally much darker than I’m used to and a completely different kind of world. But the writing is amazing.
Go Jane Go!
Jane all the way!!!!
Jane for the win though i do love terrible too…..Jane is way more kick ass
I love Terrible, but he’s only human. Jane is not human, and has Beast to help. I didn’t know this was a tag team showdown?
I miss this vote because I wasn’t home for the weekend and I’m really sad to see that Terrible lost 🙁
Gotta go with Jane/Beast!
Sigh, poor Terrible doesn’t get enough credit. 🙁
I think I’m gonna have to read the Jane Yellowrock series!
I read the first Downside book. I liked it. I love Jane Yellowrock!
Terrible is badass, but Jane is an walking arsenal, except when she is a viscous mountain lion! Don’t mess with Jane or her loved ones, she can kill with her bare hands, or claws and killing teeth! Go Jane all the way!
I can’t believe Terrible lost. This makes me really sad.
Haven’t read either of these but I think I’m going to put both on my TBR list, congrats Jane.
Jane all the way.
i’d have to say that I would go with Terrible on this one.
I have not read Terrible but sure I will have fun reading about him real soon. Vote Jane and Beast!
Jane and Beast are an awesome team. Love this series!
Jane Yellowrock is the alpha of alphas. I like Terrible, but he’s kind of ____whipped imo.