

Zo changes from a healer willing to die for the cause into a warrior who will do anything to save those she loves. She decides to infiltrate the Rams and work to bring them down from the inside - a great plan, until she realizes her little sister has followed her into the heart of Ram territory. Seventeen-year-old Zo is a healer in the Wolf clan who has lost her parents to a raid by the enemy Ram clan. Every single female protagonist in the following novels shows up to fight for what matters to her, whether that be family, love, freedom or all three! 1.


We can take care of ourselves - or at least join the group effort. We are no longer dependent on our father, brother or husband to save us. Gone are the days when all a woman had to offer were her wiles and her ability to bear children. More: 12 powerful books that celebrate the female voiceīubby: “I completely agree with you, Sissy. Why couldn’t she beat them with branches, stab them with Wesley’s spare knife - or anything but stand there? So it is that when I read a novel in which the girl does everything she can to save herself - whether she’s using her wit or her physical fighting skills - I am ecstatic!” Remember the scene in the fire swamp with the vicious rodent things? Wesley is fighting with all his might, and Buttercup is doing… nothing. Sissy: “ The Princess Bride is a pop-culture classic that everyone loves to quote ad nauseam, and while I appreciate it as much as anyone, something about it has always bugged me.
