Why Book Heroines Sometimes SUCK

I can’t be the only one who has ever come across a book whose interesting concept was overshadowed, mutilated, destroyed, and buried three meters below ground by the female lead. In the YA genre, most of the time there is a female heroine, so I’m going to rant talk about that now.

We generally write them off as Mary Sues. But, since this will be a little more detailed than that, I’m gonna delve deeper into what comprises a Mary Sueish character, and why it is so dang annoying.

So, why do book h...