Allegiant (Divergent, #3)

by Veronica Roth

The woman comes closer. She is statuesque and blond, like Jeanine. A pair of glasses dangles from her front pocket, and her hair is in a braid. An Erudite from head to foot, but not Jeanine Matthews. Cara.

Cara is one of my favorite secondary characters in Allegiant. In my next series, Carve the Mark, the character Teka is a (kind of intentional) Cara 2.0—smart, sharp, and unwilling to put up with other people’s nonsense. Good qualities in a friend.