2017 The Year of the Villain/ess

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

A - Z Challenge of Villains and/or Villainesses
Duration: 1/1/2017 - 31/12/17




This year how about we focus on the bad guys & gals. Let's do an A - Z Challenge of Villains & Villainesses. You can either do a mixed list or one for the guys and one for the gals.

Goal: Read 26 books with male, female or a bit of both male and female characters' names that start with the letters of the alphabet. Must be first name or last name of a major character in the book.

Exceptions:
* For difficult letters (Q, X, Y and Z) the following alternatives are acceptable:
- use the author's name either first, last or initial
-Substitute any villain/ess for a letter you've already used

eg list for you to personalize

A-Z Male Character Challenge

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[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Great challenge! Good luck to everyone :-)

[Tina]

Must be first name or last name of a major character in the book.

Exceptions:
* For difficult letters (Q, X, Y and Z) the following alternatives are acceptable:
- use the author's name either first, last or initial
-Substitute any villain/ess for a letter you've already used

COMPLETED 12/09/2017
(But I just realized it)

A-Z Mixed Gender (Male & Female) Character Challenge
26/26

✔ A: Alastair Norton (Male): A Kiss of Shadows 01/24/2017
✔ B: Bradwine, William(Male): The Bourbon Kings 01/29/2017
✔ C: Crocker Harris (Male): Even Witches Get the Blues 01/20/2017
✔: Demetrius (Male): The Beautiful 01/30/2017
✔ E: Eugene Slovensky (Male): Dark Prince 01/29/2017
✔ F: Ford, Joshua (Male):Kayden/Simon 02/17/2017
✔ G: Gavan (Male): Hard Mated 01/07/2017
✔ H: Haruki Katayama (Male) Pack of Lies 02/27/2017
✔ I: Ivan Petrovsky (Male): How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire 02/06/2017
✔ J: James Terriot (Male): Prince of Honor 01/07/2017
✔ K: Konig (Male): Cast in Godfire 01/25/2017
✔ L: Lance Flowers (Male): Dark Moonlighting 02/15/2017
✔ M: Morgan le Fae (Male): Moonshadow 01/05/2017
✔ N: Nicola Nullvoid (Male): Dragon Blue: A Lie That's True 01/02/2017 (He might not be considered a MC but he is definitely the main villain, and he is a dastardly one.)
✔ O: The Omega (Male): Blood Vow 02/05/2017
✔ P: Padgett, Albert (Male): Phantom Kiss 01/23/2017
✔ Q: Queen Anais (Female): A Caress of Twilight 02/07/2017
✔ R: Richard Pford (Male): The Angels' Share 02/01/2017
✔ S: Mr. Smith (Male): Maggie Get Your Gun 01/08/2017
✔ T: Tessier, Maude (Female): Before Midnight 01/14/2017
✔ U: Ursula (Female): Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch 10/15/2017
✔ V: Vaugn (Male): Dark Promises 02/19/2017
✔ W: Warin Danrian (Male): Bound by Magic 01/15/2017
✔ X: Sergeant Xiver (Male) Hunted by Magic 01/18/2017 (There are several bad guys in this one because of a conspiracy.)
✔ Y: Yantz, Petros (Male) Marked by Magic 02/23/2017
✔ Z: Zaphene (Female) Desire Untamed 12/09/2017

Read:

[Lara]

I'll give it a try with a mixed list:
A-Z Mixed Gender Villain Character Challenge

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D: Davis Mason in Light in Shadow 5/1/17
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G: Griffin in Last Chance: Sunscapes Trilogy 5/7/17
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K: Korrdo in Through Uncharted Space 5/7/17
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V: Valerie Shipley in Second Sight 4/2
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[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Tina, the main villain is always to be considered a major character, so that works :D

[Leigh]

Great challenge!

[Tina]

Sandra wrote: "Tina, the main villain is always to be considered a major character, so that works :D"

Yay! That helps me out a lot!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Thanks Leigh :)

[Catherine]

I'll have a go with a mixed list:
A-Z Mixed Gender Villain Character Challenge

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C: Cyrus from Releasing The Demons by L.D. Rose started 19 Jan17 finished 29 Jan17

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V: Violet from Power Game by Christine Feehan - started 04.02.17

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[Tina]

Sandra,
I used The Omega from BDB and Queen Anais from Merry Gentry for "O" and "Q". Is this okay since Omega and Queen are not technically last or first names?

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Yes that's fine. It's how they're known throughout the series.

[Tina]

Sandra wrote: "Yes that's fine. It's how they're known throughout the series."

Thank you!

[Amyiw]

I'm jumping in. I've never done a villains list. I'll do a mixed list. Now I have to go through my books to see if I can remember who the villains were.

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[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome to the challenge Amyiw :)

[Tina]

So far, I haven't found U or Z...arghhh!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

For Z you can use the author's name or you can substitute any villan/ess for an already used letter (just mark it as sub) - see rules above :)

[[deleted user]]

Hi,

Hope it's not too late to join this challenge?!
I'm gonna go for a mixed list and update as I complete the books...

16/26

A: Amon Apocalypse Soldier by William Massa
B: Benares Valen by Felicity Heaton
C: Lord Camden A Sorceress of His Own by Dianne Duvall
D: Samuel Drake Blaze (The Protectors Series) Book #10 by Teresa Gabelman
E: Eva Phillips Pack of Lies by Annie Bellet
F: Frayne (Fifth King) Claimed by a Demon King by Felicity Heaton
G: Aleksandr Timofeyevich Gavrikov Untouched by Robert J. Crane
H: David Henderschott Untouched by Robert J. Crane
I: Ian Gregor The Untamed Vampire by Kate Baxter
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K: Katerina A Fire in the Blood by Amanda Ashley
L: Lucien Hunt the Darkness by Stephanie Rowe
M: Mika Wheeler Jax by Teresa Gabelman
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O: Ricky O’Leary Gabriel's Mate by Tina Folsom
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R: Robert Schiller (the Reaper) Spirit Breaker by William Massa
S: Satan The Fallen Chronicles: Dark Angel by Amanda Jones
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Books Read For This Challenge:

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[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome *flora*, definitely not too late to join :)

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Sandra :-)

[Lara]

Grr. I only have 6 letters completed because I keep forgetting to note the names of the villains & villainesses. I may have to go back and look through some of the books I've read to dig out the names.

[[deleted user]]

Tina wrote: "So far, I haven't found U or Z...arghhh!"

I'll have a quick look through my past years' read list, if I come across any U or Z baddies I'll leave a message!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Tina (and everyone else doing this challenge),

Robert Zaglan is the villain in William Massa's book Damnation Code which is book 1 in his Occult Assassin series. I read it in December and really loved it.



Still looking for baddies beginning with U though :-(
Flora x

[Tina]

Finally got a "U"! Ursula, from Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Yay Tina!!!!!!!!

[Tina]

Whew! I am done, even though it was completely an accident, lol! I read Desire Untamed December 9th and just had an epiphany today when I realized that the evil villainess in that book, Zaphene, started with a Z. I thought I was going to have to read a Z author book this month to finish this challenge and I have other books I had lined up for this month. Yayyyy!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Hooray, Tina!!!!!!

Glad it worked out :)