10 fictional characters you would invite to a dinner party
- Viola from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. She’s smart,
eloquent, and competent. Plus, one of my cats is named for her.
- Minerva McGonagall from the Harry Potter
series. She’s probably my favorite teacher in literature, plus she’s a
total badass.
3-5. Hermione Granger, Morgan le
Fey, and Prunella Gentleman (from Harry Potter, the Arthurian stories, and Zen
Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown.) All
three magical ladies – what can I say, I really like magic – all smart, and all
people I think it would be great fun to have a drink with.
6. Ludmila, the owner of the
Cinderella Bakery from Evelyn Skye’s The
Crown’s Game. And I’m hoping that she’ll volunteer to bring dessert.
7. Lila Bard from V.E. Schwab’s
Shades of Magic series. Because there is no way the dinner party will be boring
if she’s there. It might be bloody, but it won’t be boring.
8. Elizabeth Bennet from Jane
Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Another
of my favorite women in fiction, I think she’d be a great conversationalist.
9. Grace Charles from Persona and Icon by Genevieve Valentine. She has extreme diplomatic skills, and
it’s just possible that we might need them before the dinner party is over.
10. Maddy from Sarah McCarry’s About a Girl. Because I feel like there
is a lot of her story that I don’t know, and I’m hoping maybe in this crowd
she’ll spill it.
ABOUT ROSES & ROT:
Imogen and her sister Marin have escaped their cruel mother to attend a prestigious artists’ retreat, but soon learn that living in a fairy tale requires sacrifices, be it art or love.What would you sacrifice in the name of success? How much does an artist need to give up to create great art?
Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child, she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales because she couldn’t imagine how a stepmother could be worse than her mother now. As adults, Imogen and her sister Marin are accepted to an elite post-grad arts program—Imogen as a writer and Marin as a dancer. Soon enough, though, they realize that there’s more to the school than meets the eye. Imogen might be living in the fairy tale she’s dreamed about as a child, but it’s one that will pit her against Marin if she decides to escape her past to find her heart’s desire.
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ABOUT KAT HOWARD:
Kat Howard lives in New Hampshire. Her short fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, anthologized in year's best and best of collections, and performed on NPR. Roses and Rot is her debut novel. You can find her on twitter at @KatWithSword. Also, Shane Leonard took her photo, and she's super grateful.
Is it bad that I haven't read any of these books except Pride and Prejudice *hides in shame*. But I do agree, Elizabeth Bennett would be an excellent conversationalist at any dinner party ;D Roses and Rot sounds like a great book, I'll have to check it out!
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