Top 5 Characters on the Naughty List!

Hi again! Today’s topic is the character we think would be on Santa’s naughty list. These can be villains or just characters you don’t like!

Top 5 Wednesday was created over on BookTube by the wonderful Laniey at gingerreadslaniey and run by the lovely Sam of Thoughts on Tomes . Also you can check out the Goodreads page for past and future topics.

Also warning this list may contain spoilers for Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh, See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt, the events of the Wars of the Roses, Dollface by Renee Rosen and A Certain Smile by Francosie Sagan. So if you have an interest in this book please read with caution!

These characters are listed in no particular order.

George Duke of Clarence

He is the middle surviving son of Richard Duke of York and he really does live up to the middle child syndrome. He’s spoilt, entitled and feels like he’s not getting his fair share of his brother, Edward IV’s kingdom. Twice Clarence raised arms against his brother in hope of being king and twice he begged from his brother’s mercy when it looked like he was on the losing side. Clarence was always present in the later dramas of the Wars of the Roses and in the end became quite paranoid that everyone was plotting for his land and titles. In the end it was his brother that sentenced him to death. He was drowned in a barrel of Malmsey Wine for treason. Ah yep this medieval prince would definitely be on the naughty list.

Uram

The Archangel serial killer who makes Jack the Ripper look benevolent is definitely a character who makes the naughty list. At times I couldn’t read the descriptions of the crime scenes because it was grim, dark and gory. Uram is from Nalini Singh’s Angels’ Blood.

Benjamin

For me, Benjamin’s on this list because I didn’t think he was necessary to the story. He is the fourth POV character of Sarah Schmidt’s See What I’ve Done. I loved this book and I like Sarah’s writing is stunning, however I just don’t think Benjamin needed to be there even though I liked this sections. So for that reason alone, Benjamin makes my naughty list.

Vera Abramowitz

Okay so Vera is a character I don’t like for the choices she makes. She seems torn between two handsome and very dangerous men but really has no desire to give either up even as gang wars break out across Chicago. Again she seems to have the perfect life with her husband and family but can’t help but have an affair with the enemy. I had high hopes for this book and wasn’t a fan of how the focus was on Vera and her love triangle. So for this reason she’s on my naughty list.

Dominique

Okay this girl is just so unlikeable, but there is nothing about her that interested me about her. Thank god A Certain Smile is only a novella and I could finish the story. I can see why Francoise Sagan’s writing is compared to The Great Gatsby but for me it lacked the excitement and whimsy of Fitzgerald’s work. Dominique was your stereotypical bored, apathetic rich girl who didn’t care about anything. Definitely shows money can’t buy you happiness. Her lack of personality, goals and sympathy is why I think she’d make the naughty list.

 

That’s all for me. Comment down below and let me know if you agree with my judgement on these characters and which characters you nominate for Santa’s naughty list.
Until next time, happy reading!
Dearna

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