Welcome to the twenty-fifth episode of the Tea in the Treetops podcast hosted by Philippa and Angelya.
In this episode we give a joint review of Rogue by Julie Kagawa, and discuss strong characters in YA, mostly relating to strong female characters. What makes them strong, and what could be improved? We also talk about what we’ve been reading. This episode was recorded on May 9th, 2015.
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Topics
Strong Female Characters
Books and films mentioned: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas, Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge, Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Sleeping Beauty/Maleficent, The Lunar Chronicles (Fairest) by Marissa Meyer
Sara Douglass’ website containing her articles on writing. Sorry I couldn’t find a direct link to her article about villains but there’s some great items on her site anyway.
Strong Female Character examples and criticisms: Geek feminism wiki
We’re losing all our strong female characters to Trinity Syndrome: The Dissolve.com
Why strong female characters are bad for women: Overthinking It
Oh No, She Didn’t (advice for writing strong female characters): Tor.com
Joint Review: Rogue (Talon #2) By Julie Kagawa
Published April 28 by Harlequin Teen.
Philippa’s rating – 
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Other News:
Next episode will be from TeenCon2015 at the Sydney Writer’s Festival (May 24)! We’ll be recording at the venue so please come and say hi if you recognise us and we might ask you a couple of questions for the next episode!
Other Books Mentioned
Philippa
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) by Diana Gabaldon
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Illusionarium by Heather Dixon
Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos
Angelya
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
The Novice by Taran Matharu
The Cracks in the Kingdom (The Colours of Madeleine #2) by Jaclyn Moriarty
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
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Anni lives in Brisbane, Australia with her young family. She loves everything fantasy and science fiction and believes sleep is really very underrated.
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