Looking for MC similar to Catherine Foundling and Siobhan Naught from the two Practical Guides to Evil/Sorcery
I haven't read too many Progressive Fantasy novels yet, but those two stood out as some of my absolute favorite stories in great part thanks to their MCs. I absolutely love the blend of wittiness, cunning, sharp tongue, confidence bordering on arrogance, and extreme ambitions that make them appear not too edgy or bland, which is unfortunately a common pitfall imo. It also creates enough character flaws to have coherent challenges to balance their rather "Mary Sue" levels of power/talent if you see what I mean.
Obviously those two novels do a lot more things great on top of that. But this kind of well written MC can sell me just about any dislike I would normally have over a setting or overall story writing.
Hence, I'm wondering about what novels you would recommend that can somehow embody this into their MC (or important characters for multi-POV stories).
Posted Jan 31, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC