YA Yeah Yeah Year-End Awards Day 10: Character Awards, The Winners!

Finally time to reveal half the winners! As mentioned at the start of these awards, I limited it to one win per book, although there was no restriction on amount of shortlists or amount of 'highly commended' runner-up awards a book could have. I've done one runner up for each award in the character awards.

Best SC (male)

Shortlist:
Hunter (The Hidden Gift by Ian Somers)
Soap (Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger)
Sturmhond (Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo)
Westy (Have A Little Faith by Candy Harper)
Zoran (After Iris by Natasha Farrant)

Highly Commended: Westy (Have A Little Faith by Candy Harper)

And the winner is...

Sturmhond (Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo)




Best SC (female)

Shortlist:
Annabel (Geek Girl by Holly Smale)
Breeze (LIGHT by Michael Grant)
Katie (By Any Other Name by Laura Jarratt)
Lily (Have A Little Faith by Candy Harper)
Vieve (Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger)

Highly Commended: Breeze (LIGHT by Michael Grant)

And the winner is...

Lily (Have A Little Faith by Candy Harper)


Best MC (female)

Shortlist:
Imogen (Bruised by Sarah Skilton)
Jane (Tarzan: The Savage Lands by Andy Briggs)
Jess (Firewallers by Simon Packham)
Meg (Skulk by Rosie Best)
Sasha (You Don't Know Me by Sophia Bennett)

Highly Commended: Jane (Tarzan: The Savage Lands by Andy Briggs)

And the winner is...

Sasha (You Don't Know Me by Sophia Bennett)


Best MC (male)

Shortlist:
Archie (Geekhood: Mission Improbable by Andy Robb)
Dakkar (Monster Odyssey: The Eye of Neptune by Jon Mayhew)
Drew (Wereworld: War of the Werelords by Curtis Jobling)
Ross (The Hidden Gift by Ian Somers)
Twerp (Twerp by Mark Goldblatt)

Highly Commended: Archie (Geekhood: Mission Improbable by Andy Robb)

And the winner is...

Ross (The Hidden Gift by Ian Somers)


Best non-romantic couple

Shortlist:
Daisy and Poppy (Debutantes in Love by Cora Harrison)
Evie and the Dragon (The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale)
Grace and Ellie (The Summer of Telling Tales by Laura Summers)
Isaiah and Noah (Crash Into You by Katie McGarry)
Maggie and Roux (Spy Society by Robin Benway)

Highly Commended: Isaiah and Noah (Crash Into You by Katie McGarry)

And the winner is...

 Daisy and Poppy (Debutantes in Love by Cora Harrison)

Best romantic couple

Shortlist:
Dwayne and Misha (Black Sheep by Na'ima B Robert)
Esteya and Skizi (Love In Revolution by BR Collins)
Gretchen and Trent (Wereworld: War of the Werelords by Curtis Jobling)
Isaiah and Rachel (Crash Into You by Katie McGarry)
Kendall and Payton (The Gravity Between Us by Kristen Zimmer)

Highly Commended: Kendall and Payton (The Gravity Between Us by Kristen Zimmer)

And the winner is...

Isaiah and Rachel (Crash Into You by Katie McGarry) 


Best overall cast

Shortlist:
Crash Into You by Katie McGarry
Flappers: Diva by Jillian Larkin
LIGHT by Michael Grant
United We Spy by Ally Carter
Wereworld: War of the Werelords by Curtis Jobling 

Highly Commended: Crash Into You by Katie McGarry

And the winner is...

Wereworld: War of the Werelords by Curtis Jobling  


Check back tomorrow for the second half of the winners being announced!