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lirazel ([personal profile] lirazel) wrote in [personal profile] rogin 2020-07-07 01:54 pm (UTC)

Robin McKinley is for you! Specifically the Damar books! Aerin and Harry (who is a girl) are both wielders of the blue sword and are both wonderful! Marian in Outlaws of Sherwood is great with a bow, and if you're flexible on which specific weaponry your badass ladies use.

I've never read Mercedes Lackey, but I understand she has one called, I think, By the Sword? I have also heard good things about the A Trial of Blood and Steel series.

The Winternight trilogy is a bit darker and more adult and there isn't a ton of sword fighting, but there is some and Vasya is a favorite protagonist of mine. Inej in the Six of Crows books uses knives, not swords but she's AMAZING.

You might like the Sarah Tolerance series, too. I read the first one and liked it but didn't love it, but it seems pretty squarely in the realm of what you're looking for.

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