Best Friends (Fangirling on Friday)

It’s Friday again, so you know what that means: it’s time to fangirl! Fangirling on Friday is hosted by Books in the Skye! Today we’re going to talk about best friends in books.

The first pair of best friends that I thought of when doing this prompt was Clary and Simon from The Mortal Instruments. Even though their relationship is strained once Clary finds out she’s a Shadowhunter, they remain friends. That whole Shadowhunter thing eventually works out, too.

A more controversial best friend pair would be Alina and Mal from the Grisha Verse books. I happen to be someone that roots for them, although some people don’t agree with me (that’s okay). I love how they were two orphans that grew up together and still stick by each other’s sides, even though they end up going through a lot.

I don’t get to talk about Elise and Mariko from The Last Year of the War a lot, but these two are an amazing best friend pair. They both meet in a concentration camp during World War II, and are forced apart by their parents, never to see each other again. Until the end. This book put me in tears multiple times.

Another book that I don’t get to talk about a lot is When Elephants Fly, but it does have a good best-friend dynamic. Lily is so concerned about her mental health and all the drama going on in her life that she doesn’t see the stress that her best friend Sawyer is under. Their friendship isn’t the focus of this story, but it is an important subplot.

What best friend relationships do you like in books? There don’t seem to be that many of them, even though they add color to a story.

Next week, in honor of Father’s Day, we’re going to talk about favorite fathers. Fortunately, there are more fathers in YA books than mothers.