Feminists

and both change, grow, and are in many ways deeply flawed and damaged beings; which, however, feeds into their empathy and compassion.

One of them has a danger of being a bit one-dimensional at times in some of the books, but I suspect (and this is just my hunch) that is because that character is going to play an obviously important role in the later parts of the story, sort of like the card that hasn't really been played yet.

And, ah, that's all I'm saying.