Carry On by Rainbow Rowell is the book for anyone who was just a little bit disappointed in Harry Potter.
Meet Simon Snow, the Chosen One, the most powerful mage in existence, who also happens to be a teenage boy.
The monstrous Insidious Humdrum looms ever closer and tensions are rising between the old magickal families, leaving the world of mages on the cusp of war at every front.
Simon is supposed to win those wars.
Agatha, Simon’s ex girlfriend, will not let herself be a storybook princess. The Mage, his teacher and benefactor, is more distant than ever. Simon’s all powerful magic is as uncontrollable as ever.
Baz, the roommate and rival he knows he’ll meet on the opposite side of the battlefield someday, has gone missing and Simon is tearing himself apart with worry.
Simon is overwhelmed.
Carry On is fanfiction of fictional fanfiction fanfiction, the last book in a series but if it lived up to your expectations.
It’s funny, creative, romantic, and so wonderfully troupey, all wrapped up with a truly heart wrenching beauty.
It’s the first book in a trilogy, with the sequel Wayward Son already out and the final book expected to be out in just a couple months.
