The “I just read Carry On and can’t stop thinking about it” dump under the cut
I remember when I read Fangirl I was so in love with the book, and I remember really wanting to read Carry On and the entire Simon Snow series, but then I became leery when I had someone point out to me that it was really just gay Harry Potter. And then Carry On became a thing and I finally read it and it was so not a gay Harry Potter. Of course there were similarities between them but it felt so different, in writing style, and characters and even the way the magic worked.
I want to more of Watford, especially knowing that there are cannon queer couples, and disabled students, and students and teachers of different species and races, and varied levels of magical ability, and family ties and feuds. And I want to know more about the compatibility of electronics and magic because they have cell phones and elevators and televisions.
Plus Carry On is supposed to be a fan written last book in a series and it’s being read without the rest of the series even existing which is really something.