It was great as a standalone novel but would have been amazing and epic as a series 🙂 German He had some Draco Malfoy vibes on him, the little bad guy with his hidden good character – yes I was always a sucker for that.Īll in all this book surprised me from the beginning on and I even shed some tears in the end. How much I love him, I can’t even describe. But well who cares, maybe I just am more like Baz and he was always annoyed by that 😀 The mysterious, sensitive and hot Baz. What i did not like, was that he somehow seemed arrogant sometimes with the whole “I am the Chosen One”, biggest mage of all time – babbling.

I liked that about him, because it made him feel real to me. He does all the silly stuff all of us would do, and he is super insecure about his sexuality. Simon is insecure, clumsy and one-minded sometimes and I loved him for that. Where we come to the next negative point on my list: Why is there only one book in this series? I would have needed way more Snow and Baz in my life!! Way more! Not because the book wasn’t well written, or I minded that we dove into it in the eight year BUT because I loved it so much I never wanted to leave again! I would have loved it even more if it wouldn’t have reminded me of anything else. I mean, Rainbow Rowell designed a beautiful world and complex characters and she wouldn’t have needed the Harry Potter backup for her story to be good. But I have to admit sometimes the Harry Potter vibes were a bit too much for me. Their world was enchanting and it reminded me a lot of Harry Potter, a homosexual Harry, but nonetheless. I just loved Simon and Baz way more than the Fangirl plot. While reading Fangirl I couldn’t wait for the “Carry On” excerpts. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story – but far, far more monsters. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here - it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.Ĭarry On – The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon’s face. Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right. Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- “And you like that?” You literally couldn’t be a bigger mess.” “What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. “You were the sun, and I was crashing into you.”

Carry on rainbow