These mini reviews are my way of addressing this problem. In the story, the Chosen One (Simon Snow) must defeat the evil Humdrum, who seeks to destroy the magical world in the United Kingdom. Leslie that exists in the Fangirl universe. The characters are taken from the fictional Simon Snow series by Gemma T. It doesn’t shy away from the gay angle, either – it completely embraces it, which is a great thing to see in a YA book.Ībout the series: Being a gay reader, I am interested in LGBT books, but I haven’t always seen reviews clearly note if there are LGBT characters and how significant they are. Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell, is a fantasy novel which transports young adult readers to the world of magic. Carry On is a novel by Rainbow Rowell that follows the story of Simon Snow, 'the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.' The novel was released Octoand is 528 pages long. Either way, all you really need to know is that it’s pretty damn good. And it’s meant to be an obvious homage to Harry Potter. Rainbow Rowell wrote another book called Fangirl, where the character wrote fan fiction set in world of Carry On with the same characters (though to be clear, this is not that same fan fiction story Rainbow Rowell considers this to be canon: ).

This is a delightfully gay book.īrief summary / book review: Ok, this is a meta-meta book.

Carry on rainbow rowell series