It’s as if Rowell turned the Harry Potter books inside out, and is showing us the marvelous, subversive stuffing inside." - Time Magazine on Carry On "It’s a brilliantly addictive, genuinely romantic story about teenagers who can’t be neatly sorted into houses, coping with stress and loss and the confusion of just trying to be who they are. It's a powerful, politically minded allegory about sexual, ethnic and class identity - with a heady shot of teenage lust." - New York Times Book Review on Carry On
"Rowell imbues her magic with awe and spectacle. Carefully plotted, the book is a classic page-turner right to the open ending which, o frabjous day, promises a sequel to the sequel! One can hardly wait." - Booklist (Starred Review) on Wayward Son "At last! A sequel to Carry On.every bit as fine as the first.overall excellence of a book in which every vista pleases and every character delights. About catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us.
It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest.Ĭarry On was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough.Īny Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled an American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him.
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In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward.įor Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages - and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. Your hero’s journey might be over – but your life has just begun.New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell's epic fantasy, the Simon Snow trilogy, concludes with Any Way the Wind Blows. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first.Ĭome on, Simon Snow. With Wayward Son, the sequel to Carry On, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost.
That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. He just needs to see himself in a new light. What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. This edition includes two beautiful illustrations. With all of her signature wit and heart, this is Rainbow at her absolute best. Wayward Son is the stunning YA novel by the bestselling author of Fangirl and Carry On, Rainbow Rowell.