

Carry On traces the adventures of a teenage magician widely believed to be the prophesied “Chosen One” whose powers will rid an alternate world Kingdom of a coming evil menace. In 2015, Rowell expanded on this novel-within-a-novel by writing Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow, fleshing out the world and characters of her own affectionate tribute to Harry Potter.

It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.In Rainbow Rowell’s novel Fangirl, the title character, a college student named Cath, is deeply invested in a fictional series of novels about a boy wizard named Simon Snow. 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. – Rainbow Rowell, Carry On, "Author's Note" I’ve read and loved so many magical Chosen One stories-how would I write my own? What would I do with Baz? And Agatha? And Penny? I’d written so much about him through these other voices, and I kept thinking about what I’d do with him if he were in my story, instead of Cath’s or Gemma’s. I felt like I was finished with their story…

I was able to let go of Cath and her boyfriend, Levi, and their world. The main fanfic in the story is Carry On, Simon, from which the novel Carry On gets its name. In the Fangirl universe, the main character Cath Avery writes fanfiction based on this series.

Leslie that exists in the Fangirluniverse. The characters are taken from the fictional Simon Snow series by Gemma T. 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.
