The magic system in this book is based off of words in a way that I’d bet appeals to most book lovers as much as it does to me. The World Building: Carry On starts like a wild fanfiction adventure, but part way through it suddenly has a gripping plot and a magic system that is unlike any I’ve seen before. But at least the Insidious Humdrum shows up, Baz is mysteriously, irritatingly missing from their last year at Watford School of Magicks and it’s driving Simon Snow crazy. Well, apart from the Insidious Humdrum, Simon’s other arch-nemesis who is sapping magic from the World of Mages. Baz Pitch, Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch III, is definitely not a vampire and though they’ve been forced to be roommates, they’re arch-nemeses. Simon Snow is the Chosen One, but he’s terrible at it. Since then, I’ve given my paperback copy to two different people to get them to read it too, which has kind of been annoying because I want to read it again. I’ve been a shameless drarry shipper for years, and it was my gateway ship into fanfiction, so I was so excited to read this one. Then, when my aunt Fiona asked me if I’d pushed Simon Snow down a flight of stairs, I said, “Fuck yes I did.”Ī bookseller recc’d Carry On by Rainbow Rowell to me as ‘it’s Half Blood Prince, but gay’. Really, we were fighting at the top of the staircase, and I got in a lucky punch that sent him flying.

“He also says I tried to throw him down a flight of stairs that year.

Wayward son waterstones edition