Carry On
Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right. Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. 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.
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Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One the World of Mages has ever seen. It is his last year at Watford, his roommate Baz is missing, his ex-girlfriend has moved on, and the Insidious Humdrum is back.
Carry On is a loving riff on the magical-school genre rather than a direct Harry Potter parody. It started as a story-within-a-story in Rainbow Rowell's earlier novel Fangirl, then became a full novel.
Rainbow Rowell's Simon Snow trilogy has three books: Carry On, Wayward Son, and Any Way the Wind Blows. The series is complete.
Carry On was written by Rainbow Rowell, published in 2015 by St. Martin's Griffin.
Carry On is 528 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Carry On takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Carry On is a standalone novel by Rainbow Rowell, not part of a series.
Carry On is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
