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Carry On by Rainbow Rowell


Publication Date: October 5th 2015
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
My Goodreads Rating: 3/5
Source: Borrowed

Hey everyone! I'm finally back with some more blog posts for you. This post will be all about a book called "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell. It's a sequel of sorts to her book, "Fangirl". The main characters of "Fangirl" are obsessed with a series called "Simon Snow". Simon Snow didn't exist, until Rainbow Rowell wrote "Carry On". You don't have to read Fangirl to understand Carry On, because it's a great book both as a sequel and as an individual.

The book is a fantasy, and revolves around a magical world. Similar to Harry Potter, the book's main character,  Simon Snow , was raised in a non-magical world, The difference however, between the two books, is that in Simon's world, living in a non-magical world and being magical is not possible.
 Although the book draws many references to old-fashioned lifestyles, it also includes it's very own modern touches. Each character has their own amount of depth, nevertheless, depth  is not lacking in any main character. Some seem evil, and others good, some happy and others melancholy, but the truth is revealed spectacularly in the end.

 I am not a huge fan of the way the book ended, but it certainly made sense. For fear of spoiling this book for you, I will now stop writing. I hope you enjoy!
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  1. rkapriApril 30, 2016 at 2:36 PM

    I LUV THIS BOOK

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  2. Vedika @ Poems and PoetsApril 30, 2016 at 6:54 PM

    Yes- clearly, so do I!

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  3. OceanGrapherJuly 21, 2016 at 4:21 PM

    Me too!

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  4. AnonymousJune 7, 2017 at 9:26 PM

    WHAT how can you not love the way this book ended?!?!?!?!?!? Simon and baz are dating what more could you want

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    1. Vedika @ Poems and PoetsJune 11, 2017 at 12:03 PM

      I liked that part-for fear of spoilers I didn't want to include my dislike of the entire "loss of magic, growth of tail" idea.

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