A review by daffodilcherry
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I was not expecting myself to become emotionally compromised by Simon Snow and Baz Pitch-Grim. 
I went into this book expecting it to be an interesting take on a wizard boarding school with a teen chosen one, and ended up reading the Simon Snow trilogy within a week. 
I loved the enemies to lovers twist, and how well Rowell wrote the switch between the two. This book is a perfect standalone, but an even better set up for the following two books, which I read immediately after.
Absolutely loved the narration of this audiobook, it definitely helped me cement voices for the characters going forward.
Wheelhouses: magical boarding school, the chosen one, but the chosen one isn't really that good at his job, bitch cracker syndrome, enemies to lovers, oh wait maybe I'm into him, hopeless queer pining, highly competent best friend, the way to saving the world was within you all along,
the evil was me all along.
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