![]() ![]() ![]() It is Simon Snow’s last year at Watford School of Magicks, where he has been groomed as the Chosen One by the Mage, the head of school and also the new leader of the magical world. ![]() For example, the spells are actually song lyrics and proverbs. The novel’s tone is playful and often referential and metafictional. But Rowell is no less concerned with the minutiae of world-building than with the relationships of her characters, exploring these teenagers’ romances, friendships, and their connections with mentors. 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. 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. ![]()
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