He’s not sure what his life is anymore, everything he once was, he is now not. Penelope and Baz keep having to spell them invisible so that Simon can go out and about. He still has wings and a tail and no one is really any the wiser about why they stayed or what they mean.

Simon is really struggling with the loss of his magic, which he sacrificed in the first book for the greater good. In this book they’re a couple yes, but things are not going easy for them. They have amazing chemistry, there’s lots of angst and pining and good stuff. Baz is also super hopelessly in love with Simon and has known for a long time but Simon doesn’t figure out what his obsession with Baz is until quite a significant portion into the book. In Carry On, Simon and Baz are enemies, room mates who are each other’s nemesis. The dynamic is different but it also isn’t. I love them together so much, they are my jam. And I absolutely loved it! So I was very excited when I heard that there was going to be more Simon and Baz. I don’t even think I was going to read it, but then the publisher sent me a review copy and I was really curious, so I thought might as well. I’d read FanGirl and really liked that but I thought the idea of publishing a book about the characters that Cath was writing fan fiction about, was kind of getting a bit much. I remember I was very apprehensive when I heard that it was going to be published. I didn’t realise it’d been four years since Carry On, the first Simon Snow book, had been released.

Your hero’s journey might be over – but your life has just begun. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter.Ĭome on, Simon Snow. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. With Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place… (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West.

He just needs to see himself in a new light… What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after… Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do.

Simon snow series in order