Book: Carry On

 Book: Carry On

Author: Rainbow Rowell

Pages: 528

This is my 59th read for the year

What Amazon says:

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen one who has 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 starts 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.  This is a ghost story, a love story, and a mystery.

This was a pretty good book.  And a fun book.  I liked it right from the start.  I listened to it and highly recommend it - it was well done.  It has charm, and a bit of fun, and a romance, and magic, and monsters.....it ticks a lot of boxes for a lot of readers.  It is YA, but it actually was enjoyable for me.  It is the first book in a series, and I hope to get to the others - not sure I will this year.  But I do want to keep going.  There is good character development and the characters are likeable.  Great writing - I have always been a Rowell fan.  Glad I read this one.

Stars: 4