Carry On

For the first 2 hours of the (audio) book I was annoyed and told myself I was going to quit, that RR had 2 good books in her, (Landline was unforgivable), and from now on the books will be middling to as bad as this, a fifth rate Harry Potter knockoff. And then the book finally settled into the relationship, and that's when it finally got tolerable and more interesting. RR excels at writing relationships with realistic emotional observation, and the crappy HP fantasy fanfic was a distraction to that. Know she created these characters for Fangirl, but wish she had kept their relationship and scrapped the setting and plot for her realistic wheelhouse.

I just don't think Rainbow Rowell could write a book I wouldn't like. She could write about the correct method for dividing fractions and I'd probably read it twice. This book was one of my favorites that she's written. The magic system is so neat, and very original (my favorite spell is “these aren't the droids you're looking for”). I'm someone who typically becomes very emotionally attached to characters, and let me tell you, I had a great time with this book. Just. So. Much. Love.