New Book News for New Year's!

In case you hadn't heard, Rainbow Rowell is spinning off her own book into a new one. For those of you who don't know, Rainbow's Fangirl is about a girl who writes an uber popular fanfic about Simon Snow (think Harry Potter). Fangirl even contains fake excerpts from the original book, from Cath's fanfic ("Carry On"), and news articles about the series. But it's all just pieces of an untold story. Until now. Rainbow is writing a full-length book about Simon Snow called, surprisingly, Carry On. It will focus on Cath's version of the story and characters.

She also announced a special edition release of Fangirl, complete with an excerpt of Carry On.

ON MAY 12, YOU CAN GET A "FANGIRL" SPEC. EDITION WITH GORGEOUS FAN ART & EXCERPT FROM MY SIMON SNOW NOVEL "CARRY ON." pic.twitter.com/0UW6sQ7rVM
— Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell) December 12, 2014

TL;DR It's a book based on a fanfic about a fictional series that appeared in another book. Hope that's not too confusing.

A lot of you asking whether I'm writing Carry On -- or whether Cath or Gemma is. It's me. (They actually don't exist.)
— Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell) December 10, 2014

Here's the synopsis from Rainbow's Tumblr:

Simon Snow just wants to relax and savor his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest, and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he’ll be safe. Simon can’t even enjoy the fact that his roommate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can’t stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you’re the most powerful magician the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savor anything. Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story — but far, far more monsters.