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.
