Wayward Son (Simon Snow Trilogy, 2)
“A sequel to Carry On...every bit as fine as the first. A classic page-turner.”— Booklist, starred review
Simon Snow is back and he's coming to America!
The story is supposed to be over.
Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after…
So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch?
What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light.
That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place.
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. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first.
Come on, Simon Snow. Your hero’s journey might be over – but your life has just begun.
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Community Reviews
I was disappointed to see how Baz and Simon's relationship, and Simon's mental health, had deteriorated so much since the last book. There was no mention of the therapist Simon had been seeing at the end of the last book, either. I was worried the book was going to drag out the bummer angst, so I checked the reviews and it seemed like that was the case. I'd rather just treat the first as a standalone and assume everyone gets therapy and Baz, Simon, and their friends all live happily.
A lot of pages for a basic road-trip story.
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