Simon Belmont and the Forest Ton

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Penelope Penny who is the Hermione figure she's very talented good at spells a little detective. Agatha who is Simon's girlfriend who I kind of like it's hard to describe why they're dating in the first place. The book hits you in weird ways there was a point where when you get a little bit more backstory on the character and somebody asked, "Why see like Simon Belmont yes what is it from castle from Castlevania"

This novel about a wizarding school and its teen magicians feels like the finale of a series that you've heard about but haven't read. Which is...sort of the point? Born out of an in-universe work of fan fiction from a different Rowell novel, Carry On provides a great opportunity to dig into what helps a story inspired by another story succeed.

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