Any Way the Wind Blows
2021 • 16 pages
Ratings39
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Ratings39
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In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward. For Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages -- and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled a cursed American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough. Any Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet. This book is a finale. It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest. Carry On was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories; Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings. About catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us.
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3 primary booksSimon Snow is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Rainbow Rowell.
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An emotionally satisfying conclusion for each of the characters, even if there's not much in the way of plot here. I absolutely adore the audio for this series, read by Euan Morton, so I was happy to listen even though most of what's happening is navigating emotionally complicated romantic relationships through trauma (which is not a bad lesson for teens!). Only the most die-hard fans will make it this far, but the series does have a lot of die hard fans.
Honest - I love this series, with these characters. It's compelling and beautiful. This last book had too much kissing/time under covers/erotica/whatever for me. It's like it tried too hard to make things work out - for too many of the characters. Other than that, I enjoyed it. The closure with the Salsbury's was quite lovely. Neither the plot nor the ending went my way, but, it wasn't my book to write. The ending was fine, even if it wasn't how I hoped.
I love the first two books so so much, and this one is still good, but less so. I'm already almost through my fourth listen to book 1
I LOVED THIS SERIES BUT WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THIS BOOK???
Rainbow Rowell really said “let's all forget wayward son ever happened.” because the mention the vampires MAYBE twice and only after 300+ pages in.
THIS BOOK BARELY DOES ANYTHING FOR THE PLOT WE'VE BEEN INTRODUCED AND INSTEAD GIVES US SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW??
I mean it was a cool plot and it made sense for the characters BUT I AM SO LOST??
It just idk wasn't what I hoped?
