Carry On

Rowell's writing itself is as fun as ever (some great one-liners!), but the story and characters fell flat for me. First, I did not realize it was an actual story with the characters from the fanfic in Fangirl (I know. I didn't re-read the cover copy before I just dove in, okay?!). Though I don't think it would have been a much better book even if I had realized this before reading. Not only because the story should be able to stand on it's own, but also because not much really happens for the first half of the book. I didn't feel invested in the characters, whose whole backstory happened somewhere else, and the romance didn't feel earned. It also felt uncomfortably fetishized, which is a shame, because I think we need way more LGBTQA representation in literature, especially YA.