"I am going to die kissing Simon Snow. Aleister Crowley, I'm living a charmed life." 
 What if Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy were actually roommates? What if behind their scorn and arguments lurked a hopeless lust for each other? Carry On is an ode to Harry Potter and Drarry fanfiction that will make you laugh and cry and swoon over one of the cutest couples in literature. 
 "You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all." 
 Simon Snow is the Chosen One. You know, the one suppossed to beat the bad guy, to keep everyone alive and generally save the world at the age of seventeen. He is as brave as every Chosen One has the right to be, but apart from that he's a complete disaster; struggling with the simplest of spells and unable to stop setting things on fire, it's a miracle he's survived so long. Now, on his last year at Watford and the World of the Mages on the brink of war, Simon feels as helpless to fulfill his destiny as to make things right with his girlfriend, Agatha. But the tip of the iceberg is Baz, his evil vampire roommate, who has been plotting his downfall from the day they crossed paths. 
 "You were the sun, and I was crushing into you. I'd wake up every morning and think, 'This will end in flames.'" 
 I love those characters so much. Simon is so refreshing; a hero who is more confused that determined, Simon proves himself to be a great man, in spite of his shortcomings- or maybe just because of them. Baz appears as his archetypical nemesis; handsome, sarcastic, talented, rich, he seems to have everything when in fact he lacks the only two things he truly craves; Simon and redemption. To put it simply, I adored Baz and his struggle between right and wrong, between want and duty. Their relationship gradually developed and changed and I was THERE FOR EVERY TURN IT TOOK. Penelope and Agatha are nicely fleshed out side- characters. Penny felt like a less obnoxious Hermione and Agatha's wish to just LIVE peacefully, without all the drama made me respect her as well. 
 "But what does it even matter if my intentions are never good? My road to hell isn't paved with good intentions- or bad- it's just my road." 
 The magic system and the way the plot unfolds are pleasantly surprising. They are imaginative and give a breath of fresh air to a story told a million times over. Rowell's prose is witty and entertaining, and she has mastered the art of dialogue-writing. Carry On is a light-hearted book about love and friendship, which also, unintentionally, accomplished a very hard goal; it made vampire cool again.