Second, the end of the book left me a little dissatisfied. He was, however, critical of Watford for only enrolling the best. It's all about the meta, to put it simply.
It's based off of fan-fiction, about a fictional novel series, in another fiction novel, and can be related to the Harry Potter series by a sort of painting by numbers technique, if you like. Through the perspective of Lucy, The Mage was a talented magician who was exceptional at magic. Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell, is a book that is meta in it's concept. A talented magician who was enrolled in Watford, he was known by his classmates as affectionately (and not) as Davy, though his first name was actually David. Also, if Nick had got closer to Cath we could have enjoyed some crazy jealous Levi (which would probably involve him frowning, clenched his fists and being overly polite!) which would have been some more payback for him kissing random girl at the house party. The Mage helped discover Simon as The Chosen One and took him in at Watford.
As it was, it was bad, but Cath got over it fairly quickly and I forgot about Nick until he showed up for a random scene in the corridor at the end of the book. Something more significant needed to happen between him and Cath he should have led her on more so his “betrayal” was more serious. The main character, Cath, was great, but for me it was Levi who stole the book.įirstly, I thought the Nick plot needed greater development. This book is proof that if you create wonderful characters it doesn’t matter much what they get up to (including sitting about reading and writing fan fiction), we’ll enjoy spending time with them. Funny and moving in places, this is one for all us keen readers and anyone who has ever been an obsessive fan of anything. After reading Carry On, I kept thinking of different ways/times that Simon and Baz could have had their first kiss, so I decided to start writing them down. We love to see a dashing young heroine take pride of place on the red carpet and who better to take that place than the brilliant Audrey Rose? (Plus, we want to be able to stare at Thomas Cresswell…)ĭream Casting: Danielle Campbell as Audrey Roseĭream Casting: Douglas Booth as Thomas Cresswell.A terrific read thanks to its cast of engaging characters. The mystery, the intrigue, and most of all the flirting. A orphaned junior librarian on a quest for a mythic city – sign us up!ĭream Casting: Avan Jogia as Lazlo StrangeĪND THE WINNER IS… 1) Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco And sometimes an old phrase stops working when the rest of the world is sick of saying it. If this list is anything to go by, adventurous YA fantasy novel sure do make for great movies, and Strange The Dreamer is perhaps the best candidate of the bunch. A philologist’s wet-dream, it’s developed around the principles of language change and evolution: Magic words are tricky, Snow informs us, Sometimes to reveal something hidden, you have to use the language of the time it was stashed away. Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.
With whispers about a Red Queen movie in the works we are all dying to see this series made in a film franchise to rival The Hunger Games ASAP – mostly because we all want to play Mare and kick some serious butt on screen. Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. The sooner the better.ĭream Casting: Cole Sprouse as Kaz Brekker We all want to hang out with the Six of Crows gang, so naturally we want to see them on screen too. Magic, mystery, adventure – it all seems like the perfect combination for a film, and YA readers seem to think so too! Source: tumblr 6) Caraval by Stephanie Garber This book is just begging to be made into a killer movie that would make John Hughes himself proud.
We can see it already – the 1980s nostalgia, the shared mix-tapes, and of course, Eleanor and Park themselves. Here is the definitive countdown of YA faves you would like to see adapted for the silver screen! 7) Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell The Date A Book team recently took to the Twitter Polls and asked you to #CastYAVote on the YA books you would like to see adapted for the screen.