Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)

by Rainbow Rowell

“What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn’t be a bigger mess.” He tries to kiss me, but I hold back—“And you like that?” “I love it,” he says. “Why?” “Because we match.”

You really learn a lot about yourself when you’re writing books. There’s this feeling of, “Look what came out of me. Is that who I am?” When I started Attachments, my first book, I really had no idea what sort of stories and characters would come out of my head. As I type this, I’ve written seven novels, a few short stories and a bunch of comics. And what I know now is … I love messy characters. I love broken characters. I love characters who feel lost and disconnected and ashamed… And I love it when characters like that find each other and heal together. This scene with Simon and Baz is the ultimate romantic moment for me – to be seen at your lowest, to be completely revealed to someone, and then to be accepted and loved.