Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)

by Rainbow Rowell

So what if I do? I usually am right. It’s just good sense to go through life assuming that I am. It’s the law of averages. Better to assume I’m always right and occasionally be wrong than to fiddle about doubting myself all the time, saying to everyone, “Yes, but what do you think?”

Penny becomes more of a main character in Wayward Son and gets to have plot and development outside of Simon. I ended up giving her lots of my own qualities and weaknesses. (Pretty sure I said this entire paragraph out loud in high school.) I remember wondering if I should hand this very real part of me to Penny -- and then I thought, “What am I saving it for?”