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  • Wayward Son

  • Simon Snow Series, Book 2
  • By: Rainbow Rowell
  • Narrated by: Euan Morton
  • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (37 ratings)

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Wayward Son

By: Rainbow Rowell
Narrated by: Euan Morton
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Summary

One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019: "[Euan] Morton brings distinct voices and emotions to every character.... Listeners will be hard-pressed to believe they aren't listening to a full-cast production." (AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner)

The hotly anticipated sequel to the number one best seller Carry On

Simon Snow is back and he's coming to America!

The story is supposed to be over.

Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after....

So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch?

What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light....

That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place....

With Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has delivered an audiobook for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. And an audiobook for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter.

Come on, Simon Snow. Your hero’s journey might be over - but your life has just begun.

©2019 Rainbow Rowell (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
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Critic reviews

"Morton brings distinct voices and emotions to every character - from posh vampire Baz's deep frustration to fast-talking wizard Penelope's snappy repartee, from de-magicked and be-winged Simon's formless longing to a whole bevy of American wizards, vampires, and Native-inspired creatures. Listeners will be hard-pressed to believe they aren't listening to a full-cast production." (AudioFile Earphone Award)

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Fantastic performance!

TL;DR: I’m a fan of the series, so I’m along for the ride all the way. If you liked Carry On, and liked Euan Morton’s narration, then this is definitely a worthwhile audiobook to get. Having Morton’s superb performance got me through the more dull bits much better than when I read silently. I just hope Morton will return to weave his magic for the audiobook of Any Way The Wind Blows.

So, the longer version:

As usual, the narration is utterly 1st class. Morton reads brilliantly and it’s an utter pleasure to listen to.

As far as the story itself goes, while everything still knits together in the end in the same, satisfying way that is Rowell’s prowess, it all just felt much less…impressive than Carry On. The book feels a lot more meandering than its predecessor, and sadly the very last line cements it as what I most despise about middle books in trilogies: a “bridge book:” a boom that exists purely to set up the final book and the bridge the gap between the first and the last.
Alright, it’s definitely not the worst as far as bridge books go. I enjoyed getting to see Baz and Simon having to act outside of the established roles they had in school. Some of the new characters introduced are interesting enough, but they don’t “pop” the same way the cast of the first book did. They’re not outright boring but not very memorable. Everything feels much more flat, much more sporadic. When the action scenes happen, they seem to appear out of nowhere - as opposed to building naturally - and then vanish while our trusty trio wander around a bit (even though they have a goal, it FEELS like aimless wandering) into the next action that explodes out of nowhere. And until you get to the end, where everything is tied together nicely, it all feels kind of dragged out. Carry On had me wrenching through the pages to get to the end; Wayward Son has parts where my attention definitely wanders. It’s not Rowell’s best, but it’s a decent read for sure.

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