Simon and Baz both feel so wonderfully fleshed out and characterized after all that we’ve seen them through. Any Way the Wind Blows finally delivers all of the beautiful, wonderful, soft, heartbreaking, tearful, incredible (and dare I say spicy) Simon and Baz moments that we’ve all been patiently waiting for. And then a cavernous chasm opened up between them throughout Wayward Son after their brief honeymoon period.
Or even the friends stage, for that matter. I need Baz’s lovesick pining and Penny’s snappy commentary like I need air.), but it also means that most of the first impressions of Baz and Simon were painted through the eyes of a pair of enemies-to-lovers who had yet to reach the lovers stage.
It works so well for this series (I honestly can’t imagine reading this story only from Simon’s perspective. In Carry On, we spent a lot of time getting to know everyone through Rowell’s use of ever-shifting character perspectives. Rowell has spent years building up to the events of this book, and finally seeing them all play out feels like a metaphorical dam of feelings is bursting open and spilling out inside of you. My immediate thoughts upon turning the final page of Any Way the Wind Blows were that I felt completely and entirely emotionally flayed … but in the best way possible. Warning: Spoilers for Any Way the Wind Blows to follow.
This is an ending that’s full of answers, loose threads tied off, and a platter of satisfying conclusions. Fresh out of the oven from their dangerous and daring adventures in America, the book finds Simon, Baz, Penny, Agatha, and Shepherd back in the UK with a laundry list of problems to take care of.Īny Way the Wind Blows is a thick book in comparison to its middle predecessor, Wayward Son, and that’s for good reason. Six years and many adventures later, we now bid a bittersweet farewell to this beloved trilogy with its final chapter: Any Way the Wind Blows. What began as a small story within a story eventually took on a life of its own, and thus the Simon Snow series came to life with Carry On in 2015. Back in 2013, two characters were born on the pages of author Rainbow Rowell’s contemporary young adult novel Fangirl - Simon Snow and Tyrannus Basilton “Baz” Grimm-Pitch.
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