Fairy Metal Thunder by J.L. Bryan Giveaway!

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Jason, Erin, Mitch, and Dred are the Assorted Zebras, a teenage garage band in Wisconsin with no fans and no gigs. Then Jason sneaks into the fairy world and steals four magic-fuled musical instruments, the kind fairies use to enchant and trick humans. The new instruments make the band a huge, overnight success, on their way to rock stardom. But the band members aren't exactly ready for fame, fortune, or the supernatural creatures sent by the fairies to track them down.

Fairy Metal Thunder by J.L. Bryan is a fun and light young adult novel that impressed me in several ways.

Prior to this one, I had read a novel in the same genre, also dealing with fairies that frankly irritated me because the teen characters were annoying and had conversations that contributed very little to the story and did not sound real (in fact, I wanted to tear my hair out). Bryan's teen characters felt very authentic to me; the dialogue sounded real, the characters were three-dimensional, and the even better, it was funny without trying too hard (like the other one). I liked hanging out with these kids! I even liked the little sister, Katie!

Though my heart went out to poor, lovelorn Jason - who hasn't pined in secret for the unattainable - my favorite character is the goblin. I have never laughed so hard over someone (something?) so delightful yet repulsive at the same time.
I loved how Bryan integrated some fairy lore into the context of the modern storyline. I was intrigued with the brief forays into the magical world, which I hope will be explored further in the coming books.

"The keyboard sprouted silver wires that snaked around and plugged into Mitch's other keyboards, as well as the small laptop he kept connected to increase his range of sample and sound options. The old keyboard and the laptop turned silver, and the fairy runes etched themselves all over the surface of them, as if the magical instrument was infecting them like a virus."
Another thing I have to mention is the great editing - whoever edited Fairy Metal Thunder is sorely needed in mainstream publishing, judging by some YA novels I've read lately. Separate wheat from the chaff are words to edit by.

Goblins, fairies, elves and some bad-ass unicorns (trust me; you want to find out what they do) and magical instruments - Fairy Metal Thunder by J.L. Bryan is an entertaining, original read.

Thank you very much to J.L. Bryan for providing a copy for me to review!

***Giveaway details***

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Giveaway ends November 14, 2011, 8:00 p.m. PST.

The winner will be chosen via random.org and announced here after November 14, 2011.

Good luck and rock on!