Sunday, April 18, 2010

How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

In New Avalon, everyone has tiny, invisible fairies. Charlie's friend, Rochelle has a shopping fairy (one of the more useful sorts) and their hated enemy, Fiorenze has an all-the-boys-like-you fairy. Either of these would be better than Charlie's parking fairy. Since she is only fourteen and can't drive, Charlie's fairy is only good for turning her into everyone's favorite passenger and she's tired of it. But Charlie has a Plan to get rid of her fairy and get a better one. Unfortunately, things aren't going so well and it might require some unexpected allies (and dangerous situations) to get rid of the parking fairy for good.


This book was amusing and somewhat unpredictable. It took a few chapters for me to get used to the slang (which seems to be a mix of American and Australian words, and possibly some that are only used in the world of New Avalon), but once I got oriented, the story was very easy to follow. Even though this story isn't set in the "real world" it would appeal to readers who enjoy books like Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging since it has that same kind of tone and story. Generally, I would recommend this to fantasy fans looking for something a little bit fluffy with a "chick lit" feel.



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