Fairy Metal Thunder (Songs of Magic, #1) [Kindle Edition]

JL Bryan (Author)

Book Description

Special double feature edition! For a limited time, this ebook includes both Fairy Metal Thunder and Fairy Blues (Songs of Magic, Book 1 and 2). Get both for one low price!

Fairy Metal Thunder:

A rock & roll fairy tale.

Jason Becker plays guitar in a small-town garage band called the Assorted Zebras, along with a few other kids from his school.  Unfortunately, they have no fans, no gigs, and they're going nowhere. Then Jason catches a goblin robbing his house, and he chases the little green thief to creepy old Mrs. Dullahan's overgrown back yard, where he discovers that the miniature doors in her trees lead deep into the fairy world.

Jason returns with fairy instruments that transform the band's sound into powerful, enchanting music. Soon, the Zebras are drawing huge crowds, but they discover their new gear is brimming with destructive magic they can't control.

Their shortcut to success turns Jason and his friends into enemies of the treacherous Queen Mab, who wants to keep the fairy world secret from humans. She sends magical hunters to track them down, including one of the most dangerous horned creatures in Faerie...a small unicorn named Buttercake.

Fairy Blues:

With their enchanted instruments charming the crowds, the Assorted Zebras attract interest from record producers, and soon they're off to cut their first album and music video. Jason and his friends don't know they've just become pawns in a sinister plot by a cabal of evil fairies...

Meanwhile, Aoide and her band pursue a new strategy for regaining their stolen instruments, one that will take them into the most haunted region in Faerie.


Discover the magical world of the Songs of Magic series today!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Fairy Metal Thunder has the same feel that the movie Labyrinth has, this wondrous fantasy world that you're desperate to have at least a small part of, even to the point of stealing." - Bending the Spine

"You know that feeling you got when you took your first trip down Diagon Alley with Harry and Hagrid? Well that was a little like how it felt to see Faerie for the first time...The description of this new world was like an ultra-vivid, H-D, 3-D experience for the mind." - Unabridged Andra

"Everything about this book is so much fun to read! From J.L. Bryan's vivid yet quick writing style, to the perfectly incorporated fairy lore, to the enchanting plot, it all adds up to a book that you HAVE to read, whether you're a fan of fairies of not!" - Mimi Valentine

"Overall, I found this to be a fun, delightful first volume in a promising new series. I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of the series and learning more about the world of Faerie." - Word Spelunking

About the Author

J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on the English Renaissance and the Romantic period. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He enjoys remixing elements of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror and science fiction into new kinds of stories. He is the author of The Paranormals trilogy (Jenny Pox, Tommy Nightmare, and Alexander Death), the biopunk sf novel Helix, and other works. Fairy Metal Thunder is the first book in his new Songs of Magic series. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, his son John, two dogs, and two cats.

His website is jlbryanbooks.com. You can also follow on him on Twitter (@jlbryanbooks) or Facebook.

Product Details

• File Size: 653 KB
• Print Length: 190 pages
• Publisher: JLBryanbooks.com (September 16, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005NLU5NS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,888 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
  • #69 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Fantasy > Fairy Tales

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars What a fun read! February 4, 2012

By Jade L Hankes

Format:Paperback

I just finished reading this book and what a wild read! I really enjoyed this novel by J.L. Bryan! It really fits well with young adult audience.

The Good: I was really nervous after reading the blurb as to how Bryan would navigate this novel. I was scared it would either come out too juvenile or completely unreadable...but he totally
made everything work! I loved the mixture of the magical world with the real world. When it started I totally got a Labyrinth/Alice in Wonderland type of vibe and I loved the main character Jason. I liked his relationship with his sister. It was like a brother/sister ally type of thing and it's refreshing instead of seeing the typical I-hate-my-sibling relationship. The world building was AWESOME in this novel. Bryan totally brought to life the world of Faerie and I almost wish I could visit!! I LOVED LOVED LOVED the goblin Grizlemor and again reminded me of the goblin from Labyrinth. What I think I appreciated most from this novel is that it is such a fun, light read. YA is saturated with such heavy topics right now (not that I don't like that...I do!) but it's refreshing to read something that isn't super depressing or heavy. This is a book that leaves you smiling and happy after the last page. Lastly...I just want to praise the amount of brilliant editing that went into this book. This book is a prime example of what self-published authors need to start doing. Invest in a good editor and cover designer! Even I have taken notes from Bryan on how to produce a brilliant self-published book!

The Bad: I would have liked to see his characters just a BIT more realistic per their age. I felt that whenever Jason talked...he was more along the ages of 14 or 15 and not a junior in high school. Most of the characters seemed much younger than what their supposed age was.

Overall, this was an AWESOME read and I highly recommend it, especially for the younger audience! I give it an A-!!!

**I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review. All the opinions are my own and I was not obligated to write a favorable review.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fairy Metal Thunder Rocks! September 22, 2011

By Kristi L. Stern

Format:Kindle Edition

THE FAERYS VIEW:

Fairy Metal Thunder by J.L. Bryan is a One-Sit-Read! Even if I wasn't a lover of all things Fae, Mr. Bryan would have still captivated me with his dazzling tale of what can happen if you sneak into the world of the Fae and leave with enchanted objects.

The main character, Jason, plays in a garage band named the Assorted Zebras with his pals Mitch, Dred and the girl he secretly yearns for, Erin. They're good but not good enough to get any gigs. One night Jason is awakened by his younger sister, Katie claiming there's a monster in the house and when Jason goes to investigate what he finds is unbelievable. He follows a strange little creature to the neighborhood creepy lady's back yard and follows this creature down a hole only to find he's in a very strange place, indeed!
The little creature known as Grizlemor-a Goblin, catches on that Jason is following him and becomes extremely upset-If the Queen of Fairy-land finds out he led a human into their world, his goblins cooked! Grizlemor does whatever he can to get Jason out of there. Grizlemor is an expert thief but he's butt ugly and stinks like Faery Farts from Hell, but he's very good at what he does. In order to get Jason out of fairy-land, he promises to give back the necklace he took from Erin and goes off to his stash pit, leaving Jason listening to the most enchanting music from four Fairy-land `residents' in a band. When they take their break and leave their instruments unwatched, Jason quickly becomes as good a thief as Grizlemor and absconds with the fairy instruments, leaving before Grizlemor returns with Erin's necklace.

Jason hides the instruments in his garage and when he goes to get them out, they are super tiny but when he takes out the one that looks like a guitar and runs his fingers over the strings it quickly adapts and grows to form perfectly for Jason. The music Jason makes with this new guitar has the power to evoke powerful emotions. When he shows the instruments to the band members they scoff at him until they try out their own little instrument, each band member ends up with an instrument that is perfectly suited to them. When they make music together it is instantaneous emotional combustion! Before they know it they're on youtube and are instant celebrities overnight. What happens from there is bizarre, at times frightening and Faery wicked cool.

There's just one little problem: Queen Mab is furious that magical items have been taken out of Faerie, an elf and his unicorn are sent out into the mans-world to find and retrieve the missing magical articles. Hoke, the elf and Buttercake, his unicorn or cornhorse as he calls them are unrelenting in their search. Things could end up pretty badly for the original four instrument owners and there's a sympathy factor there, for sure.

I'm not going to go to much further into what else happens in the novel; I'm trying to keep this as spoiler free as possible and even though I've shared a lot, there is so much more to this story. Mr. Bryan writes with a keen sense of descriptives, personalization and emotions making his characters and the world(s) they live in so easy to become invested in. The story flows beautifully from chapter to chapter and is incredibly thrilling and exciting but there's always an undertone of this is to good to last. The cliffie at the end was unbelievable! I'm anxiously awaiting the next book in this series!

THE FAERIES SAYS: MOST DEFINITELY READ THIS BOOK!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow what a fast paced adventure! Funnier than a bag of hot potatos. Fairy Metal Thunder (Songs of Magic, #1) November 30, 2012

By Bill Tillman

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Wow this was a really fun and fast read. Taking the tried and true fairy worlds of Ireland and Britian, J.L. Bryan has focused on the magic of music.

Watch the adventure of Jason as he discovers the land of Fae, steals four magic instruments. Becomes an overnight You Tube sensation and threatens to tear apart the boundary between that other world and our own.
Fairy Metal Thunder (Songs of Magic, #1)

More About the Author

J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on the English Renaissance and the Romantic period. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He enjoys remixing elements of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror and science fiction into new kinds of stories.

He is the author of The Paranormals series (Jenny Pox, Tommy Nightmare, Alexander Death) and other books. Fairy Metal Thunder is the first book in his new Songs of Magic series. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, his baby son John, and some dogs and cats.

Website: www.jlbryanbooks.com
Twitter: @jlbryanbooks