I'd been wanting to read something of Justine's for a few months now, since I discovered her online blog (which is amazing and very imformative for aspiring writers) and I've even been following her on Twitter (JustineLavaworm). Obviously, from this author, I'd expect a book with as much warmth and humor as she exhibits via her online persona: and HTDYF did not disappoint!

The world-building was a lot more intricate than I'd expected it to be (especially when compared to the 2 fantasy heavy-weights shown above), and New Avalon doesn't come across like some aribtrary setting the author has invented just for the sake of making fairies 'real'. In fact, the entire mission of the book seems to be making these invisible, random-attribute-giving fairies feel believeable; in seeing the bad that goes along with the good, (for every charm, even something like the "Never-getting-into-Trouble" Fairy!) (Whether it accomplishes this mission, I'm still somewhat skeptical; mainly since the invisible fairies really ARE invisible, and are only glimpsed in the book as colorful 'auras,' there is never any actual interaction between hosts and fairies.)

Charlie, the main character, suffers from a Parking Fairy. I got a bit annoyed with her more than once as her decisions leaned towards the selfish and self-destructive, all for the sake of 'ditching' her unwated fairy--but then I recalled that as a realistic teenager, she was bound to make some stupid mistakes. (And at least she did learn from her mistakes, which is more than I did as teen, haha.) All-in-all, it was a fun and quick read for me, and I didn't regret the purchase. I'll definitely be checking out more of JL's YA titles sometime soon.