Slanted and Disenchanted: A Total Rock Nerd Young Adult Adventure (The Disenchanted Series)

Product Description

She hates her family. He’s hiding behind his teenage sex life. They form a band to escape from it all. On tour, can they start over….or will all secrets come out on the open road?Carla Bucchio never cared about things like boyfriends and SATs. If she did, maybe life at 20 would be more exciting than developing photos on Long Island. When she chooses the guitar over a social life, it only makes sense because no one talks to her anyway.
Music may be Pete Albrecht’s life but what good is his talent if he has no one to share it with? When he’s not getting bitched about coffee at work, he’s getting nagged about college by his girlfriend. What would they say if they really knew about him?
At the outset of The new millennium where boy bands and backup dancers have saturated pop culture, Carla and Pete start a rock band. Despite his girlfriend’s manipulations, the two form a secret connection through the music. Before heading out on their cross-country tour, tragedy turns the world upside down forcing them to decide if the band is just a teenage dream or their gateway to freedom…and to each other?
Slanted and Disenchanted is the provocative first book in Lisa Czarina Michaud’s coming-of-age Disenchanted series. Told with wry humor with nostalgic 90’s undertones, it’s High Fidelity meets On the Road with a dash of Moxie that explores sexual tension in friendships, the confusion of adulting, the love and chaos of family….and the soundtracks that get us through it all.

Review

“Absolutely brilliant…[an] amazing debut novel.”
– SJ’s Bookshelf

“Michaud has used her knowledge of music to flesh-out her characters in such an attractive way. [They] are beautifully flawed…Michaud has taken this book set in the early 2000s and somehow made it so very relevant today.”
– A Book Wanderer

“Lisa Czarina Michaud captures the sparkling highs and epic lows of young adulthood…But also reveals something deeper through its storytelling, something undeniable and impossible for her characters to yet understand.” –
 Michelle Leon, Babes in Toyland and author of I Live Inside

“YA for Gex X…a journey through youth, second loves, and the power of connection through art.”
– Brett Sills, author of Shoveling Snow
 

“Slanted and Disenchanted crackles with the heart-pounding, meaning-seeking, garage rock energy of two young musicians on Long Island. Carla and Pete are incredibly well-drawn. You won’t be able to look away from the stage or to put this book down, until you reach the final song.”
– Jason Allen, author of The East End
 
“The most musically infused story I’ve ever had the pleasure of devouring.”
– Corny O’Connell, Fordham University WFUV On-Air Host
 

“Slanted and Disenchanted conjures up the wistful daydreams and perpetual uncertainty that inspires young people to climb onto dingy stages in dive bars to make a joyful racket hoping for acceptance, respect, love, and just maybe enough gas money to make it to the next show.”
– Chris Appelgren, The PeeChees and owner, Lookout! Records

“Perfectly captures the way almost every young adult has ever felt: out of place, misunderstood, and desperate to find a home in someone else… Michaud infuses her branded humor into this nostalgic tale of young love. This coming-of-age story is packed with passion [and] music.” –
Cara Alwill, author of Girl On Fire and host of the Style Your Mind podcast

About the Author

Lisa Czarina Michaud is a young adult author and translator. Born and raised in Chelsea before a family relocation to Long Island, she has been writing her New York stories her entire life. Wanting to see the left coast, she attended The Evergreen State College before stumbling through adulthood in Hollywood, then back east to Brooklyn and eventually Paris. Lisa’s work has been featured in the
Huffington Post, marieclaire.co.uk,
Narratively,
xojane, as well as French travel sites
Bonjour Paris and
HiP Paris. She currently lives in France with her husband, son a