War for the Oaks

A fantasy novel by Emma Bull and one of the pioneering works of Urban Fantasy, War for the Oaks is the story of Eddi McCandry, a Minneapolis rock singer who's just been kicked out of her band and breaking up with her boyfriend. There's also the matter of The Fair Folk moving in -- quite literally -- with her, and an impending war between the Seelie and Unseelie Courts into which she's just been drafted.

Contains examples of:

 * A Good Name for a Rock Band: Eddi & the Elves.
 * The Baroness: the Queen of Unseelie Court.
 * Black Best Friend (and a Muggle Best Friend): Carla.
 * : Eddi and phouka.
 * Dancing Is Serious Business.
 * Duet Bonding: Eddi and Willy.
 * Elemental Barrier: around the battle area.
 * Elvish Presley.
 * The Fair Folk: Two courts: the Seelie and Unseelie courts, roughly corresponding to good and evil.
 * Fairy Companion: phouka and Meg to Eddi.
 * Fairy Sexy: many examples.
 * Gender Blender Name: An offbeat one, too.
 * Ice Queen: two of them.
 * Interspecies Romance.
 * In the Style Of: Eddi and her band like to try it as a kind of exercise.
 * Invisible to Normals.
 * Killed Off for Real:.
 * Like Reality Unless Noted.
 * Loveable Rogue: Most of the (non-evil) faeries, but the Phouka in particular.
 * Magic Music: True to folklore, the music of the faeries is impossible to resist, as audiences soon find.
 * The Mole:.
 * Mundane Utility: the magic of phouka and Meg.
 * Myspeld Rokband: InKline Plain.
 * Nature Spirit: glaistig and many other fairies.
 * Never Trust a Title: there are no strategically relevant oaks in the novel.
 * Not Quite Saved Enough: Poor, poor.
 * The Power of Friendship: the special bond between Eddi and phouka, created by Eddi's answer to the Queen, gives her a special power over fairies' fate.
 * The Power of Rock: Present throughout the novel.
 * Twin Cities: The setting of the book; all the places mentioned in the novel are real.
 * Urban Fantasy: One of the Trope Codifiers.
 * Your Mind Makes It Real: that is why phouka warns Eddi against doubt.