Tune in Tomorrow: The Curious, Calamitous, Cockamamie Story Of Starr Weatherby And The Greatest Mythic Reality Show Ever by Randee DawnMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was pulled into this by the offer of free tea, honest. There I was, half-heartedly browsing books at the Dealers Hall in Glasgow 2024, telling myself I had no money (exchange rate = 6!!!!) or space (the Bag is FULL), when Randee Dawn was like, "here, take some free tea, check out the book later." (or something like that, idk, I was distracted by free tea.) Which are supposed to be deconstituted brownies (of the mythical kind, not the food kind).
Ok, back to the book. (I mean, the brownies are from the book.)
Starr Weatherby is in New York, chasing that elusive dream of stardom. When she unexpectedly gets a job offer from an extremely handsome man with really strange partners, she grabs onto it with both hands. Except Jason Valentine isn't a man. He's a faun. And the Reality Show she's on is filmed beyond the Veil, for the entertainment of the Fae. And their longest, most famous actor on the show, Fiona Ballantine, does NOT want her there. Starr (variously Sam/Samantha) has found what she wants to do in life and she's not going to let anyone get in the way, even a murderer. She just has to figure out what's really going on.
Tune in Tomorrow is a hilariously magical read in the vein of Jasper Fforde and Tom Holt. It's a lot of drama, I mean, it's about drama, but there is DRAMA. There's also a lot of backstabbing and spying going on - all enhanced by magical powers that the long-term actors have accumulated. Then there's Starr trying to piece together the clues of what happened 30 years ago, which involved Fiona being Fiona, a mysterious Joseph and his scripts, and... Amelia, who had mysteriously left/been fired/disappeared/moseyed, so that she can avoid making the same mistake and keep her job.
Some comedic stories get a little too over the top for me, but this one struck a perfect note. Just like the tea is a perfect blend.
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The tea is from teaandabsinthe.com, and was apparently a limited release in conjunction with Dawn's book launch.
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