Title: Tune in tomorrow.
Author: Randee Dawn
Pages: 464
Rating: 5/5

Publish date - 12th November 2024

As someone who loves trashy TV and the movie stay tuned, when I saw the blurb for this, I had to read this! Also, the cover is just down right adorable.

This had me chuckling and eye rolling with fun stereotypical characters and it was an absolute delight to read.

It wasn't heavy. It was just a fun book that had me smiling all the way through.

I enjoyed reading about the different mythics and how can you not love a dragon called Phil!

It was entertaining, with great world building. (I wished I was in there too) And soap opera drama to boot. Fantastic!

You'll love this book if you like
- comedy fantasy
- low stakes fantasy
- why choose
- no spice
- gossip
- reality tv/soap opera

I really liked the idea of this one. It's hard to find unusual and funny stories, and I liked the concept a lot. It started well and was funny with snarky and quirky flourishes that I thought were engaging, but those flourishes were not enough to carry the story and started feeling repetitive for me fairly quickly. I feel like, for me, this would have worked better as a short story or novella. There really isn't much character development and it felt like nothing much was happening a lot of the time. I lost interest and wasn't able to finish as a result. This one wasn't a good fit for me.

DNF @53%

I found the story so slow to progress & it wasn't holding my attention. I never felt excited to pick it up.

In saying that I really enjoyed Starr & Jason's character. I just wish the story could have held my attention too more.

I loved this book. It has a great, well-paced story and a wonderful cast of characters, both the protagonists and equally good antagonists. The magic system made sense and was very good but not overwhelming. The writing is clever and funny and the book is a superb satire of reality television. Some parts were laugh-out-loud funny. On the other hand, I felt the denouement was much too long. Nonetheless, this is a great read and should appeal to fans of the genre. I look forward to reading more books in the series.Thank you to Netgalley and Solaris Nova for the advance reader copy.

This book was cute, and I hadn't read anything with quite that idea before. I did have trouble following the timeline, as there were jumps where months passed, but that wasn't clear until later in the text. Beyond that, cute, and a fun light read.

Thoroughly enjoyable take on the highs and lows of a mythical reality show. At times it missed the mark for me but overall a good read.

very entertaining and fun book with some awesome vibes. would recommend the book. 4 stars. tysm for the arc, very cool worldbuilding especially.

A young actress joins a mythical soap opera and must fight for her place amongst a cast of mythics, immortals and gods. A unique story that feels backstage pass to a bizarre TV show, with a fast paced plot and excellent parallels to real world melodrama. At times it feels like you've snorted a line of cocaine mixed with glitter but overall a strong novel.

sadly i found this book really hard to get into and that the story didn’t flow.
it was very confusing as to what was happening and once i got into the book it still didn’t captivate me.
disappointing as i had high hopes as i love this style of books, please do give it a go though this is just my opinion!

It's a light and entertaining read. Despise the fantasy soap opera setting and the elements of romance, to me this book is mostly about office politics and how to survive mean girls environment, and I'm here for that!
The writing style and pacing are good, the characters are not very developed but still interesting.
I had a nice time.

La sinopsis me llamó mucho la atención, ya que sería sobre un programa de realidad pero con magia, y efectivamente tuvo los elementos prometidos. Sin embargo, al final no terminó de convencerme. No logré conectar ni con la historia ni con los personajes.




Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Ever wondered what would happen if reality TV met the magical world? Tune in Tomorrow delivers just that! Starr Weatherby lands a gig on a reality show where the cast is full of mythical creatures—and the behind-the-scenes drama is even crazier than on-screen.

Packed with humor, charm, and wild twists, this book feels like a backstage pass to the weirdest (and most fun) TV set imaginable. Randee Dawn’s witty writing and offbeat characters make it a must-read for fans of quirky fantasy.

Big thanks to NetGalley—this one was pure magic!

This was a strong start to the Tune in Tomorrow series, it had that element that I was looking for and enjoyed the fantasy element to this. The characters worked well in this universe and was hooked from the first page. Randee Dawn has a strong writing style and enjoyed the comedic element to this.

DNF 16%
The set up is entirely too drawn out but also too fast? We are just popped into this world and are told to root for Starr but I have no reason to root for her. The mythics beyond the veil are so far advanced beyond the humans but are watching tv on water? Nothing makes sense. I get it’s supposed to be quirky but it’s missing the mark and falling flat for me. I was willing to look past all of that to see where the story went until I realized it was almost 500 pages. The point of a fun sitcom is that is SHORT. I was expecting a short quick read of around 300 pages. The fluff is now making sense. I can’t do it for that many pages.

Overall GREAT concept, bad execution. Giving it a 2 for the premise but I did have high hopes based off the synopsis and I am actually so sad that it didn’t work for me

I enjoyed the book, and would definitely read more by this author.

The ending was a great wrap up for the book. It's not my favourite book ever, but a good read.

Starr Weatherby dreams of being an actor. She hails from a small town and grew up with her unhappy, hoarder mother before escaping to Los Angeles to become a star.

Working primarily as a waiter and getting the very occasional, tiny gig (the mango!) Starr gets her big break when an unusual set of people have lunch at the diner she works at. One of these people, a producer, gives her an opportunity to star in a show called “Tune in Tomorrow”, and very particular instructions for how to get to the set.

Before Starr knows it, she’s introduced to a whole new world, well, a parallel one, where human actors star in the extremely long-running show that’s watched avidly by a mythic audience (centaurs, dryads, etc.) Starr ends up getting a part, and must contend with jealous costars, particularly one named Fiona, the star of the show. Fiona feels deeply threatened by Starr’s addition, and tries to get Starr to quit or get her fired.

Starr, on the other hand, is captivated by the mythic world, and, quickly wise to Fiona’s efforts, is very determined to stay on “Tune in Tomorrow”. She also soon learns that one previous actor on the show disappeared mysteriously, and begins digging, determined not to end up like that other woman.

This book was such a hoot! Randee Dawn pulled me into this story immediately and kept me hooked right to its satisfying end. I loved how passionate Starr was to be an actor and how amazing (and silly) the mythic world was.

At first, I thought this was going to be an “All About Eve” story with Starr being Eve, but it was so much funnier and zanier. I enjoyed the on set and behind the scenes hijinks, and Fiona’s increasingly desperate plots to oust Starr from the show where Starr felt she really came alive.

The parallels to real-world reality shows and their melodrama were nicely drawn, as well as the repercussions if Starr were kicked off the production.

I thoroughly enjoyed the pacing, plot, characters and humour, and love to spend more time beyond the Veil with Starr and her costars, and watch Starr “be the mango”.

Thank you to Netgalley and to Rebellion for this ARC in exchange for my review.

I don’t even know where to start with this review. This was by far the most bonkers book I have ever read. To give it the justice it deserves and explain its premise would require the writing of another book. But I’ll try and keep it short and sweet...

We all enjoy the odd binge of reality TV right? But what if, the reality TV shows we could watch were the lives and drama of another unknown mythical world?

Behind the Veil, mythics of all walks of life share a love of their favourite reality TV show, Tune in Tomorrow. Except, the reality is that of which of humans who are gathered from the mortal realm to act out, not quite real, reality television for the entertainment of mythical creatures.

Starr Weatherby is an aspiring actress, meeting rejection after rejection whilst working in a dead-end job in New York City. That is, until a couple of unusual characters enter her diner and pique her interest.

Starr quickly comes to realise that the big, bustling city that she resides in, is not all there is of the world as she takes on a new acting role on the other side of the Veil. Her main purpose? To use her mundane mortality to entertain creatures she had only ever seen in movies and read in books.

The complexity of this story is done so in a way that keeps you interested without entirely losing you. There are so many characters, creatures, plots and adventures to keep up with, but not in the usual ‘I have no idea what’s going on’ way.

“Humans are not spells. They do not ‘fix’ things in an instant. They come with pointy bits and curved surfaces and squishy, delicious hearts. Human creativity keeps immortality interesting. But that creativity can lead to unexpected consequences.”

Starr must compete for the limelight against Fiona, the show’s main star. But turns out, the beloved actress isn’t as innocent as she seems and as Starr gets more invested in her role, the long-kept secrets of the Grand Damn unravels.

Missing mortals, a security-guard dragon and tiny, adorable creatures called Brownies who are assigned to be at the actor's beck and call in exchange for glitter, are only a drop in the water to the absolute masterpiece that is Tune in Tomorrow.

“A person with all the time in the world doesn’t have to restrict herself at life’s banquet.”

Dawn has simultaneously blown my mind and made me question every aspect of reality.

Fantasy at its finest. Be the mango.

Highly recommend!

Thank you NetGalley and Rebellion Publishing for the arc in exchange for an honest review!

As fun of a read this was, I did feel like it was too long. There was nothing that stood out to me as mystical either so that was a little disappointing but it was a good read

A different book in so many ways. Not just in that it shamelessly mixes about a dozen different genres, but also in its ability to place dull reality in a world which is so bizarre but somehow so believable. Starr is a magnificent creation and tethers the book well in the context of changing environments and realities. It’s funny, too, and the author has a real knack for nonsense.

This was such an imaginative, unique and wildly fun story! A cuckoo mix of reality and fantasy in which a human lands the starring role in a reality show for the entertainment of the fae, a laugh (and gasp) out loud romp of a book, I read this over the weekend and I'm so sad its over, I highly recommend this if you enjoy urban fantasy and want a funny feel good read, great world building and a real mix of characters (some likeable some not) honestly, I just loved this, it reminded me of Molly Harper whom I love, fantasy soap operas (literally in this lol) are my weakness