Even though Misha Byrne has just been nominated for an Oscar, he’s still at the whim of The Studio he works for to deliver what they want to see in his show. So, while Misha has plans to have his current two tv leads profess their love to each other, the studio is convinced that killing them off instead will deliver higher profits. As Misha fights with the studio to deliver his original vision, weird events and stalker fans begin to happen and appear for Misha. As he starts to investigate the happenings around him, he soon discovers that the stakes are much higher than he originally thought and that accepting his own self-identity might be the first step in beating the odds.
Misha is such a compelling character to get to know and does quite a bit of growing throughout the story. His boyfriend and best friend were also great and overall, I felt all our main characters brought something unique to the story. I loved the way Tingle was able to incorporate real life references and commentary into this ‘fun’ read and was able to touch on some very timely and sensitive topics such as capitalism, identity and AI. I don’t want to spoil anything so won’t go too much deeper than that.
Perfect for fans of campy horror movies and with plenty of gory terror scenes, Bury Your Gays was unexpectedly fun to listen to. While most of the story is narrated directly from Misha’s POV, we get sippets of side events with a full cast of characters. From a narration standpoint it made it hard to delineate them from the story, but if you’re reading the book, this shouldn’t be an issue. Regardless, 4.5 rounded up to 5 stars for this original horror read.
Bury Your Gays is out now. Thank you to Tor Nightfire and MacMillian Audio for my advanced copy in exchange for my review. If you liked this review, please let me know either by commenting below or by visiting my Instagram @speakingof.books.
