Today we are pleased to welcome Margaux Eliot to CLC. Her latest novel, Honeymoon Stage, takes place in the early 2000s and sounds like an entertaining rom-com! We hope you will enjoy learning more about it and getting to know Margaux, as much as we did.
Margaux Eliot is excited to give early aughts pop culture its due. Writing as Julia Fine, she is also the author of speculative novels The Upstairs House, What Should Be Wild, and Maddalena and the Dark. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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It’s the night before her wedding, and Cassidy Baum isn’t sure she wants to get married…Or maybe she just doesn’t want to get married on set, surrounded by cameras and crew, with the crushing weight of everyone watching.
As a production assistant, Cassidy’s used to being behind the camera, not in front of it. But her fiancé is a former child star and musician, and their wedding makes the perfect spin-off for Honeymoon Stage, the groundbreaking celebreality show she once worked on.
Five years ago, the show fell apart―for dramatic reasons Cassidy is still struggling to understand. Now, Cassidy is forced to reckon with what happened on set to search out the truth once and for all before her wedding is broadcast to the world.
Rumors, lies, and suspicions come rushing back. And if Cassidy can’t figure out a way to make sense of the past, her own happily ever after may not be so happy after all.
“Delightfully wicked and subversively romantic, Honeymoon Stage deftly cuts through all the grit and glitter of reality television to reveal a whip-smart young woman who finds not only love, but the power of her own voice. A total lollipop of a novel with a hidden tender heart—I’d eat it for dessert if I could.”
—Amy Jo Burns, author of Mercury
“This smart, skillfully plotted novel has teeth, and it bites back at all the infuriating expectations women face whether we’re on reality TV or just trying to live our real lives.”
—Layne Fargo, USA Today bestselling author of The Favorites
“I binged this novel faster than the juiciest season of reality TV. Honeymoon Stage feels like watching your favorite show while texting your brilliant, hilarious friend. A love story laced with celebrity secrets and high-stakes intrigue, you won’t be able to stop pressing next episode.”
—Avery Carpenter Forrey, author of Social Engagement
What is a favorite compliment you've received on your writing?
Whenever an obscure joke that I am particularly tickled by makes somebody laugh.
Whenever an obscure joke that I am particularly tickled by makes somebody laugh.
How is Cassidy similar to or different from you?
She’s much lower maintenance than I am. Cassidy is pretty good at going with the flow, and she’s happy in the background, which makes her a perfect production assistant. I’m not sure I’d be willing to pay my dues the way that she does.
If Honeymoon Stage were made into a movie, who would you cast in the leading roles?
Rachel Zegler as Cassidy, Austin Butler as Gabe, Sabrina Carpenter as Maggie, Zac Efron as Jason
What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings
If your life was a TV series, which celebrity would you want to narrate it?
Sam Elliott
If we were to visit you in Chicago, what are some places you would take us to see?
The 606, Jackson Park, Montrose Bird Sanctuary, the Art Institute, Lula Café
Thanks to Margaux for chatting with us and Kaye Publicity for coordinating the interview.
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