This is a fanfic of a fanfic. Not too long back there was
barely any lesfic and lesbian romances were even more scarce. Into that world,
Xena exploded and spawned a number of sites dedicated to fan stories about Xena
and Gabrielle. From pure fanfic, the Xena stories expanded into what was termed
as ‘uber’ fiction where the MCs were still Xena and Gabirelle but with
different names in different settings. Melissa Good* became one of the most
popular authors and her uber fanfic introduced Dar and Kelly in Tropical
Storm (published in 2006). Under a Falling Star is
essentially Tropical Storm. The characters, the characterisations, the
relationship, the relationship development, the interactions between the MCs
and even some important plot points are all Tropical Storm.
Austen is just starting a new job with Kudos Entertainment
as executive assistant to Tim Saunders. Mr. Saunders’ sister, Ms. Saunders is
the COO of the organisation and pretty much looked upon as some sort of a devil
incarnate by the rest of the office. On her first day, Austen volunteers to
take charge of decorating the Christmas tree. Her idea is that every member of the
staff write their wish and hang it in the tree. Austen watches as on
controlling woman hangs her wish and proceeds to try and change the lighting arrangement
that Austen has put, resulting the crystal star on top of the tree falling and crashing
on the lady. Without knowing who she is, Austen rushes Dee to the ER and they
just connect.
In Jae’s version Dar is Dee and Kerry is Austen, but we completely
loved the book. It has been years since we read Dar and Kerry and a new
spin-off of the old favourite was very welcome. Our heart still warmed to both
MCs and their beautiful romance (as originally conceived by Good).
What do we say about a recommendation? We loved the original
and thoroughly enjoyed this fanfic too.
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