High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson
High Times in the Low Parliament, Kelly Robson
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High Times in the Low Parliament

Author: Kelly Robson

Narrator: Amy Scanlon

Unabridged: 4 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/09/2022

Categories: Fiction, Dystopian


Synopsis

Nebula Award–winning author Kelly Robson returns with a charming historical fantasy romp featuring a flirtatious scribe, some irritable fairies, and a precarious parliament.

Lana Baker is Aldgate's finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit.

Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver a message for another lovely scribe in exchange for kisses, only to be shipped off to the Low Parliament by a temperamental fairy.

As Lana transcribes the endless circular arguments of Parliament, the debatesgrow tenser and more desperate. Due to long-standing tradition, a hungvote will cause Parliament to flood and a return to endless war. Lana must rely
on an unlikely pair of comrades—Bugbite, the curmudgeonly fairy taskmaster,and Eloquentia, the bewitching human deputy—if she’s to save humanity andlive to flirt another day, come hell or high water.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pooja on September 09, 2022

Lana Baker, a London scribe, is sent to work in the Low Parliament, which is in danger of being drowned if the members cannot come to an agreement on their politics. Highs and lows is absolutely right for this book. There were parts I loved, as well as parts that really began to wear on my nerves. Th......more

Goodreads review by Chantaal on March 16, 2023

I went into this almost completely blind, and thus had no idea that this has been described by the author as a "lesbian stoner buddy comedy". I'm glad I didn't know that going in, because even by those standards it completely missed the mark. This had the bare bones of an interesting story and world......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on August 08, 2022

Thanks to NetGalley and Recorded Books for the ARC. It hasn't affected the content of my review. This is genuinely one of the weirdest books I've ever read. It has a lot of flaws baked in. The worldbuilding is there but never explained, there is so much going on that none of it really fully works: le......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on July 31, 2022

A tantalizing tease of worldbuilding sets this book up like a honey trap: I want to know more about everything. I want a series of novellas, each one peeling back another layer of how this world works, what makes these fairies tick, and why Lana is Like That. She's fabulous and I adore her. I adore......more