Kelly Robson

Lana Baker is Aldgate's finest scribe. She has 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 and ends up getting sent to Low Parliament by a temperamental fairy as a result. There, she transcribes the endless circular arguments of Parliament. Due to long-standing tradition, a hung vote will cause Parliament to flood Aldgate, killing every human in Aldgate. Things become especially precarious as corpses begin to pile up. Lana must rely on an unlikely pair of comrades - Bugbite, the curmudgeonly fairy and Eloquentia, the bewitching human deputy - to save humanity (and maybe even woo Eloquentia) come hell or high water.

High Times in the Low Parliament

Amanda

Absolute nonsense-filled romp. Everybody is gay and high and horny and it is hilarious. In a world where men do not exist, but fairies do, politics are still causing problems and it's up to Lana to fix everything. Unfortunately for her, it's going to take more than a little flirting to fix everything that's wrong in the Low Parliament.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC which hit just the right spot

Didi Chanoch

A delightfully horny novella!

This little book was a blast to read, or listen to as was the case for me. Politics, shenanigans, and a protagonist so horny Gideon Nav would ask her if it wasn't all a bit much. 

Lana, our protagonist, is your basic fantasy lady himbo, except instead of a sword, she's good with a pen. She's a delight from top to bottom, looking for kisses and highs and kinda stumbling into saving all of Europe. 

This book is an intentional satire of brexit, and some may find its politics naive. I think that's a very intentional choice. It is hopeful and bright in a fantasy world of political idiocy, because we need hopefulness and brightness in our own world of political idiocy. 

It's also a book about friendship and love and beauty, about weird found families. And it is full of women. Human women and fairy women, angry women and horny women. Friends and enemies and lovers and political operators. All women. Gloriously queer women. 

Disclaimers: I was able to listen to the audio edition thanks to Netgalley and RB Media. Also, the author is a pal.

Christine Bruce

In the 18th century, fairies rule the parliament to make sure humans don't go to war. An event with grave consequences for the faeries historically. If the parliment can't agree, ending on a hung vote, the parliment will be flooded and all present drowned. Including scribes like Lana Baker. No one's favorite daughter, no one's favorite paramour. She's tricked into becoming a scribe with a kiss, and meets Fairy Bugbite and the beautiful deputy Eloquentia.
Often Lana describes others as boring to the point of putting her to sleep. That's how I felt the majority of this book. At 80% I realized I had no idea what was happening, and I had no investment in the characters, I didn't care what happened to them even as they discussed the likely hood of being drowned by the end of the day. 
I have no idea what was discussed or what they were voting on, why it was important, or why Lana didn't care. No one was well fleshed out, the world-building was interesting at times but mostly overly simplified. Too much was mentioned as though we knew what was going on. Even in terms of parliament, I had no idea how the government worked or what made it up. 
I got to the point of hating free time when I would normally listen to a book because it was just so boring. For being so short, that's saying something.

High Times in the Low Parliament

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