A review by bookishpriest
High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This novella is a satirical, stoner-buddies take on Brexit and those ideas are certainly present. In a world where men are absent and the fate of humanity is being debated in a perpetually-hung parliament, Lana is caught up in her new role as a parliamentary scribe with a difficult fairy taskmaster. The drugs flow freely and Sapphic romance abounds, including a complicated love triangle.

Unfortunately, in spite of an interesting premise and some genuinely funny world-building, this novella just didn't do it for me. I wasn't especially invested in the characters or what seemed a very perfunctory plot. A neat idea that came out as uninteresting. I'm not sure if this needed to be a whole novel or a short story, or something else, but this wasn't quite it.
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