High Times in the Low Parliament

By: Kelly Robson

Narrated by: Amy Scanlon

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.

©2019 Kelly Robson (P)2019 Recorded Books

Great narrator, story a bit confusing

The narrator did a fantastic job. Sometimes the volume contrast between certain characters’ piercing voices and the gentle narration was too great and I found myself constantly adjusting the volume which became tiresome. Maybe it’s just me being dense but I didn’t feel like I had a grasp on the parameters of this particular fantasy world and it took me a long time to warm up to the central character. I felt disconnected from the whole thing; it didn’t win my heart the way that I wished.