A review by joelminor
Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly

3.0

As much as I loved the first Amberlough book, and was o.k. with the second, this book just wasn't what I was hoping for. None of the characters felt especially likeable--I wasn't really rooting for them. Ari and Cyril's relationship was frustrating, as was Lilian's and Jinadh's. I appreciated that the book had a fairly unvarnished view of presenting most of the narrative through the viewpoint of two alcoholic main characters... that part was interesting, at least, as was having seen them (especially Ari) evolve to the point of being so alcohol dependent over the course of a few books. And I also always appreciate books where coming out stories are not easy. Both Ari's and Cyril's inner demons about their homosexuality were presented compellingly. And of course the matriarchal(ish) society of Amberlough is always fun. But overall, it was just hard to get into a book where I didn't really like the characters that much.

Also, I couldn't stand the map in the front of the book! The author mentioned so many places that weren't on the map, and I kept turning back to it to figure out where the places were, only to be disappointed. Share more of the map with us!