Review: Armistice

Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Picking up three years after the events of Amberlough, the middle entry of the Dossier could fool you into believing that Gedda is still the center of this universe, the only place where any action happens. Well, nope. Not when this book largely takes place in Porachis, a distant land heavily inspired by India. Tropical locale, sticky history with Geddan colonization attempts (though not nearly as much as Liso, Porachis's allies), a unique writing system that Geddans have trouble reading, and of course a thriving film industry, in which Aristide has made a name for himself (and at some point lost that ridiculous affected stutter he had in the first book, symbolic of his fall from the social highs he occupied in Amberlough City.) Though quite some time has passed, we know that the Ospies aren't having an easy time of it, oppressing all of Gedda. Though even the resistance isn't as strong, as evidenced by Cordelia fleeing to Porachis to get help from Aristide and others. It's got a touch of middle-book syndrome, but I do appreciate Donnelly for taking this story in an altogether different direction than I expected given the way Amberlough progressed. One more novel in the trilogy, and I'll be reading and reviewing that one pretty quickly...

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