Daughters of an Amber Noon

I loved this book! I did, do, did! I think I will probably be rereading this one. Correction: I think I will be bopping off to the store with a gift certificate I found and buying the first book. I love it. I'm a huge science fiction fan. And this has just enough to make me happy. It also has a character who reads almost closely like a librarian to me. And I love library type stuff, information architechture and organization. I like strong women. Okay and bad me, I like the conclusion regarding population decline, male infertility and female empowerment. I have a lot of male friends on-line and I don't have a problem with men but given the current political climate in the United States, it is nice to read something that well... subversively like the Da Vinci Code, could have elements of truth and explain things like why some religious zealots want to tell me what I can do with my female body. But that said, that aside, I like it!

To keep it pretty short and to the point, I'd say that if you loved "Daughters of a Coral Dawn," then you should read "Daughters of an Amber Noon." The sequel - as is so often the case - is not as good as the original ... but it's not bad, either, and if you finished Coral Dawn wanting to know what happens next, you should check this one out. :)Note: The reader from South Carolina appears to have an odd view of what "lesbian" is, though she apparently is one herself. I would agree with the person who said that Amber Noon isn't as lesbian as I would've liked it to have been ... and point out to the reader from South Carolina that having elements such as "all the men were evil" and "all the men were murderers and rapists" does not make a book "more lesbian." Lesbians generally don't hate men - I think you've confused us with married heterosexual women. ;)

After being captivated by L.L.Lake's "Ricochet in Time", I went searching for anything else by the same author.My quest was more than rewarded when I found "Gun Shy" This story introduces two characters you'll hold close to your hearts...the tall,brooding Dez Reilly,and the slender,gregarious blonde law student,Jaylynn Savage. Destined to become the epicenter of each other's world,their journey carries the reader through the dangers,excitement,fears and tragedies of their daily tours of duty with the St. Paul police force. As with anything Lori Lake writes, you'll not want this book to end. Good news! she has a sequel to follow this beauty..It's called "Under the Gun" and has our favorite couple again !

Daughters of a Coral Dawn is a romance story set within the context of a science fiction novel. This sequel: Daughters of a Amber Noon is a science fiction novel with a small but, noble love story.If you did not read Daughters of a Coral Dawn I recommend that you do before delving into Amber noon, but it is not necessary --it does stand alone as a viable chapter within a larger story. The reason I recommend the reading of Coral Dawn is the author has set in motion from the middle of Amber Noon an open ended connection back to the original story. And we are rewarded at the end with obvious references that the story of the Unity will continue beyond Amber Noon and perhaps beyond that. My hope is that part three will be a great romance novel (read: Curious Wine or An Emergence of Green) set within a science fiction story as detailed and memorable as Amber Noon and Coral Dawn. And that we don't have to wait so long to read it!As for Amber Noon, Forrest's writing is as fluid as ever and her research evidently exhaustive. I found all the characters compelling, but perhaps the Zed and Desmond characters to be most fully realized. I feel that this may have been the author's intention as well. We are only getting to know Joss and Tara; their time has yet to come. We also hope that Africa, the soul of Amber Noon, will return as well, although that seems unlikely. But, who knows what Master story teller Forrest has in mind for the future of the Unity.

Although I waited 18 years for the sequel to Daughters of a coral dawn, it was well worth the wait. I could not put this book down and read it in one sitting. Now I know what happened to the ones left behind. Less romantic perhaps that the first book, but eminently readable, as always. The time sequence is a bit confusing at first but stay with it, it all becomes clear.