This is a sequel to Daughters of a Coral Dawn, which you should really read first. I'm not even sure this one would make much sense without it, even though it's rather more of a parallel novel than a sequel.It's also frequently mistitled as Daughters of an Amber Moon, as it was in our state library catalog. I can see how Amber Moon makes more sense than Amber Noon, unless of course you're aware of the other titles in the series. I just note this in case you're told your library doesn't have it or can't get it. Be sure to check for Amber Moon.So there's this society of related not-entirely-human women who have withdrawn from the rest of humanity. They're hiding out and setting up their own utopia. But the ruler of all humanity, some dictator dude, is bent on finding where they're at.And I liked the first book better, because that group is off setting up a colony on another planet, and I find that far more interesting. Here we're stuck on Earth and being all political or whatnot. Not that it's not still interesting, in a different way, but I didn't enjoy it as much.However, once we finally reach the conclusion, I rather liked it better. It sort of cast the book in a different light. That it wasn't entirely what I was thinking at the time I was reading it. So it was interesting in that way and bumps it up to a solid 3 stars.Naturally I will be reading the next book, so I can see how it all turns out. ( )