City of Angels

This fast-paced, riveting YA thriller is set in L.A. in 1992, and the author gets it just right: the punk rock music, Al's Bar, the hair and clothing styles, the homeless, and the riots arising from the Rodney King verdict. And there's a fictional, but familiar, cultlike church that doesn't believe......more

A fast-paced twisty thriller set in LA during the Rodney King riots with a feisty main character, Nikki, who has to shoulder way too much, way too young. The bad guys are rich and powerful, and include a familiar cult-like church in LA. The heroes are small and scruffy but they fight like hell. A fu......more

I love a badass heroine and Nikki Black, the tough, 17 year old protagonist of Belcamino's City of Angels, is right up my alley. City of Angels opens at a breakneck pace and keeps it up, page after page, as Nikki's wild and dangerous adventure through the underworld of early '90s Los Angeles unfolds......more

City of Angels is a young adult book that crosses genres with historical fiction and mystery and has underlying dark themes that may be disturbing to some people (who aren’t me). For those who like trigger warnings, I would caution people with trauma relating to kidnapping, SA, or abuse suffered as......more

This novel will be shelved in YA, but this is an intelligent thriller adults would enjoy. Kristi evokes the 1990 Harry Bosch L.A.. This novel is set during the L.A. Riots of 1992. Historically accurate, issues of time are explored; Child pornography, Homelessness, Religious cults. The central charac......more