Lost Angeles

by Lisa Mantchev and A L Purol

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Reading With ABC http://readingwithabc.com http://readingwithabc.com/review-lost-angeles-by-lisa-mantchev-and-a-l-purol/I’m a Lisa Mantchev fan, started with her Théâtre Illuminata series and finishing with her more recent Ticker, so when I saw Lost Angeles on social media I jumped right in. This is an adult book with a paranormal/urban fantasy vibe to it. I loved everything about this book for sure!

Not a single whisper from any of the hundreds of club-goers standing perfectly still in the darkness. I can’t see them anymore, because it’s just me and her and both our voices in perfect harmony. It hurts. It burns in a way I can’t describe except maybe like being stabbed in the gut and having my innards ripped out of me.

Bleeding out.

What I loved:

The characters! There is a great casting of characters, especially of the male persuasion. Xaine has “brothers” (Cas and Trick) or other vampires turned by the same creator. There’s also Jackson and Asher, and I really want to know their stories too. So Xaine… he’s a hot mess, a rock star, a vampire and man of excess. He’s damaged and deep down a ruthless sweetie (yes, I did used these two words in the same sentence ;) )
Tamsyn, Jess and most specially Lourdes are different female characters with very different personalities, but one thing in common: they don’t take crap from anyone. Lorde had a really bad experience that she’s suppressed because it was so traumatic and she had no fault or inkling as to why.
Scary, creepy bad guys like Benicio and Tiberius. Seriously dangerous and extra creepy.
Vampires, angels, reapers, sin eaters… there is a host of things that go bump in the night and I
There’s music, singing and composing, and I love books about music.
The plot, the secrets, the non-stop action, the fact that vampires were “out-of-the-closet”, the mysteries. Even as they irked me some, I love them all.
The banter and dialogues were funny, snarky, interesting…I want more!
“Men are more easily governed by their vices than their virtues,” he tells me, “And no virtue in this world is going to make you a better man, Xaine. Understand that, if you understand anything at all.”

There is not much I didn’t like about Lost Angeles, except maybe that fact that Xaine tricks Lorde in Las Vegas, that there were so many unanswered questions (that’s just me being pick since I know it’s a series), and the kind-a-sort-of-cliffhanger ending.

I cannot wait for Loose Canon, Trick’s story since we didn’t see much of him in this book.

“On a scale of one to take-me-now, how turned on are you?”

The second the question processes, I laugh, right in the face of the world’s biggest rock star. “Wow, you are …so arrogant.”

That garners me the full smirk and a swift release from his grasp. “So I don’t even rank on the scale? That’s depressing. Or hey, maybe you play for the other team?”

Still grining, I tell him, “I’m not into girls. I’ve just been told that I shouldn’t take candy from strangers.”

“Trust me, Lore, I hadn’t even gotten to the candy part yet.”


This review was originally posted on Reading With ABC