Kat was a private
detective when she was alive. It was a dirty job, but she did it well - until
one night it all went wrong
And it’s a night she
relives over and over again in Lost Angeles - a cute name for hell. A place
where she can never forget that terrible moment when everything went wrong
But also a place, for
all its chaos and violence, where her skills are still in high demand. Even the
secretive administrators of this hell want to recruit her - and offer some
respite which is the most anyone can want from hell… but the stakes are high
and who can she trust? In hell, can she trust anyone?
This review is hard
to write - because some of the things I love the most is the world building and
the twists connected to this world building. We have a lot of debate about the
nature of hell, a lot of questions and a lot of debate as to which of the
various factions are telling the truth, who is who, what powers they have and
who can be trusted among the dross and doublecross.
And I can’t talk
about any of it without including massive spoilers!!!! But it’s so excellent -
the twists, the debates, how Kat tries to navigate through this despite the
huge stakes involved. She has to choose who to trust with so much on the line -
and those stakes even eclipse her own personal advantage
The way Hell works is
fascinating - Lost Angeles, a city where you can’t leave, where you can’t die.
A city with resources enough to continue indulging all the sins that got you
there in the first place - but a city without rules, a city without any
reassurances or security. And a city where, every night, everyone relives their
worst sin, that which torments them with guild the most.
And a city where
people eventually disappear.
It’s an interesting
concept of hell in and of itself, this Lost Angeles. But as you learn more
about it as Kat investigates we get more and more answers and more and more
twists that really elevates Hell above what we see in the surface - as well as
the nature of demons, god etc - and I can’t talk about any of it without
spoiling this excellent book!
