A review by juushika
Missing Angel Juan by Francesca Lia Block

4.0

4.5 stars. Witch Baby trails Angel Juan to New York, and finds Charlie Bat's empty apartment and lonely ghost. This is my favorite book in the series. Witch Baby is the best character, of course, and the switch into her first person is beautiful--a coming-of-age story about holding on and letting go which is well-suited to her prickly personality. I like Block's New York and the textural contrast it offers to LA; diversity is a running theme in this series (albeit imperfectly rendered) and it's in joyful profusion here. I'm a sucker for a Jewish backstory. Beautiful, brokenhearted, evocative; the antagonist I find less necessary, but that's a minor part.