"Riot Son represents a departure for L.A. Fields: not just a novel, the author moves deftly between the story of unlikely lovers Devon and Garrett and a sort of guide to 2020, complete with masks, rioting, and handy primers on how fascism and trauma work. Unapologetically political and provocative, Riot Son is both an unconventional love story and a gritty snapshot of America in one of its many times of crisis. As always, Fields takes her characters seriously no matter who they are, and it is this depth and complexity that will keep readers turning the pages of Riot Son as quickly as any of her previous works." -Katharine Stevenson, PhD
"Provocative, timely, and insightful. I found myself riveted from the start, eager to see where the summer of 2020 would take Devon, Garrett, and the makeshift family of social warriors they form along the way. With Riot Son, Fields has given us a masterfully written gem of a novel. - Eugene Cross, Fires of Our Choosing
"Riot Son is both encyclopedia and intimate, fictional and factual, love story and riot story. It is a sumptuous urgent read, and L.A. Fields is a master of her material, and better yet a master of what matters." - Keith Banner, Next to Nothing
"Riot Son is a tender and tumultuous May-September romance which ignites during a series of riots in the summer of 2020. Protestors Devon and Garrett explore their sexualities, how much of themselves they're willing to give to the cause, and who they want to become while ducking tear gas canisters in the sultry sun." - Erik Rebain, Arrested Adolescence
"Riot Son encapsulates the warlike atmosphere of the Black Lives Matter protests and the high anxiety, high stakes of fragile, young love." - Jill Mceldowney, Otherlight
