A review by wordsbetweenlines
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Another one I highly recommend. 

Angie Thomas has an impeccable ability to draw you in while creating characters that come to life. 

Mav is 17 and facing decisions that seem so far beyond his age, and over and over again. It is relentless. He is young. His father is in prison. He is part of a gang. He has a baby on the way. And is there any way out of this that could possibly give him a future?

This was so well done. 

I just wish I had read this before The Hate U Give as it’s been awhile and it took some refreshing of my memory to tie it together.