A review by alertnerd
Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

In the days leading up to the Tulsa Massacre, Angel Hill and Isaiah Wilson have been tasked with delivering books to the underserved areas of their community. What started as contempt between the two teenagers quickly blossoms into something else as they discover more about each other. When a white mob attacks their city, their dreams of an idyllic summer romance are destroyed.

I want more characters like Isaiah Wilson in YA books. He’s soft, caring, intelligent and passionate. That doesn’t mean that he’s without fault though. His flaws are front and center in this story and he has to do a lot to reckon with the mistakes he’s made in the past.

Randi Pink does such a great job of making the reader feel like they are a member of the Greenwood community. Her descriptions transported me to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921.

I believe that everyone should read as much as they can about what happened in Greenwood, because it is an important part of US history that has been ignored for far too long.

Thanks to netgalley and Feiwel and Friends for this ARC.

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