Concrete Rose

Concrete Rose follows 17 year old Maverick while he copes with teenage fatherhood and gang life. It's a world I really don't know, I have only read about or seen it on TV. Thomas writes her characters so well you can see them, and feel them, you can't help but empathise. The moment where Mav struggles with Li'l Man's crying brought tears to my eyes. And Dre, man, I had a lump in my throat just wouldn't go for pages!
I flew through this book and would quite happily have spent more time in Maverick and Lisa's company, just watching them be. I'm off to re-read The Hate U Give now to see them all grown up!