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Proof that prequels can absolutely work if you have the right story.

Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) by Angie Thomas

January 19, 2021 by narfna 3 Comments

To be quite honest with you, not only do I feel this is an excellent prequel (a rare beast in and of itself), I may actually have liked this one better than it’s predecessor, The Hate U Give. I will hold off on stating that for certain as I haven’t read that book since it was first published, so my memories of it aren’t the freshest. But this book was great! Prequels CAN be done, if you have an author that isn’t scrambling to justify […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Angie Thomas, concrete rose, Fiction, narfna, prequel, the hate u give, YA, Young Adult

narfna's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Angie Thomas, concrete rose, Fiction, narfna, prequel, the hate u give, YA, Young Adult ·
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