'Thrilling, captivating, and blade-sharp. Promise Boys will stay with you long after the last page.'
- Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
'The path to manhood has never felt more ominous than it does in Promise Boys. I was at the edge of my seat trying to figure out if I was reading a story about boys becoming men or boys becoming killers-you will be too. A brilliant pulls-no-punches mystery with bruised hearts at its core.'
- Adam Silvera, #1 New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at the End
'There's nothing like a book that manages to flawlessly thread subtle social commentary through a propulsive plot carried by complex characters. Promise Boys does that ten times over, and I can't wait to see this expertly crafted mystery take the world over... while teaching us a thing or two about what it means to be a boy of color in 21st century America.'
- Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin
'Nothing short of astounding. Promise Boys is a spellbinding, propulsive mystery while simultaneously presenting a searing critique of structural injustice, viewed through the eyes of the young men who live with it. I recommend it to anyone who loves books or doesn't.'
- Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent King and In the Wild Light
'Promise Boys is an edge-of-your-seats, street-smart, exploding-with-talent novel. Three young men fight to overcome the way the world looks at them and become each other's hope in the process.'
- Francisco X. Stork, author of On the Hook
'Both an astonishingly tense thriller as well as a critique of the charter school system.'
- The Bookseller
'If there is a book to fall in love with next year I promise you that it's Promise Boys by Nick Brooks. A YA Thriller, three Black and Brown boys as the protagonists, a page-turner and the voice of every character is brilliant.'
- Abiola Bello, author of the Emily Knight series and The Very Merry Murder Club
'This smart, tense thriller takes a sharp look at how American society treats boys of colour.'
- Fiona Noble, The Guardian