This story is a prequel to the Midwest Boys Series. I loved every single word!! Knowing what I do from books 1 & 2, it helped put things into perspective. You gain a better understanding of the group that started it all. A.M. Brooks knows how to pull your heart strings, and that’s exactly what she did in this book. My heart ached for these characters. I love them all even more.

The title of this book pretty much says it all - # Rogue: The Midwest Boys Beginning. This book goes back to the beginning of two best friends Matt and Kelly growing up and Jason joining the twosome in junior high. Their adventures and decisions they made back then reflect in the two previous books #MN Girl and #My MN Girl and tell of how Rogue came to be. This book answers questions from the first two books and I would recommend reading it first if you are not already deeply involved in the series.

Knowing what we know..knowing the future, knowing whats going to happen..I felt a lump in my throat the entire time I was reading this book.

I have a love/hate feeling when author’s decide to write a prequel after giving us two books already. It’s like “Are you trying to kill me with your words? Because let’s not pretend that we don’t know what is going to happen here ok?”..but on the flip side, I’m like “Thank you for giving us more 😭”. 
I guess what I’m trying to say is that..it’s actually ..no no…it’s mostly love towards the author for giving us more.

#Rogue: The Midwest Boys Beginning (Midwest Boys #0.5) by A.M. Brooks is tragic. Why you ask? Because we get to read about where it all began and everything feels more real and I love/hate their love story.

4*
Matthew, Jason, and kelly are all helping their families look after the people protected by the company. All hoping to bring new ideas and ways to better things.
Jason & Kelly are becoming closer and finally admitting their feelings, unfortunately not everyone is happy and set out to ruin things.
I enjoyed reading this book and loved the characters I can't wait to read more from them especially Matthew and Erika