| Comments: Jason is a smart, handsome basketball player with a hot girlfriend and a not-so-attentive (and not-so-nice) Dad. Kyra is super-smart, super-driven and doesn’t care about fitting in with the crowd. She’s got her friends and her goals and that’s good enough for her. When they are paired up to work on an English paper, they begin to see what’s underneath the surface. I hate to spoil this, but their inevitable hookup isn’t the end of the story, it’s the beginning as they struggle with developing a relationship based on trust and communication.
I’ve been recommending this book to my teens for years because for a long time, it was one of the only contemporary African-American teen books that dealt with things like dating, relationships, family issues, and school, instead of racism, poverty, slavery, gangs and drugs. (I’m pleased that’s starting to change). I especially like that both characters are from middle class to wealthy families, which is the reality for many of the teens in my town. I know my teens love this one, and Played, Davidson’s second book.
The problem is that with all of the things this book has going for it, it’s just not a very good book. While Jason and Kyra’s relationship is fantastic and well-described, the rest of the narrative falls completely flat. It seems like there are a lot of rookie mistakes like too many faceless named secondary characters that serve no purpose, needless point-of-view shifts and lots of exposition in the narration. As the story progresses, the writing does get better, as the focus is mostly on the relationship which is the most successful part of the book. This is frustrating because it’s clear that Davidson has a lot of talent in crafting characters and with some more editing this would have been a fantastic book. |
Jason && kyra was an amazing book i really couldn’t put it down, it made me like i can write about my teenage love affair it was with so compassion && it felt like i was in the book. All i really want to say is that i really think that writers && directors should take this as a consideration && turn jason && kyra in to a love film teenagers will love the movie because i loved the book && i will sure love if there was a movie that i can play over && over again the book was beautiful && it had me on the edge of my seat to see what happen next.
I just got done reading this book for the 4th time. I love this book it is an amazing book. When i first started reading this book i fell in love with it with in the 1st chapter.
Thankyou
im wanting to read the book all over just by thinking about it, but i’ll give it a few months maybe lol.. I have said to my self manyt imes, i wish there was a second and third maybe even 4th book. It would be so great to know after i’m was done reading the first book thare would be a part 2 to the book waiting. I also think as the person above me said that you should maybe consider making jason & Kyra into a movie i know that many teenagers would love this book. i’m only 18, so i know alot of teenage girls would love it maybe even boys as well. i also know i would love to know what happens next in this book. If this book was made in to a movie, i would play it over and over and over again i really hope you consider maybe a second book or makin it into a movie
Hey Charis,
Thanks for the comment but I’m not the author of Jason and Kyra
Keri
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