📖AUTHOR: JASON REYNOLDS
📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:
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Neon is about to take the next big step in his relationship with Aria, and that step is being intimate. The novel starts with Neon being holed up in his girlfriend's bathroom before the "big moment." I loved how the novel progresses backwards, taking us twenty-four minutes before, then twenty-four hours, and also twenty-four days before, twenty-four weeks, and twenty-four months (back to the very first time Neon and Aria meet).
This is a very unconventional novel for me, and it is so unlike anything I've read. And most importantly, it is told from Neon's POV Black Boys Love too ❤. I know in most black-oriented novels, we have racism, drugs, and the rest, but this novel is about love, and it is focused on love.
Another important thing I love is how both Aria's and Neon's parents are fully involved in their lives; you don't see them forcing ideologies down their throat, and the way we see Neon's parents having the "sex talk" with his and not being weird about it. I also really liked how his sister was represented in the novel. She was so present in her brother's life, and I love it for them.
There was a lot of talk about consent, protection, and feelings. Healthy friendships being portrayed! Healthy parent-child relationship being portrayed! Healthy relationships are being portrayed! I know in a few months or years, this book will be used as reference material for parents having the "talk" with their children.
This review won't be complete if I don't mention Denzel Jeremy Washington at least once! 😂
📖RATINGS: 4 STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Black boys love too🧑
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