A review by zinelib
Old Enough by Haley Jakobson

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

College sophomore Sav's transformation from closeted party teen to full-time queer is well underway until it hits a snag: her hometown bestie is getting married. Izzie is a 20-year-old sorority girl. Her betrothed is an ROTC senior about to be deployed (or whatever), and Izzie is doing the whole thing: the wedding party with all the heteronormative bells and whistles. 

...wedding dress shopping with Izzie. At the literal Say Yes to the Dress store. So basically, the most heteronormative activity I could possibly be doing, besides Santa Con.

That's not who Sav is anymore, but the real problem is Izzie's brother, with whom Sav has a [spoiler] past.

In the midst of all the drama, or maybe at the heart of it, Sav is taking Intro to Gender Studies, a seminar class (with a hot nonbinary person, Wes, who only wears green, a detail that is never explained. Is it a Great Gatsby literary allusion???). 

I fully enjoyed reading this book and upon finishing it immediately looked for others by the same author. Also, the cover makes me think of the hair chop a lot of girls do in college. I did! And lol:

"Vera," I whispered. "I don't think I respect men."

Vera burst out laughing. 

"But I like them! I can even love them!"

"Yes. Also yes." She clapped, giddy. "We call that little epiphany a fluid femme milestone. Welcome!"

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