It was book you could emerse yourself in, a world that was new and exciting but also familiar and comforting. Haven't read a book this good in over a year

Old Enough follows protagonist Savannah as she grapples with finding her true identity in college. Surrounded by new, outspoken friends who are confident in their sexuality, Savvy attempts to put her past behind her and embrace her new life. However, that’s easier said than done. Izzie, Savvy’s childhood best friend, is getting married. This means a reunion with Izzie’s brother, who sits at the centre of Savannah’s traumatic past. Entangled with the memories and the pain, Savannah struggles to balance her new life with her old. Haley Jakobson really did something with this book, and reading it is such a valuable experience. Savannah, as well as the abundance of side characters, feel multi-dimensional and complex. Trauma was handled in a mature and nuanced way that I feel is rare to find anywhere, let alone in literature. Jakobson has an undeniably addicting flow to her writing, where she is able to balance humour and poignancy in perfect tandem. My only criticism is that at times I felt she was trying to do too much in one novel. It is always great to see representation, and discussions of sexuality and gender in novels and the same goes for how important it is to discuss sexual trauma too. However, I sometimes felt like trying to tackle both issues distracted me from one or the other depending on what the chapter focused on.