jake arlow is becoming one of my favorite authors. i couldn't put this book down, it had everything starting with lesbians (kinda) trans (nonbinary??) rep, jewish rep and more!
i loved the alden subplot and related a lot to zoe, i never read a book where they put everything into words so well

thank you netgalley for the e-arc!

This is the first book I've read with a non-binary lesbian as the main character, and it is not helping my gender crisis but I loved it so much!! I loved this author's last book How to Excavate A Heart, and this somehow kept the same queer joy while addressing complicated topics like deconstructing gender and religious identities. It took me a little bit to warm up to this book, I didn't care that much about Zoe's college life with Alden until the gender themes started to arise. I now want to take the train across the country and see if I can get a girlfriend. Also, there's a super cute kid who is reading Percy Jackson on the train!