Odd One Out by Nic Stone
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

To start with, this is excellent book for teens to read regardless of sexual or gender orientation. This isn’t a book about being gay, or straight, or even bi. It’s a book about teens trying to figure it all out, both who they are and how to be ok with what other people are. I think that’s a topic everyone needs to explore a little.

Here’s the set up: there are three teens. Coop: male, straight, and completely in love with his childhood friend Jupiter. Jupiter: female and gay. She’s never been anything else but gay and she’s known this since she was very, very young. Coop and Jupiter are close, and Coop knows his love for Jupiter can’t go anywhere. He’s trying to deal with it when Rae enters the story. Rae is a big ole question mark. She hasn’t really considered what she likes until she meets Jupiter and Coop. Things get complicated fast.

I really like there are no easy answers here and Stone doesn’t give her characters any easy outs. She doesn’t make it less complicated or paint a rosy picture. However, she does make the characters equal to their personal challenges and present the possibility that friendships can evolve and change enough to persist despite challenges (and some pretty phenomenal bad decisions)


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