A review by readingwithhippos
White Ivy by Susie Yang

I was totally absorbed by this book, except

Spoiler

I don't think sexual orientation should be used as a plot twist. The more I think about it, the shittier it feels. I'm not queer, but I can see this kind of plot line hurting queer people and it just didn't need to go that way. I wish Gideon's deep dark secret had been that he was bonking his sister instead (which honestly had more textual support than his being in love with Tom!).

So I wouldn't recommend this book, but I will say that it's addictively readable and absolutely made my skin crawl.