My Last Innocent year follows Jewish college student Isabel Rosen through her final year at Wilder College- where a nonconsensual sexual encounter and the introduction of a new professor change her life.

Readers of My Dark Vanessa will likely enjoy this book as it covers similar subject matter, though this book is a lot less heavy than MDV.

The writing style made this book easy to get sucked into and once I got started, I read the book the whole way through in a single sitting.

After her nonconsensual experience with a fellow student Isabel is left to battle with her own feelings over what happened to her and whether or not she truly wanted it. Was it rape? Was it consensual? If she didn't make it clear she didn't want it- should she even feel this way?

And while she is still dealing with this, Isabel meets Professor Connelly. He makes her feel seen- talented. Praised. After a lifetime with a mother more dedicated to her art than her daughter and a father who has spent all of his time keeping the family afloat, well, it isn't too hard for Isabel to fall for this mysterious ex-poet.

I don’t have any major complaints about this book, but I do feel that we could’ve gone a bit further with the story? By the end it just rang a tiny bit hollow in a way that I find hard to put my finger on.

However, I did enjoy the use of the first person POV and found it to be done in a compelling way that enhanced the story. There was also a light use of past and present timelines that I think were useful in helping the reader understand why it is this affair was so easy for Isabel to fall into.

Overall, this is a well written book and I'd recommend it! Solid four stars.