My Dark Vanessa (by Kate Elizabeth Russell)

 A book full of Nabokov references (its title comes from Pale Fire and it is full of references to Lolita) and a dark but compelling plot about a woman in 2017 looking back at her "affair" with a schoolteacher, when she was 15 and he was 43.

There is some controversy about this book due to the similarity with a memoir by a Latinx author, although I don't think that this story is that unique, sadly enough. In fact, my high school geometry teacher was well known for "dating" students right after they graduated and turned 18, and even married a former student. Our friend group was friendly with him and with his wife back in the day, but in hindsight he was a super creep!

This book is potentially triggering if you had an older adult predatory male in your life when you were a teenager and, let's be honest, which of us women didn't? To a greater or lesser extent, this story is familiar, and unflinching, and raw. A compelling read.