i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

Chloe has great development, and I love how we get to see her learn that her confidence comes across as spiky toward others who are just doing their best. Where Paper Towns focuses less on personal identity and more on the importance of imagining other people complexly, I Kissed Shara Wheeler delves into identity, how places shape us, how hard it is to be authentic and recognize authenticity when stuck in a place that demands uniformity. The plot's concept is pretty similar to John Green's Paper Towns, but the characters and themes are so different that it never feels like it's trying to be anything other than itself.

This book was funny and heartfelt and an absolute page turner.

One of the best YA contemporaries that I've read in a while!Ĭasey McQuiston's signature wit, humor, and lovable characters translate flawlessly into YA storytelling. 'You won't want to miss.' - Good Housekeeping 'McQuiston has done it again.' - USA Today 'An unfettered joy to read.' - The New York Times And maybe-probably not, but maybe-more to Shara, too.įierce, funny, and frank, Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places. Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. It’ll be worth it, if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair and square. The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle Shara’s trail of clues and find her. There’s also Smith, Shara’s longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara’s bad boy neighbor with a crush. On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she’s not the only one Shara kissed. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal’s perfect progeny.īut a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes. The thing that’s kept her going: winning valedictorian.

After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and the puritanical administration of Willowgrove Christian Academy. From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need.Ĭhloe Green is so close to winning.

I kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston