When prom queen Shara Wheeler disappears leaving behind a trail of handwritten notes in her wake three unlikely allies team up to find her: her jock boyfriend, the literal (stoner) boy-next-door, and her academic rival, our narrator, Chloe. The only thing the three of them have in common? They’ve all kissed Shara Wheeler.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler is part rom, part com, part dram, part mystery, part coming of age. It defies categorization, but is something delightfully akin to The Breakfast Club where not only do the jocks and nerds and [insert high-school clique of choice here] have more in common than they know it turns out many find a home on the queer spectrum.
An entertaining read about discovering and living your truth in an ultra conservative environment.
I found Shara to be more solidly YA than Red, White & Royal Blue and One Last Stop, which lean more new adult.
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