A review by b00kh0arder
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

5.0

The title makes me hear Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl", and the cover - for some reason - makes me think of "Heathers" (and I don't know why, as there's no body count in this book, it's just the weird way my brain makes aesthetic connections, so I was glad to hear the author herself mention it as an inspiration (of many) in an interview). "I Kissed Shara Wheeler" is a brilliantly written LGBTQ teen romcom/mystery, with well-rounded, interesting characters and a sensitive - nuanced - look at LGBTQ culture within conservative, religious communities (at least, it read that way to me but I am admittedly not from the Bible Belt). Funny, sweet and sharp.