I Kissed Shara Wheeler

CMQ you’ve done it again. This is the kind of YA that reminds me why I love YA and why I want to diversify the genre and help more queer authors reach queer readers. This book made me feel a lot of feelings. This book is about a lot of things that hit close to home but ultimately, the last chapter made my heart full and also broke it.

“She takes a slow lap around the fire, trying to see everyone. It’s strange to know she’ll never see some of them again, and some will stay in her lifelong after her moms have donated the last of her uniforms to Goodwill.”

This passage meant a lot to me at the place in my life I’m currently at. I’m set to head off to a new city and have to leave the home I’ve built for myself over the last five years and it’s breaking my heart. But the reason I’m leaving is for an opportunity to help bring more queer stories to the forefront contemporary fiction. I’m really torn and even now I’m not sure which way to go.

“Her only prayer of the last four years: May they always come back to each other.”