I was nostalgic for high school and I didn’t even like high school.

Shara Wheeler disappeared midway through prom and no one knows where she went. Before leaving, Shara kissed Chloe, and Chloe has no idea why, but she intends to find out and expose Shara for who she really is: a horrible and fake person. In I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston, Chloe Green and some unlikely accomplices follow a trail of notes with clues Shara has left for them in order to uncover where she’s gone.

This book had elements of Mean Girls and High School Musical, but with a wild easter egg hunt that includes wild parties, breaking into the principal’s office, and crawling through air ducts. I was all about it. I loved being in the dark as much as Chloe as she hunted for Shara. I loved how much McQuiston used the song Mr. Brightside. This story was so entertaining and kept me captivated the entire time.

I really enjoyed this YA novel! It reminded me of a more upbeat cross between Paper Towns and 13 Reasons Why. Like Casey McQuiston's other novels. I kissed Shara Wheeler had incredibly dynamic characters, which made it an enjoyable book!

As always, the narration from Natalie Naudus is immaculate and the audio was so clean -- no awkward pauses, or breaths, or weird swallowing noises you often hear from other narrators. For the book itself, the pacing was a little slow, but that's probably my preference for fast-paced books, rather than a short falling of this book. It was a really fun story with wonderful characters. Another win from Casey McQuiston and Natalie Naudus!

Thank you to Libro.FM and netgalley for my review copy of this audiobook!

I enjoyed this story, though I think I prefer McQuistons adult works to this YA. I thought the characters were all lovable, though I like the depth and quirkiness of the side characters in RWRB and OLS better. In my opinion, Casey's best quality as a writer is their ability to write amazing characters, which I would say wasn't as strong in this book as other previous, though I did absolutely LOVE Chloe. This book held McQuistons trademark wit that almost always landed; though a few references felt a bit out of touch, others felt to brazenly authentic that felt very unique to this novel.

As for the audiobook, I thought the narrators voice was a bit too mature for the YA characters, which felt a bit bizarre. I'm a huge fan of this narrator in her other works, but I think her voice just wasn't completely right for this audiobook as her voice is a bit deeper than average. Still, I really enjoyed her voice acting, and it was a very high quality audio!