Sip Story: “I Kissed Shara Wheeler” x Southern Sweet Tea

I KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuiston

Drink pairing: Southern Sweet Tea (duh!) 

This pairing was so fun for me because, A. I love sweet tea, and B. I was craving it the entire time I read the story! 

Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Review: I’m totally a Casey McQuiston fan girl so you can only imagine how excited I was to receive an e-ARC for “I Kissed Shara Wheeler”! This book was one of my most highly anticipated releases for this year, and it did not disappoint! 

Casey McQuiston has such a talent for putting together amazing storylines with even more amazing characters. Somehow though with every single one of her books I have read I end up falling more in love with side characters than the MC 😂 They add so many amazing layers to the story and honestly are what make it so special to me. 

This book was basically if “Paper Towns” by John Green was full of representation and was actually laugh out loud funny, and was also a rom-com. I mean come on, a mystery where you have to solve clues on a disappearance + academic rivals to lovers + found family/Breakfast Club vibes = immaculate.  

I only wish that the story had been told through multiple POVs because I would have loved, loved, loved to get Shara’s POV when she is missing, I would have LOVED to get Smith’s POV as he’s discovering himself, I would have lovedddddd Geo’s POV when she’s sneaking around and making huge life decisions - I could go on and on. I would have even LOVED some flashbacks from Chloe’s moms meeting or when her mama was in Willowgrove herself. Don’t get me wrong, I love Chloe too and she was a great MC but I just think there was so much to dive into and explore there!

“I Kissed Shara Wheeler” hits the shelves tomorrow so I highly recommend you binge-read it ASAP for a feel-good and original story with the most lovable characters you will meet.