I think we all know that religion is not an easy subject to touch on in a book and I thought McQuiston did very well.

The setting was a very key factor in the book, yet it did not feel like it was given enough attention. Shara Wheeler is doing what she does: a doe-eyed performance of blank innocence that makes everyone think she must be so deep and complex and enchanting when really, she’s the most boring bore in this entire unbearably boring town. i remember the summer sun and sweet tea and long drives scream singing out the window and ditching class for boba and existing in a place that often felt like it didn’t want me, want us.But when she sticks her head through the open door and scans the Wheelers’ enormous kitchen, Shara’s nowhere. Brimming with classic YA plotlines, crisp writing, humorous asides, and fully fleshed characters and relationships—many queer—keep things fresh, leading to a genuinely hopeful ending that centers themes of authenticity and autonomy. While this wasn't my absolute favorite of Casey's books, I am eternally grateful to it for pulling me out of a months long reading slump and I am so! Holding out for the next pink envelope and Shara’s elusive clues, Chloe begins to realize that there's more to Shara than she initially thought and that maybe, just maybe, she can carve out a place for herself in this town after all.

Then Shara kisses Chloe a month before graduation and disappears, leaving Chloe confused and reluctantly curious for answers. Because she and Shara have both spent every day of their high school careers dedicated to the singular goal of graduating valedictorian, and the only thing Chloe has ever wanted as much as that title is the satisfaction of knowing Shara Wheeler can’t have it. I know it’s said a lot, but I would have been the happiest kid if books like this were around when I was growing up. That tension remains until the end, even if transformed into something new, each feeding off of the other’s competitiveness, so you never know whether they want to rip each other’s throats out or kiss each other’s face off.The plot idea has resemblances with Paper Town: but I can honestly say the execution of the idea and wrapping up of the story were so much better than Mr. The big, shocked green eyes, the theatrical gasp, the dawning realization that her little stunt for attention isn’t going to work out the way she planned because Chloe is a hot genius who can’t be fooled. Instead this came off very contrived to my old ass with a cast of underdeveloped characters who seemed to be thrown in just to make sure all aspects of the LGBTQ populous were represented without giving much attention to making them more than cardboard cutouts.