My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
From the cover:
"Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. But maybe Rose isn’t so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad’s business. What if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind?"
I read an advanced reader copy of The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo (chosen partially because of the beautiful cover!), and now I can't wait to read her other books. Her characters, especially Clara and her dad, are incredibly well-developed. I loved the Gilmore Girls comparison between Clara and her dad because it was so accurate and their relationship, even when they were upset with each other, was wonderful to read about. Goo's writing felt so real--the clashes between two high school girls, the awkwardness of a new crush, the struggle as you form new relationships and outgrow others...all fantastic. As an added bonus, the food descriptions made me wish the KoBra was a real foodtruck. Do not read while hungry. ;)
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