The Way You Make Me Feel Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) by Maurene Goo
on May 8, 2018
Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, YA
Pages: 336
Format: ARC, eBook
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ISBN: 0374304092
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From the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud story of love, new friendships, and one unique food truck.
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?
With Maurene Goo's signature warmth and humor, The Way You Make Me Feel is a relatable story of falling in love and finding yourself in the places you’d never thought to look.
I am appalled that I haven’t read Maureen Goo before! She is a gem!
This story had me laughing out loud at Clara’s antics (prom prank, hello!!) meanwhile connecting with her on an emotional level.
Clara lives with her father, while her mom is a social-media influencer. Which means she’s not there a lot and Clara sees her just a few times a year. Also, her dad, I think in a way to compensate, has been a lax parent. Well, when one of Clara’s pranks land her in trouble, her father finally has to lay down the law.
Which results in a summer of enlightenment and hardships, love, and new friendship where Clara least expected it. There is so much character growth with Clara; as well as her nemesis-turned-friend Rose.
I feel like Clara was one of the most realistic teens in YA that I’ve read in a long time. What a breath of fresh air!
