The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Books
On Sale Date:May 8th 2018
Pages: 323
Age Range:Young Adult

Sixteen year old Clara Shin is forced to work in the foodtruck owned by her dad after a prank at school that she was involved in turned in a big bad riot and a fire.
The Los Angeles based foodtruck is called the KOBRA  as it serves a fusion between Korean and Brazillian food, because her family on her father's side is Korean, but has lived also in Brazil. Clara's absent mom is always on travel, as she is a famous Instagram influencer. Being forced to work in her father's food truck is one thing, but things take a turn for the worse when the other girl that was involved in the school prank, Rose Carver, who is Clara's polar opposite, has to work there too as a punishment. This is sooo not the summer Clara had in mind! But during the long hours of work in the food truck, Clara discovers that Rose isn't that uptight and stupid as she thought.

And beside that, there is some pretty cute romance. A very cute boy from her high school, Hamlet, has a crush on her and he seems to be a perfect fit for Clara. Soon her summer turns from meh into pretty awesome, and Clara seems to leave her old self behind for a complete new and better one..!

I loved Maurene Goo's previous book I Believe In a Thing Called Love (read my review here) so I was pretty curious for her newest book and even exicited when I got approved for a digital review copy! The story started so funny with the prank where everything that can go wrong goes wrong. Then it takes off for even more fun stuff in the food truck, and this is where we get to know Clara's family and friends circle. I really loved the family dynamics between her and her dad. He is strict and Clara is totally a spunky teenager, who for now needs to be disciplined because of her earlier actions. But there is a lot of love in between the lines between them which was just so cute!The friendship and love interest in this book where also really awesome. I loved how the coldness between Clara and Rose turned into something completely different and the romance between Clara and Hamlet, just wow!
Further on, there is a lot of love for Los Angeles, the homebase of the author in this book, you could just taste and feel all the different cultures between the lines, which I LOVED!
Overall, this book is just as brilliant as Maurene Goo's previous book!!